Does vivlio (French brand of Pocketbook) mount as an external drive?

[m__j]

Hello,

for a long time I was a user of PocketBook; I chose this brand because they were neutral against PC Operating System, the reader was simply mounting as an external drive and I could copy there various non-DRM epubs and PDFs on different machines without unnecessary registrations, accounts, software, being bind to a certain library etc.

As I am a Linux user, I would be rather annoyed with e.g. Kobo which gives users software for Mac and Windows only and needs some hacking to be fully operational under Linux.

Unfortunately I lost my reader and am about to go for vacations, so desperately and quickly need one. I am now in France and wonder if I get a Vivlio HD Plus (https://www.vivlio.com/en/vivlio-readers/) will I be able out of the box to copy my books? Or will I need Linux hacking to get around it?

From what I understand from the Vivlio website here:
https://help.vivlio.com/hc/en-gb/art...t-should-I-do-
It should work, but I would very much appreciate feedback and confirmation from users.

Thanks in advance.

[rcentros]

Can't say for certain as I don't have a Vivlio, but PocketBooks have absolutely no problem hooking up to my Linux computers and it looks like the Vivlio works the same. It's also encouraging that the computer reading app for Vivlio is available for Windows, Macs and Linux machines, so it sounds like they're aware of Linux.

https://help.vivlio.com/hc/en-gb/art...ading-software

https://www.vivlio.com/en/read-vivlio/

[fat115]

Hello m__j,
I can confirm that at least Vivlio Touch HD Plus (equivalent of PocketBook Touch HD 3) mounts as an "external drive" on a Linux system.
It works perfectly directly or using Calibre. Vivlio is recognized as a PocketBook.

Currently, I'm about to update with PocketBook firmware : more recent and I don't need access to Cultura library.

Hope it'll help you.

[Michal Jancik]

YOU DO NOT NEED.
I have vivlio HD, copying books just connect the reader to the PC and copy what you want. There is no restriction.

• Your reader will be displayed as a disk storage :

Conect Vivlo witch USB to PC → click on  : file transfer → copy files

(Tout ce que vous avez à faire est de connecter votre liseuse avec le câble USB à votre PC,
cliquez sur " transfert de fichiers" et de copier les livres (epub, mobi, n’importe) a la volonté -- sans restriction)

[m__j]

Hello All,

thank you for your help. Just got back from vacation, but I managed to get a real PocletBook (not vivlio) which works perfectly as an external drive. In any case, maybe someone else will find this post useful.
Happy reading to all!