Cybook Gen 3 with Epub support on Thursday

Nate the great · 04-28-2009, 02:33 PM

The German publisher and web retailer Weltbild (Wikipedia) has announced that it will carry the Cybook and that the Cybook will have support for "DRM enabled Epub". Having looked at the product page, it appears that Mobipocket support has been dropped from the new firmware.

Weltbild also announced that 30,000 ebooks in Epub will be available Thursday, with a goal of 100,000 ebooks to be offered by the end of the year. You can find the press release here.

Gibbo · 04-28-2009, 02:37 PM

Does that mean that I need to de-drm all my mobi ebooks??????

Nate the great · 04-28-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibbo

Does that mean that I need to de-drm all my mobi ebooks??????

I would wait at least a month to make sure that there are no find out the problems with the new firmware.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-28-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibbo

Does that mean that I need to de-drm all my mobi ebooks??????

presumably, only if you buy this *new* cybook (and already have mobipocket books with drm). we are still waiting to see what their promised firmware update gives.

of course, this is a problem only because mobipocket insists on being the exclusive drm-format, so if people who use mobi books are (understandably) frustrated, they should maybe let mobipocket / amazon know that.

Gibbo · 04-28-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

I would wait at least a month to make sure that there are no find out the problems with the new firmware.

I have no use of Epub atm.

Nate the great · 04-28-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibbo

I have no use of Epub atm.

How about: It's not owned by Amazon. That seems to be a point in its favor.

Gibbo · 04-28-2009, 02:46 PM

/me is not a happy puppy

pthwaite · 04-28-2009, 02:46 PM

Wouldn't all you need, in the worst case, is two firmware versions to load on as you see fit?

wallcraft · 04-28-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

it appears that Mobipocket support has been dropped from the new firmware.

Perhaps some of the images are old, but the bookshelf image includes the Pocket Oxford Dictionary which is presumably MOBI.

BinaryTB · 04-28-2009, 02:50 PM

This is good, right? I mean, it's either dedrm mobi or dedrm epub. I'd rather remove drm from epub, just because epub is an open format, allows larger image sizes (RE: LOTR ebooks), and doesn't require the reading device to be exclusive to its DRM format. It's pretty much the "new" LIT format.

JSWolf · 04-28-2009, 03:03 PM

So Amazon has not changed their Mobipocket as the only DRM policy and for Bookeen to add ePub, they have to remove Mobipocket support. It also looks like Mobipocket support is gone and even removing the DRM, you will no longer be able to read them in Mobipocket unless you convert to ePub.

Hello Calibre, you have work to do.

Abelturd · 04-28-2009, 03:08 PM

Does this information carry any implications towards the release of the fw update like that it's going to happen really soon? If I understand it correctly this will be our first opportunity to see the new fw in the wild.

netseeker · 04-28-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

It also looks like Mobipocket support is gone and even removing the DRM, you will no longer be able to read them in Mobipocket unless you convert to ePub.

Good for ePub on it's way to a defacto standard ebook format.

pdurrant · 04-28-2009, 03:10 PM

If they do drop DRMed Mobipocket format, I hope they keep non-DRM Mobipocket support. But if even that goes, it won't be long before we have a really good Mobipocket->ePUB conversion. Having already de-DRMed my collection, converting to ePUB wouldn't be a great hardship.

I wonder what they'll do about dictionary support.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

So Amazon has not changed their Mobipocket as the only DRM policy and for Bookeen to add ePub, they have to remove Mobipocket support. It also looks like Mobipocket support is gone and even removing the DRM, you will no longer be able to read them in Mobipocket unless you convert to ePub.

Hello Calibre, you have work to do.

JSWolf · 04-28-2009, 03:10 PM

Mobipocket could have taken over as the defacto standard if they had allowed Sony to handle Mobipocket eBooks (with DRM). But they didn't since sony already had DRM on board. Looks like another loss for Mobipocket in the works.

04-28-2009, 02:33 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Cybook Gen 3 with Epub support on Thursday The German publisher and web retailer Weltbild (Wikipedia) has announced that it will carry the Cybook and that the Cybook will have support for "DRM enabled Epub". Having looked at the product page, it appears that Mobipocket support has been dropped from the new firmware. Weltbild also announced that 30,000 ebooks in Epub will be available Thursday, with a goal of 100,000 ebooks to be offered by the end of the year. You can find the press release here.

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BinaryTB Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 74 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Boston, MA Device: Kindle 3	This is good, right? I mean, it's either dedrm mobi or dedrm epub. I'd rather remove drm from epub, just because epub is an open format, allows larger image sizes (RE: LOTR ebooks), and doesn't require the reading device to be exclusive to its DRM format. It's pretty much the "new" LIT format.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,901 Karma: 134368292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	So Amazon has not changed their Mobipocket as the only DRM policy and for Bookeen to add ePub, they have to remove Mobipocket support. It also looks like Mobipocket support is gone and even removing the DRM, you will no longer be able to read them in Mobipocket unless you convert to ePub. Hello Calibre, you have work to do.

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Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 580 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	Does this information carry any implications towards the release of the fw update like that it's going to happen really soon? If I understand it correctly this will be our first opportunity to see the new fw in the wild.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,901 Karma: 134368292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Mobipocket could have taken over as the defacto standard if they had allowed Sony to handle Mobipocket eBooks (with DRM). But they didn't since sony already had DRM on board. Looks like another loss for Mobipocket in the works.

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