Comments on: A DRM-hater’s E Ink machine: Naeb Cybooks moving quickly (just 200 left in first 1,000)

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:50:58 +0000

Well, I’m not about to buy a Cybook just to try that (I don’t like the Cybook’s bizarre buttonage). Besides, NYPL now also offers epub versions which can be read in Adobe DE (which I’ve tried on my desktop just fine, thank you). So when Sony offers Adobe DE, that will be my chance to try (I should have a Reader by then!).

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:04:17 +0000

Any ideas why books from the NYPL won’t work? Assuming they’re the same as the Boston Public Library (they both seem to use Overdrive) then they’re just encrypted Mobipocket books and are readable in the normal Mobipocket reader. So why wouldn’t they work with the Cybook?!

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:15:27 +0000

>>>”What won’t work, for now at least, are digital library books from the public library.

>>>”The ones from the New York Public Library will not open in the Cybook and, going by posts on MobileRead, Boston Public Library digital books present the same problem. I hope this is fixed soon.

Bugger! Let me tell you that I salivate like a vampire facing a blood-filled neck at the thought of a reader being able to read NYPL ebooks. Really, I think I’d absolutely BUY a reader that could do that. (For now, still on fence, but I favor Sony’s Reader.)

By: Howard Bernier

Howard Bernier — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:36:46 +0000

I’ve never been notified, and I signed up a long time ago …

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By: Robert Nagle

Robert Nagle — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:42:48 +0000

First, let me say, this is a great time to be looking to be buying an ebook device!

Bookeen has a good reputation in the ebook industry, and I am leaning towards buying it.

The time we are in is strange. We have 3 ebook devices (OLPC, Cybook and Kindle) which haven’t really been released or reviewed). I can’t wait to read the reviews!