The Kindle would be pretty tempting, but it’s not available in Canada yet. The convenience of being able to just download books on demand is a HUGELY compelling feature.

Alas. Maybe someday we’ll get them up here :)

I have not tried the Bookeen product, but the Kindle beats my Sony ebook reader hands down.

Anyone want to buy a Sony ebook reader at a large discount? (I’m not kidding)

The Kindle would be pretty tempting, but it’s not available in Canada yet. The convenience of being able to just download books on demand is a HUGELY compelling feature.

Alas. Maybe someday we’ll get them up here :)

I have not tried the Bookeen product, but the Kindle beats my Sony ebook reader hands down.

Anyone want to buy a Sony ebook reader at a large discount? (I’m not kidding)

One should be aware that the e-ink technology uses an underlayment that is somewhat fragile. While the glass overlay does not easily break or crack, the underlayment is easily damaged.

I had taken precaution in having learned as an owner of the iRex iLiad product for more than one year. Its underlayment was broken and handled by iRex as a warranty repair with all costs (shipment back to iRex support in Germany and return) born by iRex.

I hope the same will occur in my having sent my Cybook back (after waiting for e-mail advice of RMA) but with Bookeen requiring me to arrange and pay for shipping to France. (All that was handled by iRex, even down to their sending me the return shipping packaging.)

I am not an e-ink techie. So, I cannot know what it is that makes e-ink underlayment apparently fragile. My conjecture is that damage had already occurred in its initial shipping as the packaging of the item was not very protective.

The product suffered no difficulties from how I handled it. As I am an educated consumer of e-ink products, I immediately placed the Cybook in its leather holder and kept it there until removing it for packaging it for return to Bookeen. And then, I used the substantially better packaging that brought my iRex iLiad safely to me.

I can state that my few hours of hands-on experience with the Cybook was very exciting. The appearance of the Mobipocket Reader selections and its general improvements from the 2nd gen e-ink technology were sources of cheer. Most impressive for me is the user accessible/replaceable battery. That is an important differentiator for the Bookeen product even given the long usage estimate between charging. Regardless of the initial experience of page turns between charging, all lithium batteries eventually require replacement (as any battery will only charge a certain number of cycles). And to have to ship a unit to France (or to Germany, in the case of the iLiad) for battery replacement is just nonsensible. Here is hoping that other matters do not arise such as repeated screen replacement… Goody

One should be aware that the e-ink technology uses an underlayment that is somewhat fragile. While the glass overlay does not easily break or crack, the underlayment is easily damaged.

I had taken precaution in having learned as an owner of the iRex iLiad product for more than one year. Its underlayment was broken and handled by iRex as a warranty repair with all costs (shipment back to iRex support in Germany and return) born by iRex.

I hope the same will occur in my having sent my Cybook back (after waiting for e-mail advice of RMA) but with Bookeen requiring me to arrange and pay for shipping to France. (All that was handled by iRex, even down to their sending me the return shipping packaging.)

I am not an e-ink techie. So, I cannot know what it is that makes e-ink underlayment apparently fragile. My conjecture is that damage had already occurred in its initial shipping as the packaging of the item was not very protective.

The product suffered no difficulties from how I handled it. As I am an educated consumer of e-ink products, I immediately placed the Cybook in its leather holder and kept it there until removing it for packaging it for return to Bookeen. And then, I used the substantially better packaging that brought my iRex iLiad safely to me.

I can state that my few hours of hands-on experience with the Cybook was very exciting. The appearance of the Mobipocket Reader selections and its general improvements from the 2nd gen e-ink technology were sources of cheer. Most impressive for me is the user accessible/replaceable battery. That is an important differentiator for the Bookeen product even given the long usage estimate between charging. Regardless of the initial experience of page turns between charging, all lithium batteries eventually require replacement (as any battery will only charge a certain number of cycles). And to have to ship a unit to France (or to Germany, in the case of the iLiad) for battery replacement is just nonsensible. Here is hoping that other matters do not arise such as repeated screen replacement… Goody

When you convert txt files you should click on “suppress hyphens” and “suppress single carriage returns” to get proper paragraphs. If you want to add a bookcover to a file, you have to create a new publication. You can also add cover pics when converting files, but they won’t show up in the library. Duh.

When you convert txt files you should click on “suppress hyphens” and “suppress single carriage returns” to get proper paragraphs. If you want to add a bookcover to a file, you have to create a new publication. You can also add cover pics when converting files, but they won’t show up in the library. Duh.

Have you already tried converting .txt and .html files with the Mobipocket Creator? As far as I understand this programme is available for free on the Mobipocket website.

Have you already tried converting .txt and .html files with the Mobipocket Creator? As far as I understand this programme is available for free on the Mobipocket website.

It’s up to the publishers, really. As it stands it’s just ridiculous. Why in the world would I pay full price for a book that I can’t then let my boyfriend read, or lend to a coworker? Cycling books through our social circle is a matter of course and always has been. DRM’d ebooks make it significantly more difficult and expensive, which is just a shame.

It’s up to the publishers, really. As it stands it’s just ridiculous. Why in the world would I pay full price for a book that I can’t then let my boyfriend read, or lend to a coworker? Cycling books through our social circle is a matter of course and always has been. DRM’d ebooks make it significantly more difficult and expensive, which is just a shame.