Comments on: Bookeen’s Cybook from Author Sandra Schwab

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:28:57 +0000

It really needs folder view, it will be perfect once this is updated…

By: Jodi

Jodi — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:39:42 +0000

I just got my cybook a week ago, and I love it. I agree with some others that knowing the page number would help with jumping to a specific page, that would be a great thing to have.

I love how fast the pages turn and how little energy it uses, I haven’t had to charge it yet, and it’s still at 90% even though I use it A LOT.

I didn’t realize how much I would appreciate not having to hold the book open. I love being able to eat and read without having to worry about the book closing on me and losing my page!

I spent a lot of time researching the different options and I’m so glad I chose the Cybook!

Happy Earthday everyone!

By: Stefan Ervik

Stefan Ervik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:33:58 +0000

You can have a bar at the bottom of the Cybook that shows Your position in the book, there is a menu item called Layout or something like that where You can turn on and off different display elements. But I would also like to have page numbers, because that is how you can navigate in the book, and I would like to be able to skip 10 or 20 pages ahead if I wanted, but that is problematic as you don’t know which page You are on.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:41:45 +0000

Katy, my problem with the folders is remembering to add that to a book’s description before I load it onto the reader. Which is my bad and something I need to work on.

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:22:16 +0000

Jayne,

On the Sony, you can create files to store books in. For instance I have the purchased folder with books bought from the Connect store, a folder for books purchased from Samhain and Ellora’s Cave, and a folder for Shakespeare books. And whenever I buy or add new books to my reader, I move them to the top of their relevant file.

Also, moving books around in the Reader can be slow, so a faster way is to adjust things the way you want in the Connect software and then delete any files you updated from the Reader and then re-add them. If that makes any sense.

I’m still waiting on a Reader that works like iTunes, adjusting the format and syncing with the device…

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:45:20 +0000

I love my Cybook! They just came out with some new features (like better event buffering) that are nice... they have the new edition of the Cybook at BooksOnBoard. I enjoyed looking at the detailed pictures... I was definitely that excited when I purchased my Cybook. :)

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:54:44 +0000

I’ve read 1 book on the Cybook and it is indeed fantastic!
I use some folder support with the help of other devices (PDA and/or notebook): I use the internal storage memory of the Cybook only for reference books (dictionary, encyclopaedia) and the 2 GB SD card for all the rest.
The SD card is organized with subfolders of the folder ‘eBooks’, and I copy in it from the subfolders the few books I am intended to currently read.
I use my Palm TX to make the copy.
Using the Palm TX and the Cybook give me the best combination of features, impossible to combine on a single device.
And I can read the same books on both, using the SD card and Mobipocket (on the Palm I also use other readers: eReader, Plucker).
My conclusion is that not a single device can have all the features because some are mutually exclusive: it is better to use a few specialized devices than a ‘universal’ one doing nothing very good.
(I also have an Archos 605 Wifi for the video, and a MacBook to manage all those tiny devices !).

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By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:39:12 +0000

Thanks for this post. As an online writer, I’m really interested in following the development of these devices and eventually will purchase one. When I publish my next book online sometime in 2008, I think I may number the pages as follows to solve the how-much-more-is-left question: 7 from 395 or 7/495 or something of that sort.

Is there a search function, which I would find crucial?

By: DS

DS — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:16:54 +0000

I also didn’t appreciate the need to know how far I am into the book. The Kindle arrived the other day and I was happy to note that it had a line of very small dots across the bottom that appear as I progress through the book. I am unhappy to report that readomg a book on the Kindle doesn’t make a lousy book any better/