Month: January 2009

Kindle Detection Bug in Calibre

Posted on January 31, 2009

The Kindle has been very tricky to get working in Calibre. However, it is finally working correctly (at least it should be). The latest issue with the Kindle driver was in the usbms core. The main memory location was never being set. On Windows the driver loops over all attached... Continue reading

Cybook t2b Format Specification

Posted on January 19, 2009

The Cybook Gen 3 uses it’s own image file for thumbnails. The t2b file is generated by the device based upon the image found in the ebook. If there is no image a default one with the file name written across it is created. One of the feature request for... Continue reading

Calibre and Cybook

Posted on January 17, 2009

The usbms driver is mostly done. Everything is implemented and it works. Testing is all that’s needed now. The Cybook is working and Kindle support should be committed soon. Continue reading

Calibre and New Driver Code

Posted on January 7, 2009

This Christmas Santa was very nice to me. He gave me a Cybook Gen 3 ebook reader. I’ve really been needing a new one since Tati has been monopolizing (this isn’t a bad thing) the Sony Prs505 we already had. Sadly the ebook management application I often use (Calibre) didn’t... Continue reading