Cybook {Tools}

Reading on the grass in Brussels

From personal use

• note that SQLite allows to CREATE_TRIGGER hence a possible (even though minimal) way to execute code on the Cybook
  • using SQL run-time loadable extension (providing a way to execute C code)
    • requires to use arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc to cross-compile for ARM, possibly with -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a8 , cf makefile
  • trigger SELECT load_extension('myext.so'); then using myext() in the same trigger fails
    • loading then forcing a second trigger to use myext() works though
• official links
  • manual and firmware http://www.bookeen.com/en/support_download?idPart=1
  • support https://service.bookeen.com/
  • blog
• better coupling with PersonalInformationStream#Current
  • cybook_current_items
    • sqlite3 /system/library ""select f_last_read,f_current_page,f_pages_number,f_title from T_ITEM where (f_item_fileformat=1 or f_item_fileformat=4) and f_current_page>0;"
    • e.g. 1372404699,79,162,"The Golden Ticket"
  • see Processing and Gnuplot for visualizations
    • using Path:/pub/home/books.plt
      • first 3 datapoints faked for test but overall 20 pages per day since received
    • alternative visualization http://fabien.benetou.fr/pub/home/cybook/
    • coloring based on standard deviation
    • plot annotations on the current book, e.g. number and/or length
    • set generated visualization as screensaver
      • updating the file in the filesystem doesn't update the screensaver
        • might requires to update the database (rebooting isn't enough either)
  • script added in /media/cybook/StatMaker/ with instructions
    • improve as udev script
• http://www.instapaper.com
  • for epub generation
• http://dev.stephane-huc.net/PmWiki2PDF/PmWiki2PDF-EN
  • for PIM content to epub
• http://www.albertopettarin.it/exportnotesodyssey.html
  • to gather annotation, requires a find /media/cybook -name *.annot first
• ScanningNotes
• tip http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200595
• current screensaver
• unplugged without umount
  • having to delete entire content of the card, re-initialize, reboot to force folders to be re-created then copy the ebooks and screensaver picture again
  • consider instead http://john.nachtimwald.com/2009/02/22/repair-corrupt-cybook-file-system-on-linux/
• https://forum.quantifiedself.com/thread-best-ebook-reader-for-qs?pid=2972#pid2972
  • visualization with bar graph of the number of pages read daily and the number of nnotations or highlighted passages
  • track of the timestamp of the database
  • books that are most likely harder to read vs. fatigue
    • e.g. assuming a book has a constant level of difficulty, if the average pace on a book drops one can assume the reader is tired
  • pace compared to previous articles from the same author or an author of the bibliography
    • more about the library itself than the ebook reader
• http://linuxfr.org/users/psychoslave__/journaux/utilisation-des-sources-fournies-par-bookeen-pour-le-cybook-odyssey
  • not the source of the actual reader Boo Reader
• filesystem 1.4G FAT32 format
  • currently read files /system/library sqlite3 database
  • bookmark from the browser in XML format
  • /?/Digital Editions/*.anno annotation in XML format
  • /?/wifi.txt MAC address]
  • /autorun.inf providing a name and icon for user-friendly mounting
• manga
  • http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3v088f/

/system/library

• T_AUTHOR
  • f_pages_number|f_current_page|f_last_read|
• T_LASTCHANGE
  • f_lastchange
• T_USER
  • empty
• T_CLOUD_ITEM
  • empty
• T_SERVICE
  • f_pages_number|f_current_page|f_last_read|
• T_VERSION
  • f_numversion|f_desc|f_versiondate|f_checkscript
• T_DIRECTORY
  • f_id_dir|f_path|f_isclouddir
• T_SHELF
  • empty
• T_WAIT_SYNCPOSITION
  • empty
• T_SHELF_LINK
  • empty
• T_ITEM
  • f_id_item|f_etag|f_item_fileformat|f_item_filetype|f_item_category_flag|f_service_id|f_lang|f_pages_number|f_current_page|f_last_read|f_publication_date|f_publisher|f_title|f_cover_uri|f_description|f_id_dir|f_internal_uri|f_external_uri|f_documenttime|f_filesize|f_drminfo|f_expiration_date|f_ade_page_index|f_author_id|f_toupdate|f_isvalid|f_cf1|f_cf2
    • f_pages_number int
    • f_current_page int
    • f_last_read unix time stamp
    • f_title string

See also

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Note

My notes on Tools gather what I know or want to know. Consequently they are not and will never be complete references. For this, official manuals and online communities provide much better answers.