My Cybook Opus Ebook Reader: Adventures of a New User

By Paolo Amoroso

This book tells the author's experience in selecting, buying and using a Bookeen Cybook Opus ebook reading device. The Opus is a popular compact device manufactured in France by Bookeen. It features a 5" e-ink display and 1 GB of storage for ebooks and documents.

My Cybook Opus Ebook Reader is a sort of diary of a technically savvy user new to ebooks who learns about the Opus and digital reading. The book covers some features of the device hardware and operation such as battery charging and power management, upgrading the firmware, managing and reading digital books, and more. Like a product review, it tells personal impressions, insights, frustrations and usage tips. It is not, however, an instruction manual or an introductory guide.

-* Table of Contents *-

Preface,

1. Background,
About Me,
Why and How I Chose a Cybook Opus,
Buying,
Unboxing,

2. Opus Hardware,
Size and Weight,
Initial Charging,
Screen Legibility,
Power Management and Battery Charging,
The Power Button,
The Back Button,
The Accelerometer,

3. Using the Opus,
Turning the Unit On for the First Time and Uploading Ebooks,
Upgrading the Firmware,
Browsing the Ebook Library,
Reading ePub Books,
Reading HTML and TXT Files,
Reading PDF Files,
Digital Books Management,
DRM and Copy-Protected Ebooks,
How the Opus Changed my Reading Habits,

Resources,

About Paolo Amoroso

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paolo Amoroso
• Release date: May 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476154091

Paolo Amoroso

Astronomy, space and science educator. I am also interested in ebooks, digital publishing and self publishing, Android and Google, Linux and computer science.

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My Cybook Opus Ebook Reader

Adventures of a New User

By Paolo Amoroso

Copyright 2012 Paolo Amoroso

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Table of Contents

Preface

1. Background

About Me

Why and How I Chose a Cybook Opus

Buying

Unboxing

2. Opus Hardware

Size and Weight

Initial Charging

Screen Legibility

Power Management and Battery Charging

The Power Button

The Back Button

The Accelerometer

3. Using the Opus

Turning the Unit On for the First Time and Uploading Ebooks

Upgrading the Firmware

Browsing the Ebook Library

Reading ePub Books

Reading HTML and TXT Files

Reading PDF Files

Digital Books Management

DRM and Copy-Protected Ebooks

How the Opus Changed my Reading Habits

Resources

About Paolo Amoroso

Preface

This book describes my experience in choosing, buying and using a Bookeen Cybook Opus electronic books (ebooks) reader. It shares what I learned, discusses little known features, and offers usage tips. I hope that it will help other users and provide Bookeen with valuable product feedback.

The Cybook Opus is a