The Digital Reader

I just learned via MobileRead that Ectaco has uploaded a new firmware. I’ve tried and failed to get it to work on my Jetbook, but I was told the following by MobileRead member tselling:

This firmware adds Adobe Digital Editions DRM support. With that support we get TOC in our epubs. I was able to authorize my jetBook with Adobe Digital Editions and I have tested with a couple of Library books and works ok. The Adobe Mobile Reader is version 9.0.26696

However, there is no dictionary with epubs in this firmware release (probably since they open with the adobe viewer instead of fbreader). We also lose the left and right arrow buttons for page turns in epubs.

The mobi and fb2 formats use fbreader so looks pretty much the same as the previous firmware for those formats… with no TOC but with dictionary support.

I’m still waiting to hear back from Ectaco.

You can download the firmware here, and you can find instructions on how to install it at jetbook.net.

P.S. My upgrade probably failed because my device started out as an Aluratek Libre. I didn’t like their reader app (this was before the Adobe Epub update), so I flashed the Jetbook firmware. There might be something funky on the device somewhere.