Bookeen is a French company dealing with

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History

In 2003 after the failure of Cytale (the first European company to make an ebook reader) two former engineers of Cytale, Laurent Picard and Michaël Dahan, bought the intellectual property of the Cytale reading device, the

Cybook Gen1 {{Infobox Information appliance , name = Cybook (Cytale) / Cybook Gen1 (Bookeen) , image = , caption = Cybook Gen1 as sold by Bookeen , manufacturer = Cytale at first, then Bookeen , type = e-Reader , releasedate ...

. They founded the company, Bookeen, to produce dedicated ebook reading devices. Their first product was the Cybook Gen1. The Cybook Gen1 was Bookeen's only product until 2006/2007, when they began exploring

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screens. At the time, E-Ink screens were a new technology and claimed to have a near paper-like appearance that did not cause eyestrain. In late 2007 Bookeen began selling the

Cybook Gen3 Cybook Gen3 is a 6-inch (15.2 cm) e-reader for reading e-books and periodicals, and it can be used to listen to MP3 and audiobook files. It was produced by the French company Bookeen. Description The Cybook Gen3 is a reading device based on ...

, their first eBook reader to use an E-Ink screen. At the end of 2008, Bookeen started to claim future support for the ePub eBook format. The current firmware supporting it for all models; however, this firmware can not support the older Mobipocket format. Another firmware with support for Mobipocket is still made available so the user can select the desired format. The Swedish Internet Book Store AdLibris initiated a cooperation with Bokeen, and started 2010 to sell the "läsplatta" (Swedish for ebook reader) named

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an exact copy of Bookeen, except with Swedish menus and Swedish dictionary. When the frontline model of Bookeen was introduced 2014, the Swedish twin version was also manufactured and sold by AdLibirs in the Scandinavian market. In 2009 they also announced a new product the

Cybook Opus Cybook Opus is a 5-inch e-reader, specially designed for reading e-books and e-news. It is produced by the French company Bookeen. Description The Cybook Opus is an ultra-light reading device based on E Ink screen technology. The device is 4. ...

a smaller version of the

but with some improvements: improved shape,

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, 1 GB of user memory, and a 400Mhz CPU. June 2010 Bookeen published a much improved firmware for Gen3 and Opus devices. In August 2011, Bookeen launched its own e-book store called BookeenStore.com with ePub and PDF format books, and a selection of free e-books with no DRM. (Note: this site now has DRM.) In 2014, Bookeen launched the Cybook Muse, the new 6 inches connected ebook reader and later in 2014, the Cybook Ocean, an 8 inches connected ebook reader.

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Official Website

Official Books store Website

Interview in French of Laurent Picard and Michael Dahan
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