r/PocketBookofficial

I've had my Era Lite for a while and the one thing I kept missing was proper reading stats. Kobo has them, the Fable app has those nice yearly heatmaps, KOReader does it too, but I actually like the stock PocketBook reader and didn't want to switch my whole setup over to KOReader just for a stats screen. There's was an existing app on GitHub which was posted somewhere (couldn't find it anymore) that does something similar but it had some hick-ups for me, so I ended up building my own.

It's called Better Stats. It doesn't replace anything, it just reads the reading data the firmware already keeps (the library database) and turns it into a stats screen. There's a small background tracker that logs your sessions, and it tries hard not to count standby or long pauses as reading time, which was the main thing the other app got wrong for me.

Four tabs, and I deliberately kept it swipe-free:

- Overview – current book, progress, time left, pages per minute, that kind of thing

- Streak – current/best streak plus a GitHub-style heatmap of the year

- Calendar – each day shows the cover of what you read; tap a day for the breakdown

- Year – books finished per month with the covers

The whole UI is built from the firmware's own system font and dark/light. Covers are pulled straight out of the epubs. German and English, picks whichever your device is set to.

Fair warning: I've only been able to test it on my own Era Lite (PB710, FW 6.x). It should work on other newer readers but I genuinely don't know. If you try it on a different model I'd really appreciate hearing whether it works or blows up.

It's free and open source. Grab the release app into your applications folder, open it once and reboot so the icon shows up.

Repo + download: https://github.com/nikljuel/better-stats

Happy to hear feedback or feature ideas.

TLDR - Cases for 6” Kindles are rather compatible with Pocketbook Verse models. Beware, not perfect but it fits.

The edges of my official pocketbook case for Pocketbook Verse Pro Color was flaking off all along the edges after only a couple months so I ordered a new case. It’s finally arrived and I’m chuffed to bits! It’s actually meant for 6-inch Kindles but I took a chance and…it fits! I love that it could do so much! It was under $10 so even if it breaks down after a few months, it’ll still have been worth the happiness imo. I figured I’d make this post since there are so few options for cases on the market for Pocketbook Verse users.

Pros:
-The back is a clear case
-Which I can add inserts to decorate myself
-The front cover is nice and sturdy to protect the screen
-Which can be flipped 360 degrees, all the way to the back
-The front cover has 2 ridges on the inside to adjust angle when using the built-in stand mode
-Which I can use in both landscape or portrait orientation
-And can use as displaying on a cabinet when I’m not reading (like a picture frame to showcase book cover)
-I can fully detach the cover 
-Add a magnetic pop socket
-I can even add the pop socket with the cover still on (not ideal)
-The buttons are still usable, thank goodness
-The bottom comes with 3 hole cut-outs (meant for kindle), one of which aligns with the USB-C port
-It’s thicker than the official pocketbook case but still fits in my zipped padded pouch

Cons:
-Mine doesn’t have the auto-sleep/wake when open/close. (Other kindle case options have that though so it’s out there if you prefer that.)
-Not exactly a con but worth mentioning: The case is a little loose but it FITS. The four corners and left/right sides are held in place nicely. However, the pocketbook doesn’t ‘fill in’ the top/bottom parts. Despite this somewhat looseness, it doesn’t fall out unless I actually pry it apart. Adding an insert helps make it fit more snugly. 

When I first open a comic (this one) I could read it full, without any problem.

Now it can't open or after one page it goes back to homescreen.

Same with other comics.

Happens the same with others.

I already factory reset the thing.

I bought it on eBay. Books are completely fine.

Yes found the reason/bug:

Seems only to happen for comics where i select "Trim the edges" to automatic.
(Problem: once enable, you cant turn it off, when comic is not able to be opened.)

This is about pocketbook verse 629 which I bought 8 months ago. 3 things happened almost simultaneously, and it's hard to pin-point what caused it. I am afraid that it's because of the latest heat waves in my country, but maybe I removed something by accident:

1. I haven't been using the device for the last week. I turned it on today after recent heat waves in my country. There was almost 40*C in my house for a few days. According to the manual it's the maximum level for this device.

2. I loaded an ebook and when I opened it, the pocketbook started counting pages and it kept counting (this ebook has over 1000 pages). Suddenly it got really warm on the back and the battery level was dropping in front of my eyes, 1% every 30-60 seconds. Only when it got to 5%, the battery level was dropping slower. When it got to 3% I couldn't use it anymore and I had to charge it.

3. When I was loading this ebook via USB cable, I decided to remove those folders with books in other languages which come by default. I wanted simpler view. I am now not sure whether I removed some folder by accident and this caused the damage? This is what I currently have. Do you also have something like this? I don't remember if I created the "Downloads" folder myself or it was there by default, but is there any important folder missing here?

https://i.imgur.com/Pko1o5Z.png

I let the device discharge to 3% and now I'm charging it hoping that once it hits 100%, it will somehow magically calibrate and fix itself, heh... Btw. I have the latest firmware verson: 629.6.10.1461

edit: I charged the device fully, and my first impression is that the battery's level isn't decreasing that fast - at least after a quick 15 min test (with this big file after 15 min battery would be already like 15% lower). I think this big file was causing this for some reason, but I doubt it was a virus. It's super weird. :D It wasn't that big anyway, 16MB .epub. I removed the file just in case. :D I will need to give it a real test with real ebook.

edit2: After charging it to 100% (it was really warm when charging, not sure if this is normal), i couldn't resist and decided to take a risk with the same file, so I loaded it again and opened it and now it's working fine. The device is not overheating anymore, although now I notice it's a little bit warmer at the bottom, I am not sure if it was always like this, or if I am now oversensitive. It is definitely warmer when it's counting pages on long ebooks (~1000 pages). The battery stays at the same level and the percentage isn't dropping that fast anymore.