Open , right-click your USB drive, and select Properties .

Supported OS: Windows 10/11, macOS 12+, Linux (kernel 5.x+).

Different receivers have different methods, but common triggers include:

Wait for the process to reach 100%. USBUtil will create several files on your USB drive starting with ul. . Once finished, you can safely remove the drive and connect it to your PS2 to play via OPL. Troubleshooting Common Issues

B. Help with missing accompanying printed materials for the leaflet library

We accept physical copies and have facilities to provide high quality scans
Alternatively, we also accept scanned images (minimum 300DPI)

CD-ROMs, floppy disks, etc.
Serial and USB cables
- These were bundled more with the later Franklin units

D. Help with mapping the human aspect of Franklin Electronic Publishers

The archive staff can reach out to those willing to share their company story and product development journey

E. Help fund the efforts of the Bookman Archve

Please see our Buy Me a Coffee page. Thank you.

Contact

Reach us via email if you can help.

Supporters

Many thanks to our supporters and contributors who have joined us in this pursuit of preserving this segment of digital history:

David @ TheGrove
Michael Dayah
Jason Ray
Carlo Ritter
Paul Bartholomew
Daniel Nemenyi

System Lineage

System Compatibility

Bookman system compatibility chart coming soon.

Bookman Devices (136)

Bookman Cartridges (133)

Digital Book System Devices (3)

Digital Book System Cartridges (69)

Patents (40)

Reverse Engineering Page

Replacements and Restorations

Bookman Card Blank

This 3D printable card blank will ensure your Bookman cartridge contact strip stays clean and sits flush with the rest of the device by filling the card slot.

Download blankcard.stl for 3D printing

Bookman Label Maker

This tool is used to create replacement labels for Franklin BOOKMAN cartridges that have faded or otherwise deteriorated labelling. The generated labels are downloadable as SVG files and can be printed at 100% scale for a 1:1 reproduction size suitable for application on worn ROM cards.

screenshot of the Bookman label maker web app

See the source code for this tool here.

Click here to access the Bookman Label Maker

Leaflet Library

You can find scans of various Franklin promotional / catalog leaflets below. Items listed in chronological order.

Supporting Software

This is a collection of disk images and files of related software that came bundled as part of various Franklin DBS / Bookman devices. Click to download these files.

💾 Bookman Sidekick connectivity software (SDK-561, SDK-563, SDK-565)

FEP Press Releases

1990-08-23 Franklin Electronic Publishers has Signed Seiko to Market Its Hand-Held Electronic Dictionaries
1992-07-28 Franklin Aims to Release Publications on ROM Card
1993-10-07 Franklin land Allen-Bradley Deal
1994-01-06 Franklin Electronic Make a Comeback
1994-05-27 Merck Manual Available For Franklin Digital Book System
1995-01-10 Franklin's BOOKMAN Expands with Plug-In Books
1995-10-16 BOOKMAN for Pocket Quicken Banks on Convenience
1996-06-03 Franklin And Starfish Announce World's First Portable Sidekick® Personal Organizer On Bookman® Platform
1996-06-09 Pocket Size: Bookman Is Best Reference Book
1996-10-28 Appointment With Your Pocket Organizer Destiny
1997-01-01 Gahart Intravenous Medications to be released
1997-04-13 Up Close and Personal With Hand-Held PCs (NYT Technology > Cybertimes)
1997-05-15 Electronic books for the Far East
1997-08-18 Taking a Page from BOOKMAN
1997-08-28 Franklin Unveils Proprietary RISC Processor
1999-09-29 Xircom Purchases Rex® Product Line from Franklin Electronic Publishers
2000-06-27 Franklin.com to Become Authorized Microsoft Bookstore
2000-09-26 Franklin Electronic Signs Marketing Agreement
2000-11-01 Ten O'Clock Tech: Franklin Launches E-Book Reader
2001-02-01 Franklin Releases Content Developers' Kit for eBookMan Platform
2002-11-25 Franklin licenses chip technology to Ademco
2003-04-14 Future products move to using ARM9 processors
2003-06-25 Franklin Electronic licenses reference work rights
2006-07-27 Kreutzfeldt Electronic Publishing and Franklin Electronic Publishers Join Forces
2008-04-09 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. and Teachers of English Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) to Sponsor Worldwide English as a Foreign/Additional Language Spelling Tournament
2010-02-26 Franklin Electronic Publishers goes private
2018-02-06 Lexibook and Franklin join forces in the UK and French markets

FEP Company Miscellany

Critical Web Snapshots

USB Vendor Code

FEP received its own official number in the USB vendor code list after submitting it to the USB consortium: 0x09b2 (hex) or 2482 (dec). The submission was related to use of USB for the eBookman device.

Manufacturer Code / FCC Code

FCC ID was CK2
Manufacturer Alpha Code was FRK
- Manufacturer Alpha Codes (MAC) in compliance with the Office Products Industry Data Standards (OPIDS) Initiative
- Roughly speaking, a voluntary standardization of SKU for office products

SEC Filings

Common Stock Certificate

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