diff --git a/resources/recipes/scinexx.recipe b/resources/recipes/scinexx.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de1ab51988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/recipes/scinexx.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class AdvancedUserRecipe1265145870(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = u'Scinexx.de'
+    language = 'de'
+    __author__ = 'JSuer'
+    cover_url    = 'http://www.g-o.de/grafiken/web_scinexx/head2.gif'
+    oldest_article = 14
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets = True
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+    encoding = 'ISO-8859-1'
+
+    feeds          = [(u'Scinexx.de', u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/scinexx')]
+
+    remove_tags = [{'class':['text1fett']}]
+    remove_tags = [{'href':['javascript:window.print()']}]
+
+    extra_css = '''
+                    .text2normal{font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Kalimati,sans-serif; font-size:x-small;}
+                    .text1normalblau{font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Kalimati,sans-serif; font-size:small;}
+                    .text1fett{font-color:grey; font-size:small;}
+                    .titel1{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:large;}
+                    .titel2{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; }
+                    .titel3{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:larger;}
+                    h1{font-size:large;}
+                    '''
+
+
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        id_start = url.rfind('2010') - 6
+        id_end = id_start +  5
+        id = url[id_start : id_end]
+        result = 'http://www.scinexx.de/inc/artikel_drucken.php?id=' + id + '&a_flag=1'
+        return result
diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index baffbf2db9..1ad6c03fc2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ from calibre.devices.hanvon.driver import N516, EB511, ALEX, AZBOOKA
 from calibre.devices.edge.driver import EDGE
 from calibre.devices.teclast.driver import TECLAST_K3
 from calibre.devices.sne.driver import SNE
-from calibre.devices.misc import PALMPRE, KOBO
+from calibre.devices.misc import PALMPRE, KOBO, AVANT
 from calibre.devices.htc_td2.driver import HTC_TD2
 
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.fetch import GoogleBooks, ISBNDB, Amazon
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ plugins += [
     PALMPRE,
     KOBO,
     AZBOOKA,
-    HTC_TD2
+    HTC_TD2,
+    AVANT,
 ]
 plugins += [x for x in list(locals().values()) if isinstance(x, type) and \
                                         x.__name__.endswith('MetadataReader')]
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/misc.py b/src/calibre/devices/misc.py
index 6cbe8aadec..a375df5694 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/misc.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/misc.py
@@ -49,3 +49,22 @@ class KOBO(USBMS):
 
     EBOOK_DIR_MAIN = ''
 
+class AVANT(USBMS):
+    name           = 'Booq Avant Device Interface'
+    gui_name       = 'Avant'
+    description    = _('Communicate with the Booq Avant')
+    author         = 'Kovid Goyal'
+    supported_platforms = ['windows', 'osx', 'linux']
+
+    # Ordered list of supported formats
+    FORMATS     = ['epub', 'fb2', 'html', 'rtf', 'pdf', 'txt']
+
+    VENDOR_ID   = [0x0525]
+    PRODUCT_ID  = [0xa4a5]
+    BCD         = [0x0319]
+
+    VENDOR_NAME = 'E-BOOK'
+    WINDOWS_MAIN_MEM = 'READER'
+
+    EBOOK_DIR_MAIN = 'E-books'
+