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Originally Posted by jcornel7
After some very extensive research I went to the Sony store yesterday and used my company discount to buy a Sony Reader. Its a very cool device and I travel a lot for work so this way I can do my research and tech reading without having to open my laptop. (I hope)
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You hope in vain, I think. Excepting the Iliad, this generation of e-ink readers is for reading books, not for perusing technical books.
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Originally Posted by jcornel7
If not youll see this thing end up on Ebay  |
Check your keyboard for the apostrophe key. Don't be offended, I'm a picky old pedantic grouch.
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Originally Posted by jcornel7
Here are my questions:
1. I have a library of hundreds of technical Ebooks, however they are all pdf or chm. Is there some way to batch convert them?
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Into what? The Sony Reader supports PDF. Otherwise, search this forum for calibre.
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Originally Posted by jcornel7
2. Where do you get your fiction books? (legally or "not so legally" - e.g. George RR Martin, Frank Herbert, Stephen King, Lincoln Childs, etc.)
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For the Sony Reader, your choice is the Sony Bookstore. Obtaining illegal books is illegal, and no one here is going to be party to a criminal act.
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3. Do you have to use the Sony eBook Library software, its a heap of dung as software goes?
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No, it's not necessary in order to transfer books. Standard Windows file i/o to the device or an SD card does the trick. "Its" needs that pesky apostrophe![/quote]
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4. I also have a ton of Word docs that I save to RTF however when I try to open them I get page invalid. How do I fix this?
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Don't know, perhaps best asked on a general tech forum.
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OK I think that is all for now....Thanks in advance.
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You're welcome, and welcome to the site! Most people are much nicer than me, so don't form to quick a first impression.