12-19-2009, 12:23 AM
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Junior Member
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hello
Hi I just joined and I am really a techno phobe.
I have a sony reader, which I love, but Sony is converting toepub and wants me to update. The problem is I have 200 books not yet read in pdf format. also I buy from many sites and do not see epub offered. From what I have just read here this sounds like a night mare. I do not want to end up like the kindle users only able to buy from amazon. Any thoughts or help? Thanks ladybugsue |
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12-19-2009, 12:31 AM
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Enjoying the show....
 
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Welcome to MobileRead, ladybugsue.
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12-19-2009, 05:24 AM
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Wizard
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Ladybugsue, welcome to MobileRead.
If you have a prs-505 you are already epub-ready (at least if you have the latest firmware, which is quite old). Sony is changing the ebooks it sells through its store from lrx to epub. It is not a change that will affect you in any way. If you bought lrx from sony, you can ask them to give you the epub versions. If not, life goes on as usual, and you continue to read all the formats that you did before. No worries! |
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12-19-2009, 06:50 AM
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The Dank Side of the Moon
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Welcome!
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12-19-2009, 07:17 AM
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Hi ladybugsue and welcome to MobileRead. omk3 is right. I have a Sony 505 and can read lrx, ePub and PDFs no problem. The last major firmware update was in July 08 so, if you got your 505 after that time, it should work fine.
I've been routinely borrowing ePub formatted books from my public library and they read okay. |
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12-20-2009, 10:40 PM
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sony PRS-505
Thanks for all the replys. But I am still confused. There is a CURRENT update to commute to epub. Sony wants me to download it.
Sony help said I cannot have both adobe and epubs book on my reader at the same time??? Cassidym - have you applied this update? Became available 3 weeks ago..... |
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12-21-2009, 06:38 AM
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The Dank Side of the Moon
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The new style "Social" DRM EPUB from B&N will NOT work on the Sonys though. |
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12-22-2009, 12:36 AM
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Thanks, I did the conversion. You were all a lot more help than the Sony help desk was....
Sue |
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