*SOLVED* Downloading Sony books in Firefox

maggotb0y · 03-17-2010, 09:22 PM

I've been wishing I could do this for a while now, and finally broke out some sniffing tools to see if it could be done. It can, with some caveats.

In Firefox (and probably many other browsers) it is possible to use the ebookstore.sony.com site and buy and download books (downloading does require that Adobe Digital Editions is installed).

You just need to find one of the many available add-ons for changing your user-agent-string, and set it to

Code:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/532+ (KHTML, like Gecko) ReaderLibrary/3.1

The store is a bit buggy this way, and occasionally throws up error messages (I always get one immediately after logging on), but if you are persistent enough you can do handy things like view your wishlist, or gift certificate balance without having to install the Sony software on all of your PCs.

Presumably the results would be even better on a webkit-based browser.

**update**
Sorry, buying books does not work with this method, but downloading books bought before does. If a moderator could change the subject, I'd appreciate it.

pilotbob · 03-17-2010, 09:55 PM

Well... why don't you try it with Chrome or Safari and see how it goes.

I know Safari has a dev menu you can enable to change the User Agent. I'm not sure about Chrome. But both are web kit based.

BOb

bla · 07-18-2012, 06:45 AM

I have been using Firefox to access/dl books from the Sony store with no problems and without messing with "user client strings", I have also used explorer and chrome with no problems... 'course it could be hust dumb luck lol....

Mikou · 07-18-2012, 08:52 AM

But how long you've been buying through your browser? This is a 2 year old thread. Earlier this year, Sony updated their store so that it was possible to buy directly from their, rather than using separately installed software. Before that, as far as I know, it wasn't possible to buy without their Reader software.

bla · 07-18-2012, 03:02 PM

I shuld have been clearer I use the reader sw to buy stuff from the store but I use firefox to dl the free stuff and previously purchased books, i haven't tried to buy with firefox but I can log into my account without a problem so I don't forsee any difficulty I have been using the T1 directly for a while now so it might have changed...

Pinecone · 07-19-2012, 12:55 PM

1) Nothing like bring up an over 2 year old thread.

2) Sony changed their bookstore so it is accessible by a browser.

03-17-2010, 09:22 PM	#1
maggotb0y Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 1166 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey, Outside of Philadelphia Device: Sony Reader	SOLVED Downloading Sony books in Firefox I've been wishing I could do this for a while now, and finally broke out some sniffing tools to see if it could be done. It can, with some caveats. In Firefox (and probably many other browsers) it is possible to use the ebookstore.sony.com site and buy and download books (downloading does require that Adobe Digital Editions is installed). You just need to find one of the many available add-ons for changing your user-agent-string, and set it to Code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/532+ (KHTML, like Gecko) ReaderLibrary/3.1 The store is a bit buggy this way, and occasionally throws up error messages (I always get one immediately after logging on), but if you are persistent enough you can do handy things like view your wishlist, or gift certificate balance without having to install the Sony software on all of your PCs. Presumably the results would be even better on a webkit-based browser. update Sorry, buying books does not work with this method, but downloading books bought before does. If a moderator could change the subject, I'd appreciate it. Last edited by maggotb0y; 03-17-2010 at 09:26 PM. Reason: correction

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03-17-2010, 09:55 PM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Well... why don't you try it with Chrome or Safari and see how it goes. I know Safari has a dev menu you can enable to change the User Agent. I'm not sure about Chrome. But both are web kit based. BOb

07-18-2012, 06:45 AM	#3
bla E bookworm Posts: 358 Karma: 2013666 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Sony PRS T1,Android Tablet, I phone	I have been using Firefox to access/dl books from the Sony store with no problems and without messing with "user client strings", I have also used explorer and chrome with no problems... 'course it could be hust dumb luck lol....

07-18-2012, 08:52 AM	#4
Mikou Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 5052779 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Device: Kobo Libra, Amazon Fire 10, Kobo Clara, Kobo Aura One	But how long you've been buying through your browser? This is a 2 year old thread. Earlier this year, Sony updated their store so that it was possible to buy directly from their, rather than using separately installed software. Before that, as far as I know, it wasn't possible to buy without their Reader software.

07-18-2012, 03:02 PM	#5
bla E bookworm Posts: 358 Karma: 2013666 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Sony PRS T1,Android Tablet, I phone	I shuld have been clearer I use the reader sw to buy stuff from the store but I use firefox to dl the free stuff and previously purchased books, i haven't tried to buy with firefox but I can log into my account without a problem so I don't forsee any difficulty I have been using the T1 directly for a while now so it might have changed...

07-19-2012, 12:55 PM	#6
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	1) Nothing like bring up an over 2 year old thread. 2) Sony changed their bookstore so it is accessible by a browser.

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