new Sony software out now! - Page 2

kennyc · 12-10-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

Dunno why this topic is PRS600

All Sony Readers use it..
OMG, I'm so screwed! Anyone read this in the help notes?

Notes
Reader Library is not supported by the following environments:

An operating system other than those included above
Personally built computer or operating system
Upgraded manufacturer-installed operating system
Multi-boot environment
Multi-monitor environment

The computer I'm using right now ticks 3/5 of those boxes!

Welp, that'll teach you!

I don't know why it's here either. That was why I was confused about what software the OP was discussing. It shouldn't be annotated as PRS-600.

JSWolf · 12-10-2009, 10:32 AM

Do not install 3.1 if you want your eBooks in LRX as you cannot access them with eBook Library 3.1 while the store has not yet been upgraded.

rhadin · 12-10-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

OMG, I'm so screwed! Anyone read this in the help notes?

Notes

Reader Library is not supported by the following environments:

An operating system other than those included above
Personally built computer or operating system
Upgraded manufacturer-installed operating system
Multi-boot environment
Multi-monitor environment

The computer I'm using right now ticks 3/5 of those boxes!

Well, it just ain't true! I'm running it on a personally built computer with 3 monitors.

kennyc · 12-10-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do not install 3.1 if you want your eBooks in LRX as you cannot access them with eBook Library 3.1 while the store has not yet been upgraded.

The old store/software is going down at 2 PM (Eastern?) in any case

JSWolf · 12-10-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

The old store/software is going down at 2 PM (Eastern?) in any case

I'll have a look at the store a little after 2pm since I am in Eastern time.

sirmaru · 12-10-2009, 11:25 AM

Be sure to click on Help in the menu and then Reader Library Help.

There appears to be a lot of new features in 3.1. It appears that one will be able to buy ePub books in many places now, not just the Sony eBook Store. The 3.1 Reader now allows many stores to authorize purchases for this software.

It would be great if Barnes and Noble plus Sony had interchanbeable ePub books Then we could price shop between them for the same Sony PRS-900.

It would be wanting too much if Amazon joined the ePub wave.

Between this new software and the Sony PRS-900 it appears that Sony has jumped way ahead technologically compared to Amazon and BN. I eagerly await delivery of my PRS-900. My old PRS-505 is headed for the grandkids.

jrd4849 · 12-10-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

The old store/software is going down at 2 PM (Eastern?) in any case

From today's email:
"As a result of these changes, the store will be unavailable for a short period of time starting Thursday, December 10th at 2:00pm PST. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Please visit the Reader Store on December 11th to download the new Reader Library 3.1 software and browse for your next great read!"

kennyc · 12-10-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jrd4849

From today's email:
"As a result of these changes, the store will be unavailable for a short period of time starting Thursday, December 10th at 2:00pm PST. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Please visit the Reader Store on December 11th to download the new Reader Library 3.1 software and browse for your next great read!"

Thanks. I was just checking on that. It is 2:00 PM PST -- that's 5:00 PM EST.

Full announcement is here: http://ebookstore.sony.com/promotion...nce_email.html

kennyc · 12-10-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sirmaru

....

It would be wanting too much if Amazon joined the ePub wave.
.....

Not really. It's my belief Amazon will support epub in the near future, depending on how much traction B&N gets (along with Sony).

JSWolf · 12-10-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Not really. It's my belief Amazon will support epub in the near future, depending on how much traction B&N gets (along with Sony).

I think Amazon won't go ePub because then they would lose control of where DRMed eBooks have to be bought.

kennyc · 12-10-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I think Amazon won't go ePub because then they would lose control of where DRMed eBooks have to be bought.

I'm sure they don't/won't want to. But I really don't see as they will have a choice if they expect to stay in the ebook business. We'll have to wait and see, only time will tell.

nathantw · 12-10-2009, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

Reader Library is not supported by the following environments:[LIST][*]Personally built computer or operating system [*]Multi-boot environment [*]Multi-monitor environment

Uh-oh. I guess I'm in trouble because I have all three of those. Three strikes and I'm out? ;-)

Laurentiu · 12-10-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Not really. It's my belief Amazon will support epub in the near future, depending on how much traction B&N gets (along with Sony).

I can bet on it, knowing how Amazon tries to get the long tail of the business. If they don't do it, they will loose a ton of money from those that use a different hardware. They will probably charge a little bit more for epub than for Kindle, but, sooner or later they will come up with it!

Harmon · 12-10-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by rvdparis

damn, i spoke/installed/upgraded too soon.

I plugged in my eReader, and guess what? Software crashed. No GUI, etc. etc. Like the old software. Why can't they get this right?

PS, I'm on a late 2009 iMac with Snow Leopard (and I am NOT running in 64bit mode, which I found out before is not compatible with the Sony software).

I'm running the Sony eLibrary on an intel based Mac using the latest iteration of Snow Leopard in pristine 64 bit mode without a problem.

My iMac is one of the irst intel macs. That would seem to be the only difference between my situation & yours, & I can't imagine why it would have any effect.

Which makes me wonder whether you might have some other kid of conflict.

Edit: the Sonys I connect are not 600s. They are a 300 and a 505.

AprilHare · 12-10-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nathantw

Uh-oh. I guess I'm in trouble because I have all three of those. Three strikes and I'm out? ;-)

It seems the less strikes, you're out. All you need to be is a PRS-500 user and you're out on Mac - despite not being out on PCs with more strikes against them..

12-10-2009, 11:25 AM	#21
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Read the Help file for Version 3.1 Be sure to click on Help in the menu and then Reader Library Help. There appears to be a lot of new features in 3.1. It appears that one will be able to buy ePub books in many places now, not just the Sony eBook Store. The 3.1 Reader now allows many stores to authorize purchases for this software. It would be great if Barnes and Noble plus Sony had interchanbeable ePub books Then we could price shop between them for the same Sony PRS-900. It would be wanting too much if Amazon joined the ePub wave. Between this new software and the Sony PRS-900 it appears that Sony has jumped way ahead technologically compared to Amazon and BN. I eagerly await delivery of my PRS-900. My old PRS-505 is headed for the grandkids.

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