Sony Reader, DRM, and Calibre

R Grosvenor · 07-18-2011, 11:52 AM

I have a Sony Reader 950 and use the Sony Reader library software. I download many free library books that use DRM to limit your reading time to 21 days. This works ok. Two things I want to be able to do.

Add a tag or something to be able to tell a book has been read. I want to keep all my read books in my library, even if my usage has expired so that I can tell I have read that book

Edit Megadata, particularly to add covers.

I created a collection for read books with sony software, but it starts showing errors when a book usage period expires and sync tries to occur.

Am i missing an easy way to keep up with read books on the reader or the reader software on the desktop?

Will Calibre handle legal DRM management of usage time? I am not trying to remove DRM. But Calibre allows adding user created tags and updating of metadata, I think.

Thank You!

pidgeon92 · 07-18-2011, 03:09 PM

Calibre cannot detect when a book is expired. You can create a custom column and put the expiration date there. Yes, you can create tags and update metadata with Calibre.

R Grosvenor · 07-18-2011, 03:53 PM

So will Calibre catalog and download a library book if Adobe Digital is installed and authorizing in the same manner as it does with the Sony Library?

pidgeon92 · 07-18-2011, 04:01 PM

Calibre can import any ebook file.

When you download from the library, you don't get the ebook, but an .acsm file, which is a pointer file to the actual book file. You need to use either Sony Library or Adobe Digital Editions to open the .acsm to get the ebook file. Once you have that file, you can import that into Calibre.

07-18-2011, 11:52 AM	#1
R Grosvenor Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Sony Reader 950	Sony Reader, DRM, and Calibre I have a Sony Reader 950 and use the Sony Reader library software. I download many free library books that use DRM to limit your reading time to 21 days. This works ok. Two things I want to be able to do. Add a tag or something to be able to tell a book has been read. I want to keep all my read books in my library, even if my usage has expired so that I can tell I have read that book Edit Megadata, particularly to add covers. I created a collection for read books with sony software, but it starts showing errors when a book usage period expires and sync tries to occur. Am i missing an easy way to keep up with read books on the reader or the reader software on the desktop? Will Calibre handle legal DRM management of usage time? I am not trying to remove DRM. But Calibre allows adding user created tags and updating of metadata, I think. Thank You!

07-18-2011, 03:53 PM	#3
R Grosvenor Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Sony Reader 950	ADE with Calibre So will Calibre catalog and download a library book if Adobe Digital is installed and authorizing in the same manner as it does with the Sony Library?

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07-18-2011, 03:09 PM	#2
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	Calibre cannot detect when a book is expired. You can create a custom column and put the expiration date there. Yes, you can create tags and update metadata with Calibre.

07-18-2011, 04:01 PM	#4
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	Calibre can import any ebook file. When you download from the library, you don't get the ebook, but an .acsm file, which is a pointer file to the actual book file. You need to use either Sony Library or Adobe Digital Editions to open the .acsm to get the ebook file. Once you have that file, you can import that into Calibre.

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