How to read blogs on Sony Reader?

00hkelly · 05-15-2009, 02:33 PM

I have been searching and trying my best to figure this out, but I must be missing something, somewhere.

Is there an easy way to transfer and read blogs on the PRS-505?

The blogs that I read on a regular basis are:

The Paramedic's Diary
Random Acts of Reality
and
http://basicsdoc.blogspot.com/

I have tried using the feed reader in Calibre, but unfortunately the one's hosted on blogspot don't seem to offer RSS and Random Reality just doesn't seem to work.

I have looked through the Calibre online help and guides, but I just don't understand code. I have also been trying other software and google, I downloaded Feed Owl (I think)[EDIT: RSS Owl] and it worked beautifully, but then I could find no way to export it to a readable format.

Any help anybody could give to me would be very much appreciated. It would be so much better to be able to read these blogs on my reader than my iphone when stuck on the train.

[EDIT: Oh, and I'm on a mac if that makes any difference? But have windows 7 in parallels]

Elfwreck · 05-15-2009, 02:37 PM

I'm also interested in this. I haven't yet tried to read blogs on my Reader because it's seemed like too much hassle to set up; I've started looking at Feedbooks' "create a newspaper" thing, but it's rather intimidating.

ccadi · 05-15-2009, 03:31 PM

The Firefox addon in the url below will allow you to grab blog off page and convert for use on your 505

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24403

Tested on first two blogs, converts and puts them into calibre ready to send to device

00hkelly · 05-15-2009, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the link ccadi. I am clearly doing something wrong though. I have tried it in OS X and it does not work. And I have tried it in a clean install of Windows 7 (only things installed are Calibre, Firefox and that extension, and it doesn't work in that either.
I guess i'll keep fiddling, it has to work eventually...right?haha

00hkelly · 05-15-2009, 05:31 PM

I now have it working. I had to completely rewrite the paths in the plugin to work with the mac.

I still don't have the path to calibredb which is currently /usr/bin/calibredb

to get the app to work I had to wrewrite usr/bin/web2lrf to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/loaders/web2lrf

and similarly rewrite the path to Calibre and the output directory.

If anybody does have any idea where that calibredb file is, it would be good for me to link to it i guess (although all is working fine at the moment).
Thanks ccadi for the link to this.

05-15-2009, 02:33 PM	#1
00hkelly Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505	How to read blogs on Sony Reader? I have been searching and trying my best to figure this out, but I must be missing something, somewhere. Is there an easy way to transfer and read blogs on the PRS-505? The blogs that I read on a regular basis are: The Paramedic's Diary Random Acts of Reality and http://basicsdoc.blogspot.com/ I have tried using the feed reader in Calibre, but unfortunately the one's hosted on blogspot don't seem to offer RSS and Random Reality just doesn't seem to work. I have looked through the Calibre online help and guides, but I just don't understand code. I have also been trying other software and google, I downloaded Feed Owl (I think)[EDIT: RSS Owl] and it worked beautifully, but then I could find no way to export it to a readable format. Any help anybody could give to me would be very much appreciated. It would be so much better to be able to read these blogs on my reader than my iphone when stuck on the train. [EDIT: Oh, and I'm on a mac if that makes any difference? But have windows 7 in parallels] Last edited by 00hkelly; 05-15-2009 at 02:36 PM.

05-15-2009, 03:31 PM	#3
ccadi Alive'n'Reading Posts: 43 Karma: 70 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: uk Device: Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Libra 2, Paperwhite 5 SE	The Firefox addon in the url below will allow you to grab blog off page and convert for use on your 505 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24403 Tested on first two blogs, converts and puts them into calibre ready to send to device Last edited by ccadi; 05-15-2009 at 03:45 PM.

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05-15-2009, 02:37 PM	#2
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,185 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I'm also interested in this. I haven't yet tried to read blogs on my Reader because it's seemed like too much hassle to set up; I've started looking at Feedbooks' "create a newspaper" thing, but it's rather intimidating.

05-15-2009, 05:02 PM	#4
00hkelly Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505	Thanks for the link ccadi. I am clearly doing something wrong though. I have tried it in OS X and it does not work. And I have tried it in a clean install of Windows 7 (only things installed are Calibre, Firefox and that extension, and it doesn't work in that either. I guess i'll keep fiddling, it has to work eventually...right?haha

05-15-2009, 05:31 PM	#5
00hkelly Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505	I now have it working. I had to completely rewrite the paths in the plugin to work with the mac. I still don't have the path to calibredb which is currently /usr/bin/calibredb to get the app to work I had to wrewrite usr/bin/web2lrf to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/loaders/web2lrf and similarly rewrite the path to Calibre and the output directory. If anybody does have any idea where that calibredb file is, it would be good for me to link to it i guess (although all is working fine at the moment). Thanks ccadi for the link to this.

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