Sony palm ebooks

revmike · 02-18-2008, 09:26 PM

I hate it that I have all these palm books that I used to read on my sony clie will not work on the sony 505 reader. Now I have to buy them all over again, if I want to read them on the 505.

slayda · 02-19-2008, 08:32 AM

See this thread.

simond · 02-19-2008, 08:49 AM

And that program has worked fine on my ebooks I've tried it with so far, has saved me a fortune compared to rebuying eReader books in Sony Reader convertible formats

revmike · 02-19-2008, 01:22 PM

Thanks Slayda for the link.

revmike · 02-20-2008, 04:11 PM

I'll admit it. I'm a complete dummy when it comes to scripts. None of it makes any sense to me. Everyone says how easy it is to covert from one format to another, it probably is if you code writing experience, but for me it might as well be greek. So I'll just hold on to my 70+ books until something that a 5 year old can understand comes along.

JSWolf · 02-20-2008, 04:30 PM

[sarcasm]But revmike, you have a Sony ereader 505 and as we know, you can should be able to read eReader eBooks with it.[/sarcasm]

Actually you have a Reader not an ereader.

What you need do to run a Python script is install Python for Winows 2.5 or later. Then make sure the script you want to run has a .py extention. And then you have to run it from a command line prompt along the lines of...

script.py option option option option

In this case the script you want to run has 4 different options.

revmike · 02-20-2008, 10:49 PM

I stand corrected in regards to reader vs ereader. But I'm still in the dark. I've downloaded python and the ereader2html script, but I have not been able to figure out how to do it.

revmike · 02-22-2008, 09:21 PM

Thanks to JSWolf and Smaulz for all their help in providing me the information to be able to change the format on my books in order to have them available on the 505.

Plowman · 02-26-2008, 10:58 AM

I guess this may be a dead issue, but I've had a fair amount of luck using the Process Text converters.

http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html

My 2 cents

RWood · 02-26-2008, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plowman

I guess this may be a dead issue, but I've had a fair amount of luck using the Process Text converters.

http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html

My 2 cents

I too have had great luck with the ABC Amber series of converters. Great value for the money. And the Palm converter referenced is free.

revmike · 02-26-2008, 12:56 PM

I tried that first and all I got was gibberish. I probably did something wrong, maybe it did'nt work because I tried the free version, but in any event I now have all my old palm books on my sony reader which was all I wanted.

02-18-2008, 09:26 PM	#1
revmike Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 182 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: sony reader 505	Sony palm ebooks I hate it that I have all these palm books that I used to read on my sony clie will not work on the sony 505 reader. Now I have to buy them all over again, if I want to read them on the 505.

02-19-2008, 08:32 AM	#2
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,700 Karma: 871861 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: EZ Reader, Kindle 1, NookColor, iPad 4, iPhone 5	See this thread. __________________ "People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for" - Harper Lee

02-20-2008, 04:30 PM	#6
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,205 Karma: 13801264 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	[sarcasm]But revmike, you have a Sony ereader 505 and as we know, you can should be able to read eReader eBooks with it.[/sarcasm] Actually you have a Reader not an ereader. What you need do to run a Python script is install Python for Winows 2.5 or later. Then make sure the script you want to run has a .py extention. And then you have to run it from a command line prompt along the lines of... script.py option option option option In this case the script you want to run has 4 different options. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

02-20-2008, 10:49 PM	#7
revmike Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 182 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: sony reader 505	I stand corrected in regards to reader vs ereader. But I'm still in the dark. I've downloaded python and the ereader2html script, but I have not been able to figure out how to do it. Last edited by revmike; 02-20-2008 at 10:58 PM.

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02-19-2008, 08:49 AM	#3
simond Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1023503 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Glo,iPad Mini,iPhone	And that program has worked fine on my ebooks I've tried it with so far, has saved me a fortune compared to rebuying eReader books in Sony Reader convertible formats

02-19-2008, 01:22 PM	#4
revmike Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 182 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: sony reader 505	Thanks Slayda for the link.

02-20-2008, 04:11 PM	#5
revmike Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 182 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: sony reader 505	I'll admit it. I'm a complete dummy when it comes to scripts. None of it makes any sense to me. Everyone says how easy it is to covert from one format to another, it probably is if you code writing experience, but for me it might as well be greek. So I'll just hold on to my 70+ books until something that a 5 year old can understand comes along.

02-22-2008, 09:21 PM	#8
revmike Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 182 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: sony reader 505	Thanks to JSWolf and Smaulz for all their help in providing me the information to be able to change the format on my books in order to have them available on the 505.

02-26-2008, 10:58 AM	#9
Plowman Member Posts: 17 Karma: 24 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: PRS-500	I guess this may be a dead issue, but I've had a fair amount of luck using the Process Text converters. http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html My 2 cents

02-26-2008, 12:56 PM	#11
revmike Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 182 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: sony reader 505	I tried that first and all I got was gibberish. I probably did something wrong, maybe it did'nt work because I tried the free version, but in any event I now have all my old palm books on my sony reader which was all I wanted.

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