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Originally Posted by Larksong
I like Calibre a lot, and would prefer to keep using it. Is there a way to download the DRMed books to Digital Editions, then somehow transfer them to Calibre to put them on my Sony Reader?
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You can drag/add the epubs from wherever ADE or Sony place (do a search under My Documents for epubs) them to calibre and use calibre to manage your library and send books to your device.
Since these books are DRM retricted calibre can not convert them or use its internal viewer to view them.
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Originally Posted by Larksong
And if there is, can the same process be used to share those purchased books with my daughter, who has the same model Sony Reader I do (and lives in my house)? (I understand I can "authorize" several devices using Digital Editions?)
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If both devices are authorized under the same account then it might be possible. Ask over on the Sony forum if you don't get an answer here.
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Originally Posted by Logseman
There is something you must keep in mind: Calibre doesn't operate with DRM-sporting files.
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Calibre manages these books fine as far as sending them your device goes.
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Originally Posted by Logseman
you need to extract the DRM from them, for which there are various forms.
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I agree this is the easier solution. I have removed the DRM from every book I bought from Sony or via ADE. The
original poster can go to
Apprentice Alf's blog and check out a post on
Adobe Adept ePub for more info.
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Originally Posted by Larksong
OK, I've Googled the process, and frankly, it appears to be beyond my technological savvy.
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Trust me its not that hard. The tools have a nice GUI front end now.
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Originally Posted by Larksong
(I have ethical qualms, too, although all I want to do is use a single, useful library management system and make sure I can still read the same book in 10 years, when I'm on my 3rd or 5th e-reader device which may not be from the same manufacturer.
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If you want to be able to ensure you can read your purchased book 10 years from now it would be best to remove the restriction now.
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Originally Posted by Larksong
So -- Will I have to give up Calibre and switch everything over to Digital Editions? Or can I use Digital Editions to manage and upload the DRM'ed files, and still use Calibre for the public-domain stuff? If the latter, can I add books to the Sony Reader using DE without messing up the device's memory of what is already on there from Calibre?
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My advice is to add all the books to calibre and use it any time you want to communicate with your device. Mixing software sending books to a device never ends pretty.