[Larksong]

I have a Sony PRS-505, which I love. I have ADE for purchasing books (& downloading free promo books) from Kobo & Borders, and I have Calibre for managing my e-book collection and uploading it to my PRS-505. So far, this has worked just fine.

The Sony bookstore has some books that I would like, both free and for sale, which are not available through Kobo or Borders. Or, sometimes, they offer a free or promotional price copy when neither Kobo nor Borders does. So I'd like to be able to buy/download books from Sony.

I'd like to continue using Calibre to manage the collection and move books onto my Reader, but I gather that the Sony Reader Library software launches automatically as soon as I plug my 505 into the computer. Which brings up two concerns:

1) Does the Sony Library software start syncing to my 505 automatically, and is there a way I can disable that function?

And 2) Does the Sony Library software allow Sony to see what I already have on my reader? (Because while I'm not an advocate of piracy per se, I might have some titles of, um, questionable legitimacy on my Reader -- books I already own in hard copy.)

Anything you can tell me will be appreciated!