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affa44 · 03-03-2011, 02:50 AM

I purchased the unit from e-bay Australia and have just found out that it was never sold by Sony Australia and therefore is not supported locally. I purchased an EPUB book from the local Borders on-line store and couldn't drag it across on either the sony library or adobe digital editions. I did contact Borders and although the rep was very helpful couldn't fix the problem. I contacted calibre and received a very curt reply that calibre no longer supports un-upgraded prs-500s. Unfortunately the only upgrading available on the sony website is for the library and I have downloaded that.
Any suggestions apart from the rubbish bin?

03-03-2011, 02:50 AM	#1
affa44 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 592 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tongala, Victoria, Australia Device: Sony PRS-500	Did I buy a lemon? I purchased the unit from e-bay Australia and have just found out that it was never sold by Sony Australia and therefore is not supported locally. I purchased an EPUB book from the local Borders on-line store and couldn't drag it across on either the sony library or adobe digital editions. I did contact Borders and although the rep was very helpful couldn't fix the problem. I contacted calibre and received a very curt reply that calibre no longer supports un-upgraded prs-500s. Unfortunately the only upgrading available on the sony website is for the library and I have downloaded that. Any suggestions apart from the rubbish bin?