Yeah, deleted books are removed. This has been true of the Sony dating back to the 500/505. Their design is very well thought out. You can use their device withou the desktop software if you choose. Without any software, other than a way to copy/manage files.
I've got the beginnings of a driver on my own machine. It talks to the database to read books right now, and adds books to the database when uploading, although it looks like the entry will have to be complete enough or the Sony 'purges' it on rescanning and removes it from collections. Awesome.
No collection support yet, as it is tough with so little time to learn the plugin model, the quirks of SQLite's syntax, and relearn python all at once. I'll also need to learn how the old Sony driver works a bit to understand what may be similar, if anything, in the data stored. Might be able to use some of the time stamp routines if the 650 uses the same time stamps for things.
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