Thread: Sony, kindle or kobo?
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Old 12-26-2011, 04:28 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by bcgirl View Post
Thank you ApK, yes I would like to have a bit of help. Just trying things out now, like trying to see if the books I have on my Mac can be transferred to my Sony ereader. I just installed Calibre software and have no clue how this works. I can watch the demo and go from there but first, is this software I would need? Also my Kobo books on my iPad, could I transfer these to my ereader? All this is not really necessary as I am purchasing books soon (wifi) from Sony store because that would be the easiest I think? BTW, library books goes way better on the Sony than my iPad.
There's no need to purchase books twice. Kobo books can be read on Sony since they both use the same DRM (Adobe Digital Edition). To transfer Kobo books to Sony

- Register your Sony reader to the same name and password as your Kobo account. That's because Sony and Kobo will share the Adobe Digital Edition account.
- Go to the Kobo account and click download to download all the Kobo books. Transfer them manually to the Sony reader. I like to use drag-n-drop to the file directory instead of using the the Sony software. Other people prefer to use Calibre to transfer contents.

Alternatively, this seems to be what savvy members do. Strip all the downloaded/purchased books of the DRM. (Google Apprentice Alf.) Then you can put them on the reader without regards to how it is registered. (Because there are weird limitations, like a limit on numbers of device registered.) Also if you look for threads on how to put Kindle books on Sony readers (or other epub readers), it involves stripping Kindle drm and using Calibre to convert to epub.
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