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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Sony works fine as a USB device--the very *first* Sony ereaders didn't, but the later ones all do.
Kobo also works fine by USB.
It's just that those two have recommended software to manage the books, which is important if you buy from those stores.; some people skip that entirely and use either Calibre or just drag-and-drop into the ereader's drive(s).
(I use a Sony PRS-505 and no Sony software, and don't deal with DRM at all.)
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Originally Posted by kacir
Only the first(*) Sony - the PRS-500 model had problem. All the newer Sony devices work perfectly as "USB disk". Sony devices also have an SD card slot.
(*) - there was Sony Librie, before that, sold only in Japan and that one was totally catastrophic - there was NO WAY for you to load a book, except books officially purchased from Sony. No wonder it was a failure.
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And the PRS-500 does have opensource drivers. I've seen them work fine with Linux for a while. Also, it is only the ones with the older firmware that require the driver. If it has been updated to support ePub, then it will act as a mass storage device, just like all the newer Sony Readers.