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wonderose · 06-12-2012, 12:55 PM

May I just revive a rather old discussion... concerning the Sony readers and the PRS 650 in particular.

As a matter fact, I grapple with the same problems mentioned in this thread, revolving around “Calibre”, the notes I want to export as well as the Sony programs “Reader Library” and “Reader for PC”.

Up until now I have stuck to Calibre as far as it was possible. But for the task of exporting notes I had to rely on this botched software “Reader library”. It didn’t work well, but it worked somehow.

Unfortunately, some time ago, I updated my reader via “Reader library”. As a consequence, the reader froze after disconnecting from the computer, while still loading. Only solution, then, was not a soft , but a hard reset (which I have perfomed up until now a number of times). I blamed the freezing on the PRS+ I had installed about a year ago and decided to uninstall it (which I didn't really regret, as it had also drained the battery). As this didn’t help, I thought, as another possible solution, that I should update the Sony software on my computer. And indeed, the updated software on the reader and the updated software on the computer got on rather well. So no more problems, except the excruciating fact that I now couldn’t export more than 100 characters. That was a real deal breaker.

And it’s some kind of a catch 22, too. On the one hand, with the old software, the reader freezes while disconnecting, and on the other hand, with the new software, I can’t perform the one function that is of the upmost importance to me.

Frankly, I am about to give up and throw the reader away (though I wanted to use it for some hiking and reading in the sun).

Do you have any idea how to solve this problem?

wonderose

06-12-2012, 12:55 PM	#18
wonderose Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: Android Tablets	May I just revive a rather old discussion... concerning the Sony readers and the PRS 650 in particular. As a matter fact, I grapple with the same problems mentioned in this thread, revolving around “Calibre”, the notes I want to export as well as the Sony programs “Reader Library” and “Reader for PC”. Up until now I have stuck to Calibre as far as it was possible. But for the task of exporting notes I had to rely on this botched software “Reader library”. It didn’t work well, but it worked somehow. Unfortunately, some time ago, I updated my reader via “Reader library”. As a consequence, the reader froze after disconnecting from the computer, while still loading. Only solution, then, was not a soft , but a hard reset (which I have perfomed up until now a number of times). I blamed the freezing on the PRS+ I had installed about a year ago and decided to uninstall it (which I didn't really regret, as it had also drained the battery). As this didn’t help, I thought, as another possible solution, that I should update the Sony software on my computer. And indeed, the updated software on the reader and the updated software on the computer got on rather well. So no more problems, except the excruciating fact that I now couldn’t export more than 100 characters. That was a real deal breaker. And it’s some kind of a catch 22, too. On the one hand, with the old software, the reader freezes while disconnecting, and on the other hand, with the new software, I can’t perform the one function that is of the upmost importance to me. Frankly, I am about to give up and throw the reader away (though I wanted to use it for some hiking and reading in the sun). Do you have any idea how to solve this problem? wonderose Last edited by wonderose; 06-12-2012 at 01:48 PM.