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thomaskoeller · 07-08-2012, 06:31 PM

Hi, I'm new to all forums, so I hope this works. I thought that I would never buy an ebook reader, but I am going to. I have bid on ebay for a SONY PRS 300.
If I don't get that one I will find another. I have purchased a USB stick with many ebooks on it.

So I thought I would download 'calibre' and start reading them on my PC.
In the intro to calibre it says that its very easy to use.

I even read a few pages of the guide that is already loaded as an ebook when it starts up that's how I got to this forum - it's mentioned in the last paragraph on the last page !!

Oh! such innocence.....

I made a Library on my data HDD as instructed and via the WIZARD made that the default directory. That worked and the supplied guide was transferred there and I can read it on my PC. So far, so wonderful.

However, when I want to import an ebook (in epub format) from the USB stick, I click to import a book from a single directory (first option) and click on the title file (which is the only file shown in that directory unless I change the 'file types' to *.* whereupon two other files appear) and the book file (epub)is promptly imported.

I should also mention this file name has the author and the tile and in () a number - say 8436.

The title comes up beneath the 'guide' and all seems well UNTIL I want to read it. Then I get a message which says that the ebook is corrupted and I should download it again if I can. I do that - but nothing changes.

There is obviously something that I am missing or doing wrong.

Please help me.

07-08-2012, 06:31 PM	#1
thomaskoeller Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: SONY PRS 300	Greetings from Bristol - England Hi, I'm new to all forums, so I hope this works. I thought that I would never buy an ebook reader, but I am going to. I have bid on ebay for a SONY PRS 300. If I don't get that one I will find another. I have purchased a USB stick with many ebooks on it. So I thought I would download 'calibre' and start reading them on my PC. In the intro to calibre it says that its very easy to use. I even read a few pages of the guide that is already loaded as an ebook when it starts up that's how I got to this forum - it's mentioned in the last paragraph on the last page !! Oh! such innocence..... I made a Library on my data HDD as instructed and via the WIZARD made that the default directory. That worked and the supplied guide was transferred there and I can read it on my PC. So far, so wonderful. However, when I want to import an ebook (in epub format) from the USB stick, I click to import a book from a single directory (first option) and click on the title file (which is the only file shown in that directory unless I change the 'file types' to . whereupon two other files appear) and the book file (epub)is promptly imported. I should also mention this file name has the author and the tile and in () a number - say 8436. The title comes up beneath the 'guide' and all seems well UNTIL I want to read it. Then I get a message which says that the ebook is corrupted and I should download it again if I can. I do that - but nothing changes. There is obviously something that I am missing or doing wrong. Please help me.