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wallcraft · 07-26-2008, 11:53 AM

Sony PRS-50X owners will already be aware of this, but for the rest of us note that the eBook Library Software for your PC acts as a Windows ebook reader and does not need a PRS-50X. It now supports ePub, so it is an alternative to Adobe DE for Windows. See the attached screenshots of Sony and Adobe on an ePub of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The attachment shows the standard view which always uses about a 600x800 pane to display the ebook, but there is also a full screen view which may be better for actually reading ebooks. I think the 600x800 view is effectively emulating the PRS-505, but I'll leave it to PRS-505 owners to comment on how close the emulation is. If it is close, then this provides one way to get "screenshots" of what the PRS-505 will show. I tested a PDF and it looked identical, although I did not find a rotate option for the Windows version, see Full size .pdfs - screenshots and/or best option available now? (posts 7 & 9, photo from post 9).

07-26-2008, 11:53 AM	#1
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Sony's Windows ebook Reader Sony PRS-50X owners will already be aware of this, but for the rest of us note that the eBook Library Software for your PC acts as a Windows ebook reader and does not need a PRS-50X. It now supports ePub, so it is an alternative to Adobe DE for Windows. See the attached screenshots of Sony and Adobe on an ePub of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The attachment shows the standard view which always uses about a 600x800 pane to display the ebook, but there is also a full screen view which may be better for actually reading ebooks. I think the 600x800 view is effectively emulating the PRS-505, but I'll leave it to PRS-505 owners to comment on how close the emulation is. If it is close, then this provides one way to get "screenshots" of what the PRS-505 will show. I tested a PDF and it looked identical, although I did not find a rotate option for the Windows version, see Full size .pdfs - screenshots and/or best option available now? (posts 7 & 9, photo from post 9). Attached Thumbnails Attached Images Last edited by wallcraft; 07-26-2008 at 12:05 PM.