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tony68 · 10-14-2012, 01:01 PM

Hi All
New Member looking for help

Sony Reader for PC crashes when importing epub book converted from Kindle format.

Problem is with 2 books purchased from Amazon converted to epub format via Calibre. When trying to import either book into Reader for PC (Windows XP) the program crashes generating the usual Microsoft error message – the program has encountered a problem and needs to close. Do not have this problem with any other Kindle books that have been purchased and converted. The books have been deleted from my system, downloaded and converted again and still have the same problem. Interestingly, the titles are from the same author and as an experiment, one of the titles was repurchased from Smashwords and loaded into Reader successfully. Did not know about Smashwords until this problem showed up. No help could be found on the Sony website and obviously there is no point approaching Amazon.

Any ideas as to the cause of this problem would be appreciated.

10-14-2012, 01:01 PM	#1
tony68 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Sony PRS-2	Sony Reader for PC crashes when importing epub Hi All New Member looking for help Sony Reader for PC crashes when importing epub book converted from Kindle format. Problem is with 2 books purchased from Amazon converted to epub format via Calibre. When trying to import either book into Reader for PC (Windows XP) the program crashes generating the usual Microsoft error message – the program has encountered a problem and needs to close. Do not have this problem with any other Kindle books that have been purchased and converted. The books have been deleted from my system, downloaded and converted again and still have the same problem. Interestingly, the titles are from the same author and as an experiment, one of the titles was repurchased from Smashwords and loaded into Reader successfully. Did not know about Smashwords until this problem showed up. No help could be found on the Sony website and obviously there is no point approaching Amazon. Any ideas as to the cause of this problem would be appreciated.