Thread: So I just ordered a Sony PRS 505.
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Old 08-14-2008, 03:36 AM   #5
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I can't wait to get it! Anyway, I have some questions.

1.) I have mainly read books on my computer that are in PDF format. These books are purely in text form and do not really have many illustrations, if any. I heard the 505 is bad with PDF's... if this is the case, is there any way I can convert the PDF to the Sony format so its read better? You could also conceivably try using a pdf-file printer to print to a Sony-optimized size.

2.) To read manga do you have to put the JPG's into a PDF? Any tutorials on how to optimize them for the reader?

3.) Any hard case? The reader is going to be my backpack and I do not want the presumably fragile screen to be killed...

Thanks in advance!
1. the main problem with PDF is that it is formatted for a certain screen size, and doesn't reflow very easily or beautifully. That said, the 505 with the newer firmware does a much better job of rendering them, although I still think it looks like crap and prefer other formats. As for conversion, I have had really good results with pdflrf, and if you have a linux box and don't mind a little hacking/manual reformatting, pdftohtml leaves you with editable HTML files + images.

2. for manga, all you have to do is get a collection of images with some kind of numerical order in the file names (001.jpg, 002.jpg and so on), and add them to a zip or rar archive. You then change the file extension of this archive to either .cbz (zip) or .cbr (rar) and you have a computer-readable comic. To convert/optimise it for Sony run FangornUK's comiclrf script.

3. can't help you there, although some people mentioned those hard, clear cases that shops use to put their DVDs in, those seem to fit. For the record, I also carry around the reader in my backpack, it is flush against my notebook so I don't really worry about it. Of course, lots of "loose items" in your backpack might scratch/damage your reader. I don't know how fragile the screen is, it seems pretty sturdy (given that I've already dropped the reader twice from a standing position on a paved street and it survived. Yes, I have butterfingers).
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