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vivaldirules · 08-23-2008, 01:12 PM

I've upgraded my Sony 500 to the 505 and have installed the new firmware for the Reader and software upgrades to eBook Library and Adobe DE. I have downloaded and can successfully read DRM'd Adobe DE files that I've purchased both on my PC and on my new Reader. I've done the same with Adobe DE ebooks that I've borrowed from digital public libraries. And I've done the same with this ePub ebook that was uploaded to MR: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26872

Great. But:

1. I've purchased a book from Books on Board (http://www.booksonboard.com/index.ph...ok&BOOK=201849) as an "Adobe ePub eBook" which I can read on my PC using Adobe DE and I can transfer from there to my Sony Reader using Adobe DE but when I go to read it on my Reader I get the dreaded "Page Error!" indicator. Is this likely a Sony firmware issue or an indication that the publisher didn't do a good job at making the "ePub" or what?

2. All of the ePub books I've seen so far are not fully justified when read either in Adobe DE or on my Reader. Is this a shortcoming of the ePub format, the reader software, or the publisher who created the files?

3. I've casually searched for ePub books on the internet and have found (from http://www.epubbooks.com/) some which are prominently labelled as ePub (http://www.snee.com/epubkidsbooks/) but are actually RAR files. When I open them, I find NCX, OPF, HTM files and a couple of folders (one with images). So where's "the ePub"? What would I load to my Reader? Or are these the components of an ePub that would need to be put together?

Sorry for asking what may be stupid questions. For the moment, I don't think I'll be bothering with any more of these. At least, I won't be buying any more.

08-23-2008, 01:12 PM	#11
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	ePub, ePub, what is ePub?! I've upgraded my Sony 500 to the 505 and have installed the new firmware for the Reader and software upgrades to eBook Library and Adobe DE. I have downloaded and can successfully read DRM'd Adobe DE files that I've purchased both on my PC and on my new Reader. I've done the same with Adobe DE ebooks that I've borrowed from digital public libraries. And I've done the same with this ePub ebook that was uploaded to MR: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26872 Great. But: 1. I've purchased a book from Books on Board (http://www.booksonboard.com/index.ph...ok&BOOK=201849) as an "Adobe ePub eBook" which I can read on my PC using Adobe DE and I can transfer from there to my Sony Reader using Adobe DE but when I go to read it on my Reader I get the dreaded "Page Error!" indicator. Is this likely a Sony firmware issue or an indication that the publisher didn't do a good job at making the "ePub" or what? 2. All of the ePub books I've seen so far are not fully justified when read either in Adobe DE or on my Reader. Is this a shortcoming of the ePub format, the reader software, or the publisher who created the files? 3. I've casually searched for ePub books on the internet and have found (from http://www.epubbooks.com/) some which are prominently labelled as ePub (http://www.snee.com/epubkidsbooks/) but are actually RAR files. When I open them, I find NCX, OPF, HTM files and a couple of folders (one with images). So where's "the ePub"? What would I load to my Reader? Or are these the components of an ePub that would need to be put together? Sorry for asking what may be stupid questions. For the moment, I don't think I'll be bothering with any more of these. At least, I won't be buying any more.