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As I understand the rulings in the US (and I'm not a lawyer so take this with a grain of salt) it is OK to make your own mp3 files for your own listening from CDs that you own or to make mp3 for your own use from albums that you own. It is not OK to download someone else's rips of their copies of albums that you also own. Likewise, publishers seem to view an ebook copy as a distinct product from the physical book. The argument that I have understood them to make is that owning one form of the book does not qualify you for a free copy of another form of the book any more than owning a hardcover of a book allows you to get a paperback for free.
In some countries, as I understand it, even making a scan of a book that you own is illegal. Laws vary from country to country so what is illegal in one may be legal where you live. (Since you did not identify where you live in your profile for it to display, this is the best I can answer.)
As Jon has pointed out above, part of the series is available exclusively through Amazon for the Kindle so there is no hope that all of the series will be legally available for the Sony until after that agreement expires, if ever.
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