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Originally Posted by CanadianContent
Hi everybody,
I'm new to this part of the forum. I am expecting my 505 to be delivered in the next couple of days, and I am pacing about with excitement. I have been reading on a UMPC up to now, but took the plunge to a dedicated reader when I was browsing for an Airmiles redemption, so here I am.
I am hoping that you experienced Sony owners can give me some direction. I have read lots about Calibre. Do most of you use it? And is that instead of the software that comes with the Sony, which I gather has a few problems?
I have a number of books, which are mostly .lit format. I realize that they can be converted for reading on the Sony, but if I use Calibre for this, does it make a copy of the book, that is does it store the new Sony compatible version in a new library and retain the old format version?
In my situation, how would you go about re-organizing my 150-ish .lit books, and 30+ pdf books?
Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences.
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I use Calibre instead of the Sony software because I'm on a Mac, although I have the Sony and the Adobe DE stuff installed on a VM.
Certainly when you add a new book into Calibre's library it takes a copy; but I can't remember off hand if it does when it's converting. However I would
STRONGLY recommend you take a backup of the files before you convert them anyway, just in case (nothing to with Calibre, just a standard precaution
).