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stu · 11-13-2008, 04:50 AM

Hi,

I recently purchased a couple of ebooks for my newly aquired PRS-505 and am not happy with the whole ebook experience so far.

With the first book it is not possible to jump to a chapter from the table of contents. Some chapters work, some don't. Those that don't can be up to 20 pages out. The book is a reference book so I want to be able to jump around at will. It is an epub document and was supplied by Waterstones- the preferred supply in the UK.

With the second book, the formatting is messed up unless it is viewed on the smallest font setting which unfortunately renders it impossible to read even when using reading glasses. Increasing the font size does strange things like loses line breaks. This is a pdf document and I bought it from Books on Board.

Is this normal or have I bought a couple of duff items?

I am running the latest firmware on the sony (1.2.00.18050) and Adobe Digital Editions 1.5

Thanks

stu

11-13-2008, 04:50 AM	#1
stu Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Not Happy with Purchased ebooks. Is this normal? Hi, I recently purchased a couple of ebooks for my newly aquired PRS-505 and am not happy with the whole ebook experience so far. With the first book it is not possible to jump to a chapter from the table of contents. Some chapters work, some don't. Those that don't can be up to 20 pages out. The book is a reference book so I want to be able to jump around at will. It is an epub document and was supplied by Waterstones- the preferred supply in the UK. With the second book, the formatting is messed up unless it is viewed on the smallest font setting which unfortunately renders it impossible to read even when using reading glasses. Increasing the font size does strange things like loses line breaks. This is a pdf document and I bought it from Books on Board. Is this normal or have I bought a couple of duff items? I am running the latest firmware on the sony (1.2.00.18050) and Adobe Digital Editions 1.5 Thanks stu Last edited by stu; 11-13-2008 at 09:33 AM.