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glassbell · 12-31-2008, 12:25 PM

@cdenes:

I'm a new PRS505 owner. I'm a Mac-user (Intel MacBook). I have access to a Windows-machine. I found the same information in this forum that is in this thread. (

Thanks to everybody who posted it!)

It took me about 30 minutes (largely because of updates) to install Sony's eLibrary software and Adobe Digital Editions on the Windows-machine. After that, it was a few seconds to get the 505 authorized to my Adobe ID.

I already had a DRM'd PDF on my Mac. Once I connected the 505 to the Mac, all I had to do was find the PDF in <username>/Documents/Digital Editions and drag it to the Digital Editions folder in the 505's Finder window. That easy. I'm looking at Jim Butcher's Dead Beat (Dresden Files #7), right now.

As for your deeper question of keeping the 505 or exchanging it for a Kindle . . . Well, my wife's going to purchase the Kindle. I didn't want to spend that much money on the device. Hands-down, the Kindle's got everything (right now) beat for ease-of-acquisition. But I think I'll be able to get what I want to read (assuming it's available as an ebook) onto the Sony. I also think the difference in device-purchase-price will absorb quite a bit of the difference in book-purchase-price, at least for a while. There are also aesthestic considerations, and the fact that a Kindle won't arrive for weeks/months (unless you're willing to pay exhorbitant eBay prices). All said, I'm sticking with the Sony.

12-31-2008, 12:25 PM	#24
glassbell Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: prs-505	I'm a newbie, I just did got a DRM'd PDf onto my 505, and it isn't that hard @cdenes: I'm a new PRS505 owner. I'm a Mac-user (Intel MacBook). I have access to a Windows-machine. I found the same information in this forum that is in this thread. ( Thanks to everybody who posted it!) It took me about 30 minutes (largely because of updates) to install Sony's eLibrary software and Adobe Digital Editions on the Windows-machine. After that, it was a few seconds to get the 505 authorized to my Adobe ID. I already had a DRM'd PDF on my Mac. Once I connected the 505 to the Mac, all I had to do was find the PDF in <username>/Documents/Digital Editions and drag it to the Digital Editions folder in the 505's Finder window. That easy. I'm looking at Jim Butcher's Dead Beat (Dresden Files #7), right now. As for your deeper question of keeping the 505 or exchanging it for a Kindle . . . Well, my wife's going to purchase the Kindle. I didn't want to spend that much money on the device. Hands-down, the Kindle's got everything (right now) beat for ease-of-acquisition. But I think I'll be able to get what I want to read (assuming it's available as an ebook) onto the Sony. I also think the difference in device-purchase-price will absorb quite a bit of the difference in book-purchase-price, at least for a while. There are also aesthestic considerations, and the fact that a Kindle won't arrive for weeks/months (unless you're willing to pay exhorbitant eBay prices). All said, I'm sticking with the Sony.