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waxintaxin · 01-10-2009, 09:06 PM

Hi everyone , got myself a sony ereader and I am in the UK
well here goes
I am a tad frustrated with all the format issues I am having

I keep finding book i want to read on all the sites that are in either mobi or microsoft formats. I have tried to work out the removal of DRM to run the books through calibre to format them to epub but its all a bit techy and it makes no sense as it seem to be based on code and dos boxes in python??? which i have no idea how to do or even where to begin

so i guess my gripe is that I feel i have been sold a betamax when everyone has VHS

lots of books to buy in mobi or microsoft and not many in epub, will this change or should i stick to paper and forget what i see as a great product the 505 because i cant buy any book i want to read in the correct format, or will it change ?

01-10-2009, 09:06 PM	#1
waxintaxin Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: sony prs 505	Help with the 505 Hi everyone , got myself a sony ereader and I am in the UK well here goes I am a tad frustrated with all the format issues I am having I keep finding book i want to read on all the sites that are in either mobi or microsoft formats. I have tried to work out the removal of DRM to run the books through calibre to format them to epub but its all a bit techy and it makes no sense as it seem to be based on code and dos boxes in python??? which i have no idea how to do or even where to begin so i guess my gripe is that I feel i have been sold a betamax when everyone has VHS lots of books to buy in mobi or microsoft and not many in epub, will this change or should i stick to paper and forget what i see as a great product the 505 because i cant buy any book i want to read in the correct format, or will it change ?