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eljacob · 03-19-2009, 12:40 PM

I use calibre to manage my entire book collection, but from time to time I do buy some books from Sony Store.

I read some posts not recommending to use both softwares together, but I decided to try something, and it is working so far:

- I keep all books I purchased from Sony Store in the device's internal memory

- I keep all books I manage with calibre (all the rest, including books I purchase from other sites, manuals, technical stuff, etc...) in a SD card.

- whenever I decide to buy a book from Sony Store I first remove the SD from the device, connect it to the computer, buy and transfer the book to the internal memory, and disconnect again.

- only after disconnecting the device from the computer I insert the SD back, the device scan its contents for a minute or two, and everything is there.

I don't know if it is really necessary to remove the SD card, or if it would be enough to simply keep the libraries apart, each one manage by a different application, but I decided to remove the card just in case.

I am not 100% sure this will always work, but I have done this a few times (maybe 8 to 10 times, I am not buying Sony books everyday) and so far so good...

03-19-2009, 12:40 PM	#19
eljacob Member Posts: 10 Karma: 14 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-700	I use calibre to manage my entire book collection, but from time to time I do buy some books from Sony Store. I read some posts not recommending to use both softwares together, but I decided to try something, and it is working so far: - I keep all books I purchased from Sony Store in the device's internal memory - I keep all books I manage with calibre (all the rest, including books I purchase from other sites, manuals, technical stuff, etc...) in a SD card. - whenever I decide to buy a book from Sony Store I first remove the SD from the device, connect it to the computer, buy and transfer the book to the internal memory, and disconnect again. - only after disconnecting the device from the computer I insert the SD back, the device scan its contents for a minute or two, and everything is there. I don't know if it is really necessary to remove the SD card, or if it would be enough to simply keep the libraries apart, each one manage by a different application, but I decided to remove the card just in case. I am not 100% sure this will always work, but I have done this a few times (maybe 8 to 10 times, I am not buying Sony books everyday) and so far so good...