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bookstar · 03-22-2009, 08:13 PM

Hello, as you can see I am very new to the forums.

Im pretty much settled on purchasing a 505 sometime this week, however there is a few things on my mind regarding file extensions and formats.

I am not to educated on the whole digital rights management thing. I understand if you purchase an ebook through a site, it will have security within that file so that you cannot use it with a competing brands device (at least thats my understanding).
However what I am slightly confused on, is if I take a file that has no drm attatched to it, convert that file to an extension the 505 would accept, would that file then need some sort of security added back on to it for the 505 to view the file.

Simply what I am quite confused on, is it easy to take a file (say an rtf or a lit) convert it to lrf through software like calibr and then transfer that to the 505 for my reading pleasure?

I must apologise if this has been answered elsewhere. I have been scanning around the forums, its what has narrowed my choices to the 505.

Cheers.

03-22-2009, 08:13 PM	#1
bookstar Noobie Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London Device: PRS-505	Set on Purchasing a 505 soon, have a few questions. Hello, as you can see I am very new to the forums. Im pretty much settled on purchasing a 505 sometime this week, however there is a few things on my mind regarding file extensions and formats. I am not to educated on the whole digital rights management thing. I understand if you purchase an ebook through a site, it will have security within that file so that you cannot use it with a competing brands device (at least thats my understanding). However what I am slightly confused on, is if I take a file that has no drm attatched to it, convert that file to an extension the 505 would accept, would that file then need some sort of security added back on to it for the 505 to view the file. Simply what I am quite confused on, is it easy to take a file (say an rtf or a lit) convert it to lrf through software like calibr and then transfer that to the 505 for my reading pleasure? I must apologise if this has been answered elsewhere. I have been scanning around the forums, its what has narrowed my choices to the 505. Cheers.