Thread: Sony Partners With Google To Bring More Than 500,000 Books To The Reader
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Old 03-25-2009, 01:16 PM   #141
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Originally Posted by lorisgirl View Post
I have a question. The only way to download these Sony/Google PD book is by using the software provided? It's not available for linux. Does anyone know how I can get access to them?
The Sony software under Windows does seem to be the only way to get the ePub versions. It is US-only (you get to choose the country - don't choose Canada) and Windows-only. There have been reports of earlier versions of the software working under VMWare, but not under Wine, see Connect running under Ubuntu Wine. However, earlier attempts were trying to use a PRS-505 (i.e. USB) and this isn't necessary for Google ebooks. There is an old report of partial success under Wine at WineHQ.
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