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Originally Posted by MacReader
If I buy a book from the Sony ebook store (which has no Mac support) will I be able to get the book from my Mac to the reader? I know that the books they sell have DRM and that Calibre doesn't remove the DRM, but can it simply perform the transfer?
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Yes, Calibre can manage ebooks from the Sony store and can move them onto your reader. But note that purchasing books from the Sony store
absolutely requires running the Sony software on Windows! A Sony exec did mention in an interview that Mac support is being worked on now, but there's no timeline for when we should expect to see it.
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Also, what other alternatives might be better places for purchasing the books. I've done a bit of searching here but no one really seems to have a large inventory. The inventory issue would be the only thing that makes the Kindle attractive to me, but maybe there are alternatives. I would prefer to have a one-stop-shop for purchasing books but if it's easy to purchase from multiple places I'm not terribly averse to it. Especially when I view how Calibre can help me in the organizing of them once purchased.
At any rate, I appreciate any advice all of you can give.
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If you like SF/Fantasy (and some horror) go visit Baen Books and WebScriptions (
www.webscription.net). For a broader selection of book, see Fictionwise (
www.fictionwise.com). Also, see the
MobileRead wiki for more sources.
Hope this helps!
Xenophon
(a Mac-using Sony reader owner)