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thesweetone · 09-22-2009, 11:01 AM

Hello!

I just purchased a 505 off eBay and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive in the mail. This is my first go round with an eBook device. I've wanted to purchase one for a while now and was hung up on which one to purchase. The 505 was on my short list. One of my husband's co-workers let me have the use of his 505 over the weekend and I was sold. (All I did with it was insert my SD card and read one of my PDF eBooks on it).

I love to read. The reason I've been wanting an eBook reader is I've started getting into reading electronic books in the last year or so, and have been reading them on my Mac book Pro. I'm tired of lugging that thing into bed, the couch, and with me when I travel, so I opted to get a reader.

I'm a real newbie at all of this and have been reading a lot on mobileread to try to get up to speed. There are some things that I don't understand and need clarification on.

So, the library management options open to me are Sony's ebook library and Calibre? I'm leaning towards Calibre, but wanted to hear from people who actually use it with their 505. If I go with Calibre, how does this work with the Sony Connect store? Also, assuming I go with Calibre, can someone walk me through what I need to do with the reader once I receive it, step-by-step once I take it out the box? I'm sorry, I'm not real good at figuring this kind of stuff out on my own.

Thanks!

09-22-2009, 11:01 AM	#1
thesweetone Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alexandria, VA Device: Sony PRS-505	Sony PRS-505/Sony Connect/Calibre Hello! I just purchased a 505 off eBay and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive in the mail. This is my first go round with an eBook device. I've wanted to purchase one for a while now and was hung up on which one to purchase. The 505 was on my short list. One of my husband's co-workers let me have the use of his 505 over the weekend and I was sold. (All I did with it was insert my SD card and read one of my PDF eBooks on it). I love to read. The reason I've been wanting an eBook reader is I've started getting into reading electronic books in the last year or so, and have been reading them on my Mac book Pro. I'm tired of lugging that thing into bed, the couch, and with me when I travel, so I opted to get a reader. I'm a real newbie at all of this and have been reading a lot on mobileread to try to get up to speed. There are some things that I don't understand and need clarification on. So, the library management options open to me are Sony's ebook library and Calibre? I'm leaning towards Calibre, but wanted to hear from people who actually use it with their 505. If I go with Calibre, how does this work with the Sony Connect store? Also, assuming I go with Calibre, can someone walk me through what I need to do with the reader once I receive it, step-by-step once I take it out the box? I'm sorry, I'm not real good at figuring this kind of stuff out on my own. Thanks!