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thesweetone · 10-21-2009, 08:56 AM

Good Morning All,

So I've had my PRS-505 for about a month and I love it! I was able to load the ebooks that I had on my MAC on to it via Calibre and I made one purchase from the Sony eBook store, book 1 of a 3 book series.

This weekend I finished up that book and wanted to purchase book no. 2. Well for some reason, the Sony store only carries books 1 and 3 of the series, so I had to go somewhere else for book 2. I found the book at www.ebooks.com and proceeded to make my purchase.

The book was available in 4 formats:

ePub for Digital Editions
PDF for Digital Editions
Mobipocket Reader
Microsoft Reader

I couldn't decide between the ePub or PDF for Digital Editions. I should have come here and looked for help before I purchased. I purchased the ePub for Digital Editions version and have not been able to open the book once I transferred it from my Mac to my 505. It opens fine on my Mac in both Digital Editions and Sony eLibrary.

I searched around on the web for some help and discovered that there are issues with Macs, DE, and Adobe ePub books. Part of the problem is that I can't authorize my 505 on the DE app on my Mac. When I open up DE with my 505 plugged into the MAC it doesn't recognize it. On an Adobe message board, I saw where one person was able to authorize the 505 on DE on a PC then the next time they plugged their 505 back into the MAC, they were able to copy the Adobe ePub book from its location on their hard drive onto the 505 and they had no problem opening the book after that.

So I tried that. I brought my 505 into work where I use a PC, downloaded DE to my desktop, authorized DE with my adobe account, plugged in my 505 which DE recognized, and authorized the reader for DE. When I got home, I plugged my 505 into my Mac and attempted to copy the book from my hard drive onto my 505. I'm still unable to open it.

Any thoughts on what I can do next? Also, to avoid this problem in the future, when I'm purchasing ebooks outside of the Sony ebook store, what format should I get? Thanks for your help and sorry for the long post.

10-21-2009, 08:56 AM	#1
thesweetone Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alexandria, VA Device: Sony PRS-505	Help! Adobe ePub and my 505 Good Morning All, So I've had my PRS-505 for about a month and I love it! I was able to load the ebooks that I had on my MAC on to it via Calibre and I made one purchase from the Sony eBook store, book 1 of a 3 book series. This weekend I finished up that book and wanted to purchase book no. 2. Well for some reason, the Sony store only carries books 1 and 3 of the series, so I had to go somewhere else for book 2. I found the book at www.ebooks.com and proceeded to make my purchase. The book was available in 4 formats: ePub for Digital Editions PDF for Digital Editions Mobipocket Reader Microsoft Reader I couldn't decide between the ePub or PDF for Digital Editions. I should have come here and looked for help before I purchased. I purchased the ePub for Digital Editions version and have not been able to open the book once I transferred it from my Mac to my 505. It opens fine on my Mac in both Digital Editions and Sony eLibrary. I searched around on the web for some help and discovered that there are issues with Macs, DE, and Adobe ePub books. Part of the problem is that I can't authorize my 505 on the DE app on my Mac. When I open up DE with my 505 plugged into the MAC it doesn't recognize it. On an Adobe message board, I saw where one person was able to authorize the 505 on DE on a PC then the next time they plugged their 505 back into the MAC, they were able to copy the Adobe ePub book from its location on their hard drive onto the 505 and they had no problem opening the book after that. So I tried that. I brought my 505 into work where I use a PC, downloaded DE to my desktop, authorized DE with my adobe account, plugged in my 505 which DE recognized, and authorized the reader for DE. When I got home, I plugged my 505 into my Mac and attempted to copy the book from my hard drive onto my 505. I'm still unable to open it. Any thoughts on what I can do next? Also, to avoid this problem in the future, when I'm purchasing ebooks outside of the Sony ebook store, what format should I get? Thanks for your help and sorry for the long post.