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Originally Posted by TrolleyGirl
I just purchased my first ebook. After studying these forums I decided upon the PRS505, which I got at Target for $178.
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Awesome price. Welcome to the forum
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I signed up for a 1 year subscription at Fictionwise with the 100% micropay rebate. However, now that I am looking around the site most of the books I'm interested in are in the secure ereader format. If I understand right, I need to purchase in the multiformat lrf version. Am I thinking right, or can I purchase the secure ereader format and using the free ereader pro software on my PC somehow convert the book so the PRS505 will accept it?
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From Fictionwise books that will work on your 505 are Multiformat (download LRF or EPUB) or for secure books PDF (which they call Secure Adobe). Personally I would steer clear of the PDF's as they don't display as nicely as LRF or EPUB unless specially formatted to fit the Sony's screen, which these are not.
If you're mainly looking for books from authors published by big publishing houses (Penguin, Randon House, Harper Collins, etc) you won't find those in anything but secure formats.
For secure books your best bet are EPUB's from stores like Books On Board, Diesel Ebooks, Shortcovers, etc. or LRX (secure LRF's) from the Sony store. The Sony store is supposed to be switching to EPUB by the end of the year.
As far as buying secure eReader format books, you would have to remove the DRM (the secure part) and then they could be converted.