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JoeH · 12-29-2009, 11:28 AM

Just received my new PRS-600 yesterday, and its great! (Haven't yet decided whether to keep my old PRS-500 or turn it in for a $75 rebate).

While attempting to transfer my large store of books on the Sont eLibrary from the 500 to the 600, I discovered the PRS-600 would not accept BBEB files (it accepted everything else w/o a problem). When I tried to upload DRM BBEB files to the reader, the Sony eLibrary software instead took me to its eStore where it allowed me to download the same books in ePub format, which then loaded w/o a problem. BBeB files w/o DRM simply wouldn't load.

Did Sony suddenly drop support for BBeB files it its new readers? Or am I simply missing something? ePub, rtf, and pdf files all loaded fine; the PRS-600 is otherwise a great machine.

I can always get my BBeB files converted to ePub using third party software, but would hate to do that if I simply missed something when authorizing my new reader.

12-29-2009, 11:28 AM	#1
JoeH Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Colesville, MD USA Device: Sony Portable Reader PRS-500 and PRS-600	Cannot load BBeB files? Just received my new PRS-600 yesterday, and its great! (Haven't yet decided whether to keep my old PRS-500 or turn it in for a $75 rebate). While attempting to transfer my large store of books on the Sont eLibrary from the 500 to the 600, I discovered the PRS-600 would not accept BBEB files (it accepted everything else w/o a problem). When I tried to upload DRM BBEB files to the reader, the Sony eLibrary software instead took me to its eStore where it allowed me to download the same books in ePub format, which then loaded w/o a problem. BBeB files w/o DRM simply wouldn't load. Did Sony suddenly drop support for BBeB files it its new readers? Or am I simply missing something? ePub, rtf, and pdf files all loaded fine; the PRS-600 is otherwise a great machine. I can always get my BBeB files converted to ePub using third party software, but would hate to do that if I simply missed something when authorizing my new reader.