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Originally Posted by ltamote
I sent my PRS 500 in for the firmware upgrade and found out that it couldn't be upgraded (it's been a long, painful series of support calls). I was trying to decide whether to have them send it back un-upgraded or get a new reader. While trying to decide, I read somewhere that if I authorized a new device after December 10, it would not be able to read LRX. I've looked and looked for that document and can't find it. The closest thing I found was this from the Reader Store support site:
"Question
What about all the content I already own?
Answer
Content previously purchased will still work with your existing devices (PCs and Readers). However any new devices authorized to your Account will only support the EPUB format."
I KNOW I read that the critical date was December 10. If you got a new device after that date, then upon authorization, it would not be able to read LRX files. It had something to do with the fact that authorization goes through the bookstore and the bookstore now only supports EPUB. Previously authorized devices would not be affected.
I don't know if this is what you're encountering, but it's my best guess.
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This is all strange, though, I'm thinking.
All we're really talking about is the ability to have someone read his own LRX files (previously bought and just sitting on the computer doing nothing), and to have those files available to read on a purchased Sony Reader.
Also, it seems absurd - given the paragraph above - to have ONE purchased Reader able to read LRX files, but have the OTHER purchased Reader NOT be able to read LRX files.
Strange Days....as the Doors would say.
Don