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Originally Posted by Sylver
My Sony handles library loaned epub or PDF nicely, it handles DRM epub or PDF I bought nicely also. The only issue here is it cannot handle library loaned epub and library loaned PDF AT THE SAME TIME and I am not sure if this is an Overdrive issue. When people say the nook works for library loaned epub or library loaned PDF, nobody seems to have tried them both coexisting on the nook at the same time yet, so the "it works" is still doubtful.
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I have both a Sony PRS-300 and a Nook 3G - the PDF/ePub is definitely a Sony firmware problem. My understanding is that Sony is using an older version of Adobe Digital Editions that can't support both DRM'd formats at the same time.
However, I find the PDFs to be difficult to read on either device, so I have to be really motivated to read a book to get the PDF (even free from the library). When I do, I strip the DRM, open the PDF in Preview, paste the text into Pages, fix any obvious OCR errors, paste it into to Sigil and do some minor cleanup. If the book looks like it will be readable, I save the Sigil doc as ePub. Some have so many line breaks that it just isn't worth it.
Note that I do NOT share the eBook, and I delete both the PDF and ePub from all my devices when I'm done reading. Like I said, I have to be REALLY motivated to get a library PDF to go through all those steps. Unfortunately, it isn't uncommon for Overdrive to offer different books in a series in different formats (ie Sookie Stackhouse is a mix of ePub, Mobi or PDF, depending on how old the book is in the series).