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RWJ · 08-19-2009, 10:35 PM

This might be the right thread for me. I'm a Sony devotee, but thanks to this site, my belief that pirating books is bad has been matched by my refusal to buy something that I don't really own. I've bought only one Sony book, because of this, and have otherwise stuck to LIT or MOBI that I can convert and read beautifully on the 505. (And have never sent them to anyone else. I'm lousy at lending paper books too!)

So if Sony is switching to ePub, what are the implications for not-terribly-computer-savvy me? Will it still read LIT and MOBI converted via calibre? Will calibre change? (Should this be in the calibre thread?) Will I be able to read all my existing books? Will it be easier to unlock Sony's DRM so I can buy straight from them? (I understand that direct links to DRM stripping aren't allowed here.)

Any tips for reading to get my head around this would be much appreciated.

08-19-2009, 10:35 PM	#13
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	This might be the right thread for me. I'm a Sony devotee, but thanks to this site, my belief that pirating books is bad has been matched by my refusal to buy something that I don't really own. I've bought only one Sony book, because of this, and have otherwise stuck to LIT or MOBI that I can convert and read beautifully on the 505. (And have never sent them to anyone else. I'm lousy at lending paper books too!) So if Sony is switching to ePub, what are the implications for not-terribly-computer-savvy me? Will it still read LIT and MOBI converted via calibre? Will calibre change? (Should this be in the calibre thread?) Will I be able to read all my existing books? Will it be easier to unlock Sony's DRM so I can buy straight from them? (I understand that direct links to DRM stripping aren't allowed here.) Any tips for reading to get my head around this would be much appreciated.