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Old 11-07-2011, 01:36 PM   #1
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So, I've been lurking for a couple of weeks while trying to decide which e-reader to buy. I received my SONY today and I'm totally bummed because the pdfs were even harder to read on there than I thought they would be, I failed miserably at my first attempt at downloading a book I bought online, and I'm not finding this as intuitive as I thought it would be. It's probably obvious by now that this is my first e-reader and today seemed like a good day to register.
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Old 11-07-2011, 02:24 PM   #2
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I just bought a Sony PRS-T1 ebook and I'm trying to authorize it here in New Zealand...can anyone help?
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Old 11-07-2011, 03:07 PM   #3
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So, I've been lurking for a couple of weeks while trying to decide which e-reader to buy. I received my SONY today and I'm totally bummed because the pdfs were even harder to read on there than I thought they would be, I failed miserably at my first attempt at downloading a book I bought online, and I'm not finding this as intuitive as I thought it would be. It's probably obvious by now that this is my first e-reader and today seemed like a good day to register.
PDF's have never been a good format for reading on ereaders, with the exception of those books that were specifically formatted to be read on a small screen ereader (it is possible, I have some Alice in Wonderland books that look great in PDF).

You'll have a little learning curve getting used to buying/downloading/installing ebooks, but its not that difficult. Remember that different websites will handle things differently. Oh, and Calibre can be your best friend in utilities if you have to purchase a book in one format and convert to epub for your Sony.

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Old 11-08-2011, 08:48 AM   #4
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Old 11-08-2011, 10:52 AM   #5
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Thanks, everyone Well, I'm pleased to report that I've now cracked the code for downloading books (at least via the computer - when it failed yesterday I was trying to download directly to the device from kobobooks.com). When I downloaded via their reader software, it worked fine (although the software keeps freeezing on me, and so does the Sony... :/ ).
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Old 11-09-2011, 11:59 AM   #7
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