PRS-600 Second user and possible problems?

[montehampster]

Have been a reader of these forums for a while but have now registered as I need a bit of help!

I have and love my PRS-300 and have convinced a friend, much to the delight of his wife who complains their house is taking on the appearance of a second hand bookshop, to get a reader.

Fortunately for him his son has given him his PRS-600 (at least temporarily as a trial to take on holiday) as he's recently purchased an iPad. As it's still in the family so to speak he has left his collection (albeit a small one) on the reader. These books are all DRM restricted having been purchased via Waterstones or W H Smith here in the UK. My friend now wishes to add his own books and will be connecting to his own Mac.

I have warned him of the dangers of using the, IMHO, terrible Sony software and have recommended Cailbre which I use and having seen the online demo he seems quite keen. I also want to give him a few of the books from my Calibre library which have no DRM.

I have been requested to help him set everything up (he is even more of a technophobe than me!) but I've never used a Mac.

Firstly as the device was effectively registered to his son's computer (also a Mac) will there be any issues with registering the reader with Calibre on the new machine? Am hoping we can avoid touching the Sony software at all although I assume it is like my reader and will attempt to load every time it's connected!

Secondly assume I would need to install Adobe Digital Editionsfor any subsequent DRM book purchases?

Finally assume no problems in copying some epub/LRF files from my Calibre library (created on Windows XP) to use on his reader/Mac (accept DRM files will not work).

Sorry my first post is such a long one but hoping not to spend hours sorting this lot out!

[igorsk]

You don't need to register the Reader just to copy the DRM-free books. If you have the files ready, you don't even need Calibre - just copy them to the Reader's drive.

However, you cannot "add" DRM-ed books to an already registered device. If you change the registered user (I'm not even sure it's possible without unregistering first), the books of the original user will become unreadable.

In order to deregister the 600 his son will have to connect it to his computer, then use his account to deregister it. The dad will then need to register it to his account either using ADE or the Sony Library software. The latter if he wants to buy Sony books through the Sony Store.

He can of course copy non-DRMed books to it with calibre or with a USB cable. If he copies via a USB cable he will not be able to place them in a collection though.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by jswinden

In order to deregister the 600 his son will have to connect it to his computer, then use his account to deregister it. The dad will then need to register it to his account either using ADE or the Sony Library software. The latter if he wants to buy Sony books through the Sony Store.

He can of course copy non-DRMed books to it with calibre or with a USB cable. If he copies via a USB cable he will not be able to place them in a collection though.

Good instructions. Always deregister (deauthorize) the device first.

Any drm'ed ebooks that were on the device should/can be deleted since they will not be accessible under the new account.