HELP

trident · 08-30-2010, 03:42 PM

Hi all

Have just purchased a CEW PRE 600 SC reader.

Where do we get books from other than WHS and Waterstones.

We are complete novices and any help will be appreciated,

Many thanks

trident

neilmarr · 08-31-2010, 05:05 AM

You can download books from pretty well anywhere to the free and excellent Calibre library software on your PC or laptop and transfer the books to your Sony from there, Trident. If they are not padlocked by DRM, you can even instantly convert them using Calibre to your format of choice. Sony hardware is great. Sony library software and store suck. I have a PRS 505 and haven't used Sony software for yonks. No need. Good to have your company. Best wishes. Neil

eric11210 · 08-31-2010, 06:34 AM

Virtually any book store other than iBooks, Kindle and Barnes and Noble should be fine for your needs. You will need to simply make sure books are in either ePub format (ideally) or PDF format (if nothing else is available, though ePub works better). Virtually all the other bookstores offer that. A good place to look is www.inkmesh.com or http://ebooks.addall.com/. Both of these are price comparison web sites and they will let you shop around. Be aware that there are geographic restrictions on some books. That means that you may not be able to buy them where you are. Some stores will tell you in advance whether a book is restricted. Others will only tell you when you go to the checkout page. In some cases, you can get around the geographic restrictions by giving a fake address in the correct country, but other places have additional restrictions which will prevent you from doing that.

I also recommend Calibre. It is a free program which will help you manage most of your ebooks. It will *not* work for books which have DRM (digital rights management) on them. For those, you need either the Sony software or Adobe Digital Editions, both of which are free, although both of them are poor choices compared with Calibre. Typically, when you download a book from a book store, you'll know it needs either the Sony Software or the Adobe software because the extension will be .ascm. If the extension is .epub, you should be able to use Calibre.

I hope that makes it clearer. It isn't too hard once you get used to it, but I know it can be a bit overwhelming at first.

Eric

08-30-2010, 03:42 PM	#1
trident Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: sony	HELP Hi all Have just purchased a CEW PRE 600 SC reader. Where do we get books from other than WHS and Waterstones. We are complete novices and any help will be appreciated, Many thanks trident

08-31-2010, 05:05 AM	#2
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	You can download books from pretty well anywhere to the free and excellent Calibre library software on your PC or laptop and transfer the books to your Sony from there, Trident. If they are not padlocked by DRM, you can even instantly convert them using Calibre to your format of choice. Sony hardware is great. Sony library software and store suck. I have a PRS 505 and haven't used Sony software for yonks. No need. Good to have your company. Best wishes. Neil

08-31-2010, 06:34 AM	#3
eric11210 Addict Posts: 295 Karma: 400001 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS-600	Virtually any book store other than iBooks, Kindle and Barnes and Noble should be fine for your needs. You will need to simply make sure books are in either ePub format (ideally) or PDF format (if nothing else is available, though ePub works better). Virtually all the other bookstores offer that. A good place to look is www.inkmesh.com or http://ebooks.addall.com/. Both of these are price comparison web sites and they will let you shop around. Be aware that there are geographic restrictions on some books. That means that you may not be able to buy them where you are. Some stores will tell you in advance whether a book is restricted. Others will only tell you when you go to the checkout page. In some cases, you can get around the geographic restrictions by giving a fake address in the correct country, but other places have additional restrictions which will prevent you from doing that. I also recommend Calibre. It is a free program which will help you manage most of your ebooks. It will not work for books which have DRM (digital rights management) on them. For those, you need either the Sony software or Adobe Digital Editions, both of which are free, although both of them are poor choices compared with Calibre. Typically, when you download a book from a book store, you'll know it needs either the Sony Software or the Adobe software because the extension will be .ascm. If the extension is .epub, you should be able to use Calibre. I hope that makes it clearer. It isn't too hard once you get used to it, but I know it can be a bit overwhelming at first. Eric

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