Sony palm ebooks

revmike · 02-18-2008, 09:26 PM

I hate it that I have all these palm books that I used to read on my sony clie will not work on the sony 505 reader. Now I have to buy them all over again, if I want to read them on the 505.

slayda · 02-19-2008, 08:32 AM

See this thread.

simond · 02-19-2008, 08:49 AM

And that program has worked fine on my ebooks I've tried it with so far, has saved me a fortune compared to rebuying eReader books in Sony Reader convertible formats

revmike · 02-19-2008, 01:22 PM

Thanks Slayda for the link.

revmike · 02-20-2008, 04:11 PM

I'll admit it. I'm a complete dummy when it comes to scripts. None of it makes any sense to me. Everyone says how easy it is to covert from one format to another, it probably is if you code writing experience, but for me it might as well be greek. So I'll just hold on to my 70+ books until something that a 5 year old can understand comes along.

JSWolf · 02-20-2008, 04:30 PM

[sarcasm]But revmike, you have a Sony ereader 505 and as we know, you can should be able to read eReader eBooks with it.[/sarcasm]

Actually you have a Reader not an ereader.

What you need do to run a Python script is install Python for Winows 2.5 or later. Then make sure the script you want to run has a .py extention. And then you have to run it from a command line prompt along the lines of...

script.py option option option option

In this case the script you want to run has 4 different options.

revmike · 02-20-2008, 10:49 PM

I stand corrected in regards to reader vs ereader. But I'm still in the dark. I've downloaded python and the ereader2html script, but I have not been able to figure out how to do it.

revmike · 02-22-2008, 09:21 PM

Thanks to JSWolf and Smaulz for all their help in providing me the information to be able to change the format on my books in order to have them available on the 505.

Plowman · 02-26-2008, 10:58 AM

I guess this may be a dead issue, but I've had a fair amount of luck using the Process Text converters.

http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html

My 2 cents

RWood · 02-26-2008, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plowman

I guess this may be a dead issue, but I've had a fair amount of luck using the Process Text converters.

http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html

My 2 cents

I too have had great luck with the ABC Amber series of converters. Great value for the money. And the Palm converter referenced is free.

revmike · 02-26-2008, 12:56 PM

I tried that first and all I got was gibberish. I probably did something wrong, maybe it did'nt work because I tried the free version, but in any event I now have all my old palm books on my sony reader which was all I wanted.

02-18-2008, 09:26 PM	#1
revmike Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 5282 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: Sony Readers 505 \ T-2, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8	Sony palm ebooks I hate it that I have all these palm books that I used to read on my sony clie will not work on the sony 505 reader. Now I have to buy them all over again, if I want to read them on the 505.

02-20-2008, 10:49 PM	#7
revmike Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 5282 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: Sony Readers 505 \ T-2, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8	I stand corrected in regards to reader vs ereader. But I'm still in the dark. I've downloaded python and the ereader2html script, but I have not been able to figure out how to do it. Last edited by revmike; 02-20-2008 at 10:58 PM.

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simond Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 1062755 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura One, iPad, iPhone	And that program has worked fine on my ebooks I've tried it with so far, has saved me a fortune compared to rebuying eReader books in Sony Reader convertible formats

02-19-2008, 01:22 PM	#4
revmike Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 5282 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: Sony Readers 505 \ T-2, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8	Thanks Slayda for the link.

02-20-2008, 04:11 PM	#5
revmike Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 5282 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: Sony Readers 505 \ T-2, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8	I'll admit it. I'm a complete dummy when it comes to scripts. None of it makes any sense to me. Everyone says how easy it is to covert from one format to another, it probably is if you code writing experience, but for me it might as well be greek. So I'll just hold on to my 70+ books until something that a 5 year old can understand comes along.

02-20-2008, 04:30 PM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,746 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	[sarcasm]But revmike, you have a Sony ereader 505 and as we know, you can should be able to read eReader eBooks with it.[/sarcasm] Actually you have a Reader not an ereader. What you need do to run a Python script is install Python for Winows 2.5 or later. Then make sure the script you want to run has a .py extention. And then you have to run it from a command line prompt along the lines of... script.py option option option option In this case the script you want to run has 4 different options.

02-22-2008, 09:21 PM	#8
revmike Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 5282 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: Sony Readers 505 \ T-2, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8	Thanks to JSWolf and Smaulz for all their help in providing me the information to be able to change the format on my books in order to have them available on the 505.

02-26-2008, 10:58 AM	#9
Plowman Member Posts: 17 Karma: 24 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: PRS-500	I guess this may be a dead issue, but I've had a fair amount of luck using the Process Text converters. http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html My 2 cents

02-26-2008, 12:56 PM	#11
revmike Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 5282 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hanford, ca Device: Sony Readers 505 \ T-2, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8	I tried that first and all I got was gibberish. I probably did something wrong, maybe it did'nt work because I tried the free version, but in any event I now have all my old palm books on my sony reader which was all I wanted.