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Old 07-15-2010, 05:16 PM   #1
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I bought a Sony Reader in Toronto to help me pass the time in airports and aircraft while on an extended trip to New Zealand and Australia. The battery was getting low by the time I got to Sydney, so to recharge it I connected the Reader to a friend's computer using a USB cable. (The AC mains charger, which should come with the Reader, is an optional extra that adds about another $35.00 to an already expensive device.) Well, the battery was recharged - eventually - but every single one of my books was deleted.

I went to the Sony website to find a fix to this problem and - no surprise - found it to be totally useless. Next I went into the "friendly" Sony Store in Sydney only to be told, "Sorry mate, we can't help because we don't sell the Reader in Australia". No attempt was made to help.

I also find that the ebook store to be truly awful. For example: A search for "Queen Victoria's Little Wars" by Byron Farwell (Victorian history) returns some Danielle Steele novel!

The Reader itself is a neat little device, but I would not recommend it because the support and services needed to use it are so poor. Any Net Book is a better buy.
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Old 07-15-2010, 05:18 PM   #2
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Old 07-15-2010, 06:26 PM   #3
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Old 07-15-2010, 07:05 PM   #4
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Old 07-15-2010, 07:41 PM   #5
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Hi Ian and welcome to MobileRead. I bought an AC adapter early on and was glad I did.

BTW, there are plenty of other eBook stores where you can buy books for the Sony reader. I like Kobo and Borders.
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Old 07-15-2010, 08:21 PM   #6
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Welcome to MR, Ian.

I have had my Sony 505 for a year and a half and love it. I do use the Sony Library (mostly for the free books and to drop my books into collections). You can get a cheap wall (mains) charger and it will charge much faster. The Sony PSP charger will work and is much cheaper than the "official" Reader charger.

Have you checked the MR Wiki page dedicated to free ebook sites?

Also, MR has free ebooks that have been beautifully formatted by some very dedicated MR members. ePub format and Sony BBeB / lrf format

You can check these ebook sites.. feedbooks.com and manybooks.net and Project Gutenberg

Plus these free and for purchase sites .. smashwords.com and baen.com Plus Baen has a free library

You can explore using Calibre to manage your library of DRM free books and Kovid, the creator, frequents the forums here. We even have a dedicated Calibre forum.

Finally, you can use these book search engines for finding and comparing book prices.. AddAll, eBookPrice.Info, and Inkmesh.

I hope these links have been helpful.

Have fun in the forums and ask if you have any questions.
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Old 07-15-2010, 09:17 PM   #7
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Old 07-15-2010, 09:20 PM   #8
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Hello and welcome.
You can stop by any video game store and get a charger. Any type that will work for a PSP will work for the reader.
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Old 07-16-2010, 03:33 AM   #9
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Welcome to MobileRead IanMichael!
I'm sorry to hear of your bad experiences with your Reader. I've had my Sony 700 for over a year and a half and still love it. Like many others I bought the PSP charger. I got it dirt cheap when Circuit City was going out of business. I don't know, but charging it on someone else's computer and not an authorized computer... could that have been the problem? There are lots more knowledgable members here that can help with this and any other questions you may have!
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Old 07-16-2010, 07:58 AM   #10
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Old 07-17-2010, 05:40 AM   #11
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Hi and welcome to Mobileread!

One wonders why you bought the Sony in the first place if an AC charger is important to you. A lot of us here love our Sony Readers. Hopefully you find something else that works for you.
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