PRS-650 Backing up my ebooks from my PRS-650

Arroll · 09-20-2011, 09:34 AM

I needed to reinstall windows on my computer and reinstalling the sony software as well as Calibre. I have also lost my ebooks from my computer HDD for some reason. These books are still on my sony reader. How am I able to back up and recover these files from the reader itself? is there a specific directory these books are stored?

Thanks

Pinecone · 09-20-2011, 12:09 PM

For Calibre, install on your newly setup computer, and hook up your reader. Go to the Device view (the books on the device), Select all of them, and Send to Computer.

After a while all the books will be on your computer, in the proper Calibre file structure. You may lose some metadata, depending on how you managed your books and what exactly get written to the reader.

ScalyFreak · 09-20-2011, 03:10 PM

There is, they're in the folder "books"

Connect the reader to your computer, close all auto-play windows and then navigate the reader in File Explorer. You can get the whole media directory from the reader and manually copy-paste them to wherever you want them.

Hellmark · 09-20-2011, 06:36 PM

Using calibre is easiest.

If you have books with DRM on your reader, Calibre will still copy them, but the DRM will remain and you won't be able to use them directly in Calibre. There are plugins that change this, but the default action for Calibre is to leave the DRM alone. For the DRM'ed files, you may want to copy them back into ADE or Sony Library.

09-20-2011, 09:34 AM	#1
Arroll Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS-650	Backing up my ebooks from my PRS-650 I needed to reinstall windows on my computer and reinstalling the sony software as well as Calibre. I have also lost my ebooks from my computer HDD for some reason. These books are still on my sony reader. How am I able to back up and recover these files from the reader itself? is there a specific directory these books are stored? Thanks

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09-20-2011, 12:09 PM	#2
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	For Calibre, install on your newly setup computer, and hook up your reader. Go to the Device view (the books on the device), Select all of them, and Send to Computer. After a while all the books will be on your computer, in the proper Calibre file structure. You may lose some metadata, depending on how you managed your books and what exactly get written to the reader.

09-20-2011, 03:10 PM	#3
ScalyFreak Sith Wannabe Posts: 2,034 Karma: 8017430 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I'm not sure... it's kind of dark. Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Fire HD, Aluratek Libre	There is, they're in the folder "books" Connect the reader to your computer, close all auto-play windows and then navigate the reader in File Explorer. You can get the whole media directory from the reader and manually copy-paste them to wherever you want them.

09-20-2011, 06:36 PM	#4
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,591 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	Using calibre is easiest. If you have books with DRM on your reader, Calibre will still copy them, but the DRM will remain and you won't be able to use them directly in Calibre. There are plugins that change this, but the default action for Calibre is to leave the DRM alone. For the DRM'ed files, you may want to copy them back into ADE or Sony Library.