Sony Store transitioning to Kobo - Page 7

hwlester · 03-30-2014, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Mine transferred 166 of 218.

Of the ones they say didn't transfer a bunch are on the Kobo site sometimes with more than one edition

I hadn't actually thought to check that. It might be worth raising to Kobo support. I'm not sure any of the ones that didn't transfer for me are even worth checking.

benham · 03-30-2014, 09:24 PM

Has anyone else not gotten the link?

4691mls · 03-30-2014, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by benham

Has anyone else not gotten the link?

You are not alone - there are several of us who have not received the transfer email yet - see the "Sony email" thread in the News forum

hwlester · 03-30-2014, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by hwlester

One good thing I noticed from this is that the Harry Potter books are now in my Kobo library. Pottermore offered Kobo as an option, but I suspect, like some of the other options, it's not valid in the US. I had transferred them to my wife's Nook account, my Amazon account, my Google Play account, and my Sony account (using four of the ?eight? "downloads" allowed), but Kobo and several other account types are grayed out on my Pottermore purchase page and Pottermore support was no help. I downloaded them from Sony back when I first purchased them and Alf'd them, so having them on Kobo is just a bonus.

Just noticed that the Harry Potter books in my Kobo library don't have a download link, so I guess they're KEPUB. Not a big deal since Alf is my friend.

Apache · 03-31-2014, 06:59 AM

I got my email the other day and al of my books transferred over.
Apache

sharphamster · 03-31-2014, 09:35 AM

Finally got my email this morning, and all of my 47 books made the transfer. Nice having them consolidated on one store's site, although the combined libraries are about half of what I lost when BoB closed.

Thank goodness for Calibre.

benham · 03-31-2014, 07:06 PM

Got the link this morning. 16 books did not transfer.

Shopaholic · 03-31-2014, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hwlester

Just noticed that the Harry Potter books in my Kobo library don't have a download link, so I guess they're KEPUB. Not a big deal since Alf is my friend.

I had to phone Kobo about one of my Sony accounts credit not transferring & discussed the Harry Potter books. There is no link for them through Kobo because you have to download them from the Pottermore site which limits the number of downloads to 7 or 8. I forget exactly.

I also had The Cuckoo's Calling without a download link. He tried telling me that was Pottermore until I corrected him that that was only the HP books. Then he saw that apparently it was bad file so redownload it from Sony while you can & I'll send in a ticket. Ya ya, I have it but just saying, if my computer dies, then what.

ccowie · 03-31-2014, 09:10 PM

None of the books that I purchased during the LRF days made it over - only Epubs. It's not that big a deal because I have them, but one would think they would make the effort to hook me up with the Epub versions.

AnemicOak · 03-31-2014, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ccowie

None of the books that I purchased during the LRF days made it over - only Epubs. It's not that big a deal because I have them, but one would think they would make the effort to hook me up with the Epub versions.

You're saying Sony didn't switch your BeBB/LRX books over to ePub back when they went ePub in 2009 like their policy was?

benham · 03-31-2014, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ccowie

None of the books that I purchased during the LRF days made it over - only Epubs. It's not that big a deal because I have them, but one would think they would make the effort to hook me up with the Epub versions.

I never thought of that. Did they list them in the other column?

pwalker8 · 03-31-2014, 09:41 PM

I remember there were a few that didn't get moved from lrx to epub back in 2009. Apparently, Sony depended on the publishers to provide the epub and there was some issues. I went through and did a comparison at the time. There weren't any that I was particularly concerned about.

AnemicOak · 03-31-2014, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

I remember there were a few that didn't get moved from lrx to epub back in 2009.

Ahh, didn't realize that.

ccowie · 03-31-2014, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

You're saying Sony didn't switch your BeBB/LRX books over to ePub back when they went ePub in 2009 like their policy was?

No. I had no idea there was such a policy.

AnemicOak · 03-31-2014, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ccowie

No. I had no idea there was such a policy.

They switched peoples LRX books over to ePub when they first made the switch in their store. Apparently as pwalker8 pointed out there were a few titles that never got switched.

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03-30-2014, 09:24 PM	#92
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Has anyone else not gotten the link?

03-31-2014, 06:59 AM	#95
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,280 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I got my email the other day and al of my books transferred over. Apache

03-31-2014, 09:35 AM	#96
sharphamster Anathema Device Posts: 283 Karma: 257456 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Sony T3/350, Kobo AuraH20/Mini, Axim X50v	Finally got my email this morning, and all of my 47 books made the transfer. Nice having them consolidated on one store's site, although the combined libraries are about half of what I lost when BoB closed. Thank goodness for Calibre.

03-31-2014, 07:06 PM	#97
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Got the link this morning. 16 books did not transfer.

03-31-2014, 09:10 PM	#99
ccowie Hiding with an ereader Posts: 391 Karma: 3987376 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kitchener Ontario Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS 950, Ipad 2, PRS 350	None of the books that I purchased during the LRF days made it over - only Epubs. It's not that big a deal because I have them, but one would think they would make the effort to hook me up with the Epub versions.

03-31-2014, 09:41 PM	#102
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I remember there were a few that didn't get moved from lrx to epub back in 2009. Apparently, Sony depended on the publishers to provide the epub and there was some issues. I went through and did a comparison at the time. There weren't any that I was particularly concerned about.