time machine?

armchair · 05-30-2009, 08:16 AM

Hello people
just joined. I'm new to this - have just ordered my PRS-505 and started to hoover up some public domain EPUBs. Still working on how to find the time to read them all.. Anyone come up with a time-machine yet?

MickeyC · 05-30-2009, 10:01 AM

Hi armchair and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and check out all our free ePubs. Also, let us know how you like your 505 when you get it. I've had one for a year and a half now and like it a lot.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-30-2009, 10:05 AM

hi armchair, welcome ! if you happen to find a time-machine anywhere please let me know, i need one of those too !

desertgrandma · 05-30-2009, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by armchair

Hello people
just joined. I'm new to this - have just ordered my PRS-505 and started to hoover up some public domain EPUBs. Still working on how to find the time to read them all.. Anyone come up with a time-machine yet?

Welcome to MobileRead, armchair.

No time machine yet, but our jobs, housekeeping and outside interests sure suffer!

Enjoy the forums.

armchair · 06-05-2009, 06:11 AM

Thanks everyone. Still working on the time machine. Maybe some sort of quantum flux generator combined with a high amplitude laser gun focussed by an arrangement of diamond coated mirrors, and tied to the gravity field of a small black hole..

Ok, so I read science fiction. It's not a crime you know. (Except on the smaller moons of Aldebaraan 5 of course..)

armchair · 06-05-2009, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

Hi armchair and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and check out all our free ePubs. Also, let us know how you like your 505 when you get it. I've had one for a year and a half now and like it a lot.

Love the Borges quote - he's one of my favourite authors too. I've got my PRS-505 now, just figuring out the intricacies of loading and organising my books with calibre and ebook library.. (Why no metadata editor in ebook library.? Whole other discussion there..)

Er - where are the free ePubs on your site?

Mike L · 06-05-2009, 08:25 AM

Hello Armchair,

Always good to welcome a fellow Scot (naturalised, in my case).

There's been some sporadic suggestions for a meet-up at the Edinburgh Book Festival this summer. I don't know if it will happen, but look out for more info.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-05-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by armchair

Thanks everyone. Still working on the time machine. Maybe some sort of quantum flux generator combined with a high amplitude laser gun focussed by an arrangement of diamond coated mirrors, and tied to the gravity field of a small black hole..

Ok, so I read science fiction. It's not a crime you know. (Except on the smaller moons of Aldebaraan 5 of course..)

i can tell already you're going to fit right in around here.

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Originally Posted by armchair

Love the Borges quote - he's one of my favourite authors too. I've got my PRS-505 now, just figuring out the intricacies of loading and organising my books with calibre and ebook library.. (Why no metadata editor in ebook library.? Whole other discussion there..)

i use calibre for editing the metadata (actually i use calibre for everything. i don't use the sony software at all). from the library view, select a book and type E to edit metadata. you can also batch edit ; use shift or ctrl to select multiple titles (shift for continguous entries, ctrl for non-contiguous), then type E. this is helpful for adding tags to lots of books at once, or fixing the author meta-data, etc.

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Er - where are the free ePubs on your site?

click on the "e-books" link in the blue nav bar at the top of the page, then click directly on "epub" to see only that format.

pshrynk · 06-05-2009, 11:03 AM

Hello Armchair! We do have a time machine, but Marc (montsnmags) set it up all wrong and now all it does is suck time away from normal activities and forces us to stay here in MobileRead.

Which is not all that bad a thing, though...

Wetdogeared · 06-05-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Hello Armchair! We do have a time machine, but Marc (montsnmags) set it up all wrong and now all it does is suck time away from normal activities and forces us to stay here in MobileRead.

Which is not all that bad a thing, though...

Yes, we are all caught in the event horizon of MobileRead. I am hoping MR is a white hole and not a black hole.

WDE (WholeDayEvent)

Sweetpea · 06-05-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i use calibre for editing the metadata (actually i use calibre for everything. i don't use the sony software at all). from the library view, select a book and type E to edit metadata. you can also batch edit ; use shift or ctrl to select multiple titles (shift for continguous entries, ctrl for non-contiguous), then type E. this is helpful for adding tags to lots of books at once, or fixing the author meta-data, etc.

Why would you use the sony software?

*looks at Z's devices: ebookwise 1150.*

Nope, no Sony there...

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Hello Armchair! We do have a time machine, but Marc (montsnmags) set it up all wrong and now all it does is suck time away from normal activities and forces us to stay here in MobileRead.

Which is not all that bad a thing, though...

Except when it keeps you from reading!

Welcome, Armchair! I would try to add some cat hair to your device. It might work (knowing that cats are magical beings...)

Alphapheemail · 06-06-2009, 08:25 AM

Welcome Armchair!

Word to the wise...If what u want is more time to dedicate to reading ebooks... this is the wrong place...
If uour looking to read more in general (e.j. threads...)...

WELCOME!

Come in...
have a seat....
can I get you anything?
are you sure?
ok...
on the rocks right...

=)

armchair · 06-06-2009, 01:38 PM

Thanks for that.

armchair · 06-06-2009, 01:39 PM

Thanks. I have some books in pdf which I am converting using Calibre. Would you recommend going to epub or lrf format? Some of my files seem to end up with egregious line-breaks etc whichever I use, so maybe I'm not ticking the right boxes in the conversion settings, or else the original pdfs are screwed up somehow.. Any tips?

Oh, and yeah I found the freebies ok..

armchair · 06-06-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Yes, we are all caught in the event horizon of MobileRead. I am hoping MR is a white hole and not a black hole.

WDE (WholeDayEvent)

..although both would probably kill you..

05-30-2009, 08:16 AM	#1
armchair Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scottish Highlands Device: sony prs-505	time machine? Hello people just joined. I'm new to this - have just ordered my PRS-505 and started to hoover up some public domain EPUBs. Still working on how to find the time to read them all.. Anyone come up with a time-machine yet?

06-06-2009, 01:38 PM	#13
armchair Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scottish Highlands Device: sony prs-505	Thanks for that. Last edited by armchair; 06-06-2009 at 01:41 PM.

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05-30-2009, 10:01 AM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi armchair and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and check out all our free ePubs. Also, let us know how you like your 505 when you get it. I've had one for a year and a half now and like it a lot.

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hi armchair, welcome ! if you happen to find a time-machine anywhere please let me know, i need one of those too !

06-05-2009, 06:11 AM	#5
armchair Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scottish Highlands Device: sony prs-505	Thanks everyone. Still working on the time machine. Maybe some sort of quantum flux generator combined with a high amplitude laser gun focussed by an arrangement of diamond coated mirrors, and tied to the gravity field of a small black hole.. Ok, so I read science fiction. It's not a crime you know. (Except on the smaller moons of Aldebaraan 5 of course..)

06-05-2009, 08:25 AM	#7
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	Hello Armchair, Always good to welcome a fellow Scot (naturalised, in my case). There's been some sporadic suggestions for a meet-up at the Edinburgh Book Festival this summer. I don't know if it will happen, but look out for more info.

06-05-2009, 11:03 AM	#9
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Hello Armchair! We do have a time machine, but Marc (montsnmags) set it up all wrong and now all it does is suck time away from normal activities and forces us to stay here in MobileRead. Which is not all that bad a thing, though...

06-06-2009, 08:25 AM	#12
Alphapheemail .a ribbon around a bomb. Posts: 639 Karma: 4334 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sigh... ny Device: PRS700	Welcome Armchair! Word to the wise...If what u want is more time to dedicate to reading ebooks... this is the wrong place... If uour looking to read more in general (e.j. threads...)... WELCOME! Come in... have a seat.... can I get you anything? are you sure? ok... on the rocks right... =)

06-06-2009, 01:39 PM	#14
armchair Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scottish Highlands Device: sony prs-505	Thanks. I have some books in pdf which I am converting using Calibre. Would you recommend going to epub or lrf format? Some of my files seem to end up with egregious line-breaks etc whichever I use, so maybe I'm not ticking the right boxes in the conversion settings, or else the original pdfs are screwed up somehow.. Any tips? Oh, and yeah I found the freebies ok..