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Old 08-04-2009, 12:17 PM   #1
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Hi from Sconnie Botland
Hi Folks,
Found this place while noodling around trying to find info on the Sony 505 my lovely girlfriend bought me for my birthday.Have just had a buying frenzy on ebay of all the bundles of books I liked the look of,so the discovery of Calibre on here will come in handy I think!

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Old 08-04-2009, 12:28 PM   #2
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Hi Ali. welcome to Mobilread. You will find everything you need here to make the most of your new toy.

Don't forget to check out the vast quantity of public domain ebooks here available for free download all lovingly formatted by MR members, click the E-Books icon above. You will need either LRF oR Epub versions. Also check the 'deals and freebies' thread.
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:32 PM   #3
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Hi Ali and welcome to MobileRead. You have a great girlfriend.
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:39 PM   #4
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Hi Ali. Welcome to MR! Wonderful to have increased international diversity around here!

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As usual, cassidym has succinctly hit the nail on the head. That was my first thought too!
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Old 08-04-2009, 01:07 PM   #5
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Thanks for the welcome folks Been having a look round the site.Lots of good stuff here! Looks like a lot of knowledgeable people too.No doubt I'll be bending your ears soon,and yes,I do indeed have a lovely girlfriend!

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Old 08-04-2009, 03:40 PM   #6
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Hi Jock,

Welcome to Mobileread! There are lots of friendly people here for advice and banter.

Be careful with those eBay bundles though - most of them are bootleg versions, with none of the money getting back to the authors.

For out-of-copyright books, look here on Mobileread first - there are thousands, all nicey formatted by Mobileread members.

For in-copyright books, don't give money to bootleggers. There are plenty of free torrents out there if you must rip off the authors. Otherwise, there are publishers and retailers out there who actually give good value to reader and author. (E.g. Baen Books - http://www.webscription.net/ or Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/ )

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Hi Folks,
Found this place while noodling around trying to find info on the Sony 505 my lovely girlfriend bought me for my birthday.Have just had a buying frenzy on ebay of all the bundles of books I liked the look of,so the discovery of Calibre on here will come in handy I think!

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Old 08-04-2009, 04:16 PM   #7
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Thanks,I'll keep that in mind.Wouldn't want to con authors out of their rightful due.
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Old 08-04-2009, 05:07 PM   #8
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Welcome to MobileRead, Ali!

You DO have a great girlfriend! Be good to her. Don't be shy about asking questions, members here at MR are extremely helpful and always willing to give advice.

Happy Reading!
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Old 08-04-2009, 05:12 PM   #9
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Great Girlfriend and the 505 you will love esp with the Calibre. Welcome.
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Old 08-05-2009, 01:39 PM   #10
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Hi All
Thanks for the welcomes and the encouragement! I do have one question-Can anyone help with using calibre please? or point me in the right direction? I've downloaded calibre,and I have a load of ebooks on disk in various formats,all of which can be read by the Sony,but some have really small text so I'd like to convert them all using calibre.My question is,how do I get the books into calibre in order to convert them? I start calibre and then insert the disc but I can't see how to get the contents of the disk into the library in calibre so I can convert them.Can anyone help please? I do freely admit to being a computer numpty!

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Old 08-05-2009, 02:35 PM   #11
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Either drag and drop the files onto the Calibre window, or click the small triangle to the right of the "Add books" icon in the top left of the calibre window, and choose "add books from directory" and choose the directory on disk containing the files you want added.

Note that Calibre can't convert DRMed books, but I doubt that your eBay disks have DRMed files on them, so this shouldn't be a problem.


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My question is,how do I get the books into calibre in order to convert them? I start calibre and then insert the disc but I can't see how to get the contents of the disk into the library in calibre so I can convert them.Can anyone help please?
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Old 08-05-2009, 05:09 PM   #12
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Old 08-05-2009, 06:11 PM   #13
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Got that far but was clicking on the wrong option.Got it working now.Thanks!
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