PRS-900 Just Picked up my PRS900 - Page 2

kennyc · 01-25-2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olguy

There is a recipe in calibre for the Denver Post. Search for Denver in the Schedule news dpownload pop-up.

Hmm, I've never seen one. But I did just create one using the RSS feed due to your posting. And it seemed to work ... I'll have to play around with it a bit.

Thanks!

Edit: Oh my gosh there is one! I'd not looked for it recently and I know I did a month or two back.

Thanks again!

kennyc · 01-25-2010, 01:16 PM

Just downloaded the Newspaper and it worked fine. No need for a paid subscription as far as I can tell.

I did just have weird thing happen though. The display of my books on the home screen disappeared after I'd sent the Newspaper (calibre) to the 900. I went through the shutdown and restart to get them to show back up but now they are in some strange order it seems.

olguy · 01-25-2010, 03:00 PM

That is strange. I just sent The Houston Chronicle and as the previous times calibre recognized the 900 and sent the paper. At the same time. Sony Reader opened. After calibre finished I used Reader to eject. When the screen change from do not disconnect to usb connected I unplugged. It took a few moments for the 900 to sort it all out but when the home page reappeared everything was as it should be. I have my books set to sort by date and they were like that on both the home page and the book list.

Kolenka · 01-25-2010, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Just downloaded the Newspaper and it worked fine. No need for a paid subscription as far as I can tell.

I did just have weird thing happen though. The display of my books on the home screen disappeared after I'd sent the Newspaper (calibre) to the 900. I went through the shutdown and restart to get them to show back up but now they are in some strange order it seems.

Does Calibre's newspapers show up under periodicals on the 900 now? I know I send Kovid some information on that, but haven't bothered following up with him later. I've been using my own tool instead.

kennyc · 01-26-2010, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

Does Calibre's newspapers show up under periodicals on the 900 now? I know I send Kovid some information on that, but haven't bothered following up with him later. I've been using my own tool instead.

No, it gets put in a folder called "News"

kennyc · 01-26-2010, 06:20 AM

My "books" display disappeared again - this is very annoying..

EDIT:

After a bit of experimentation. It seems this "disapperance" of books from the menu has specifically to do with the fact that Calibre puts a "News" folder in place with it's downloaded items - newspapers, magazines, web feeds, etc.

If I rename the folder my books are displayed in the Home menu but if the "News" folder is there the display under Books is blank or it displays that folders contents.

This is totally weird. I renamed the folder back to "News" and I still had my books displayed, but when I cleared it (via mounted drive all this renaming) and re-sent it via calibre (such that it re-created a "News" folder) now my Books main display is blank again.

It clearly has something to do with that folder and/or calibre's sending/creation of it.

olguy · 01-26-2010, 10:06 AM

Really strange Kenny. I just d/l today's Houston Chronicle. I still have yesterday's in calibre. With calibre open I plugged the 900 in. calibre detected it and sent both copies of the Chronicle. I looked at the screen on the 900 and it still had the do not disconnect icon. I looked at the task bar and Reader was open. I went to Reader and ejected the 900. When it changed to USB Connected I unplugged it. When it got through sorting or whatever and the home page reappeared the only difference was the Chronicle is there along with the latest 2 books. I noticed I had an extra collection so I checked collections and sure enough, I now have a news collection.

I wonder if it might be something in the recipe? I know USA Today works correctly on mine so you might try the Houston Chronicle and USA Today. If they don't work, the old man is out of ideas.

kennyc · 01-26-2010, 12:19 PM

It very possibly could be the recipe and/or file it creates for some reason. I'm still a bit confused as to exactly when it happens cause I went through the same sequence a couple of times and it seemed to be a problem when the Denver Post was the first or only file in the News Folder......

Very weird stuff.

Kolenka · 01-26-2010, 01:41 PM

The 3 books listed under the books section on the home screen displays the 3 most recently added books (there are ways to manipulate this list too).

If the Sony is choking on the first page of these, it could explain some of the behavior. They need changes to the internal layout of the ePub before they will show up as publications. Sony uses some extra metadata an an atom feed to drive some of the special logic.

Out of random curiosity, are you a Mac user? If so, it might be interesting to give you a build of my tool and see how well that works for you.

kennyc · 01-26-2010, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

The 3 books listed under the books section on the home screen displays the 3 most recently added books (there are ways to manipulate this list too).

If the Sony is choking on the first page of these, it could explain some of the behavior. They need changes to the internal layout of the ePub before they will show up as publications. Sony uses some extra metadata an an atom feed to drive some of the special logic.

Out of random curiosity, are you a Mac user? If so, it might be interesting to give you a build of my tool and see how well that works for you.

Thanks for that. I'm not a Mac user, sorry.

kalex · 01-26-2010, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

Out of random curiosity, are you a Mac user? If so, it might be interesting to give you a build of my tool and see how well that works for you.

I am

kennyc · 01-26-2010, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalex

I am

Hey! Who asked you?

Kolenka · 01-26-2010, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalex

I am

It's still not quite ready for public consumption yet. I merely offered since kennyc was having specific problems with the Calibre feeds.

kalex · 01-26-2010, 04:11 PM

If u want i can beta test it since i have a mac

and prs-900

trevgriff · 01-27-2010, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Impulse, you know. I found one locally available at Best Buy and that's all it took. (particularly after selling my Astak Pocket Pro last weekend).

I'll post my impressions after I've had a chance to use it a bit.

First off the screen appears to be the same as the 600 contrast-wise. The 505 is definitely better, but that's about what I expected.

Setup/login to the Sony Store and Adobe DE was painless.

More later.

Did your BB supply the hard case with your purchase? Mine did not (Pittsburgh area)

01-26-2010, 06:20 AM	#21
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,916 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	My "books" display disappeared again - this is very annoying.. EDIT: After a bit of experimentation. It seems this "disapperance" of books from the menu has specifically to do with the fact that Calibre puts a "News" folder in place with it's downloaded items - newspapers, magazines, web feeds, etc. If I rename the folder my books are displayed in the Home menu but if the "News" folder is there the display under Books is blank or it displays that folders contents. This is totally weird. I renamed the folder back to "News" and I still had my books displayed, but when I cleared it (via mounted drive all this renaming) and re-sent it via calibre (such that it re-created a "News" folder) now my Books main display is blank again. It clearly has something to do with that folder and/or calibre's sending/creation of it. Last edited by kennyc; 01-26-2010 at 07:26 AM.

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01-25-2010, 01:16 PM	#17
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,916 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Just downloaded the Newspaper and it worked fine. No need for a paid subscription as far as I can tell. I did just have weird thing happen though. The display of my books on the home screen disappeared after I'd sent the Newspaper (calibre) to the 900. I went through the shutdown and restart to get them to show back up but now they are in some strange order it seems.

01-25-2010, 03:00 PM	#18
olguy Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 26 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kingwood, Texas Device: Sony Daily Reader	That is strange. I just sent The Houston Chronicle and as the previous times calibre recognized the 900 and sent the paper. At the same time. Sony Reader opened. After calibre finished I used Reader to eject. When the screen change from do not disconnect to usb connected I unplugged. It took a few moments for the 900 to sort it all out but when the home page reappeared everything was as it should be. I have my books set to sort by date and they were like that on both the home page and the book list.

01-26-2010, 10:06 AM	#22
olguy Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 26 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kingwood, Texas Device: Sony Daily Reader	Really strange Kenny. I just d/l today's Houston Chronicle. I still have yesterday's in calibre. With calibre open I plugged the 900 in. calibre detected it and sent both copies of the Chronicle. I looked at the screen on the 900 and it still had the do not disconnect icon. I looked at the task bar and Reader was open. I went to Reader and ejected the 900. When it changed to USB Connected I unplugged it. When it got through sorting or whatever and the home page reappeared the only difference was the Chronicle is there along with the latest 2 books. I noticed I had an extra collection so I checked collections and sure enough, I now have a news collection. I wonder if it might be something in the recipe? I know USA Today works correctly on mine so you might try the Houston Chronicle and USA Today. If they don't work, the old man is out of ideas.

01-26-2010, 12:19 PM	#23
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,916 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	It very possibly could be the recipe and/or file it creates for some reason. I'm still a bit confused as to exactly when it happens cause I went through the same sequence a couple of times and it seemed to be a problem when the Denver Post was the first or only file in the News Folder...... Very weird stuff.

01-26-2010, 01:41 PM	#24
Kolenka <Insert Wit Here> Posts: 1,017 Karma: 1275899 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Puget Sound Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Forma	The 3 books listed under the books section on the home screen displays the 3 most recently added books (there are ways to manipulate this list too). If the Sony is choking on the first page of these, it could explain some of the behavior. They need changes to the internal layout of the ePub before they will show up as publications. Sony uses some extra metadata an an atom feed to drive some of the special logic. Out of random curiosity, are you a Mac user? If so, it might be interesting to give you a build of my tool and see how well that works for you.

01-26-2010, 04:11 PM	#29
kalex Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 3248 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: sony	If u want i can beta test it since i have a mac and prs-900