New E-reader

[AlexBell]

Originally Posted by lene1949

Thanks, Alex... I probably wouldn't have the brains to do it anyway...

No, really, it's a bit picky to set up - like a jigsaw you have to have everything in place. But if you go step by step and can follow instructions it's not that hard to do.

Regards, Alex

[lene1949]

I'm pretty good at jigsaws.... I have a very logical mind (female ) and follow step-by-step instructions easily...

[AlexBell]

Originally Posted by lene1949

I'm pretty good at jigsaws.... I have a very logical mind (female ) and follow step-by-step instructions easily...

Well, if you were to send me a private message in say three weeks I might be able to help. I'm going to Gaza for the Gaza Freedom March (www.gazafreedommarch.org) in a couple of days, so it would not be a good time to start now.

Regards, Alex.

[aguilas389]

Not even sure that this will come out but lets try...........just had a Sony
PRSv505 and although I can read the books that came with it how do I
"de magnify" the pages theres a magnifying glass with a plus sign but no minus one and secondly please, to where do I download .doc files and pdf files that I want to keep on the reader and then how do I find them to view.
Thanks very much
Mike

[jjim]

Originally Posted by mtravellerh

Relax - breathe -okay?

Now plug your reader in your PC with the USB cable that came with it. No cable? No problem! Every run of the mill USB to mini-USB cable should do! Once connected, the reader should show up as a drive, just like an SD-card or a USB-stick. Still with me?

Now for more of this:
We do have 2 possibilities now: 1) undrmed ePub: Like the ones from MobileRead, Feedbooks, Munseys, Manybooks, Baen, Gutenberg and Google (actually there are hundreds of thousands of them) and, of course, Smashwords has unDRMed ePubs, too. You just copy and paste on your Reader or on your SD-card in the Reader (that should show up as an extra drive, normally) if you don't understand Chinese, just delete those chinese books while you're there! Your reader should recognize those books now when you unmount your device and start it! Bingo!

2) While being plugged to your PC, open ADE. I understand that you have an account with ADE, right? If not, please register. It's free! Now your reader should appear in the ADE interface (on the left hand) Click on the reader icon, authorize your device! Go buy some drmed ePub! Once authorized, transfer your drmed ePubs from the Adobe library to your reader! This might be done however you like. Important: Put those books in the folder Digital Editions! Unmount, unplug, restart! Voilà!

In case of further trouble, please let us know!

Could you please explain all of the above for a elderly computer thicko like
me, I have downloaded calibre but it wont recognise my device,and when I click tranfer to device it comes up No Device Connected please help!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by aguilas389

Not even sure that this will come out but lets try...........just had a Sony
PRSv505 and although I can read the books that came with it how do I
"de magnify" the pages theres a magnifying glass with a plus sign but no minus one and secondly please, to where do I download .doc files and pdf files that I want to keep on the reader and then how do I find them to view.
Thanks very much
Mike

Did you try pressing it?

The Sony Reader will not display Doc files. They need to be converted to a format it will display. Calibre is pretty good at converting and managing an ebook library.

First I'd suggest reading your manual thoroughly, get the software installed and then start reading everything here about Sony Readers and Calibre etc.

Enjoy! And Welcome to MobileRead!

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by aguilas389

just had a Sony
PRSv505 and although I can read the books that came with it how do I "de magnify" the pages theres a magnifying glass with a plus sign but no minus one

The button cycles through zoom modes. It goes small->medium->large->small etc. So just keep pressing it until you get to a zoom level your comfortable with.

[lene1949]

Originally Posted by lene1949

I found a way to do it... Putting the files into Calibre and sending them to device works...

... but, no longer... I downloaded the latest version of calibre, and wonder if that's the problem...

I have now re-downloaded a few of my books in pdf, and ADE will get them on my reader... Not perfect, but that'll have to do.