I'm a Sony Reader owner, yet I will only buy Kindle books - Page 3

vxf · 09-23-2011, 12:36 AM

I had problems with two books purchased on SONY's store.

The first one was a collection of Shakespeare's works which was supposedly annotated - but it had no notes.

The second was a collection of ALL Sherlock Holmes stories which was missing half of the works - well, the print edition was two volumes and the digital book, despite promising ALL the works, was only the first of two printed volumes.

In both cases, I called SONY's store, I got credit exceeding the price paid (in both cases, the price was less than $5 dollars and - according to what I was told - $5 was the least they could credit, so in both cases I got more) AND I got to keep the books.

Quality problems are real, but, despite SONY's reputation for crappy CS, I got always good results with the Reader division - not just books, also with hardware support.

A far cry from another SONY brand, Playstation. Now, THAT is crappy CS.

pedro99 · 09-24-2011, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Google for "Apprentice Alf" and install the DRM-removal tools for Calibre. Buy your book with "Kindle for PC". Copy book from Kindle for PC into Calibre. Convert to ePub. Job done.

Many thanks for that HarryT, will take a look

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09-23-2011, 12:36 AM	#31
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	I had problems with two books purchased on SONY's store. The first one was a collection of Shakespeare's works which was supposedly annotated - but it had no notes. The second was a collection of ALL Sherlock Holmes stories which was missing half of the works - well, the print edition was two volumes and the digital book, despite promising ALL the works, was only the first of two printed volumes. In both cases, I called SONY's store, I got credit exceeding the price paid (in both cases, the price was less than $5 dollars and - according to what I was told - $5 was the least they could credit, so in both cases I got more) AND I got to keep the books. Quality problems are real, but, despite SONY's reputation for crappy CS, I got always good results with the Reader division - not just books, also with hardware support. A far cry from another SONY brand, Playstation. Now, THAT is crappy CS.

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