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Old 11-17-2007, 06:09 PM   #31
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I don't think there are any restrictions to running your own books through an OCR or scanner in order to get them into the device. The only problem with this is that it is a lot more work to copy a book than it is to copy a CD.
yeah. its really hard work. i converted all my textbooks to be readable in the reader. took days. thats probably the most annoying thing.
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Old 11-17-2007, 06:12 PM   #32
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With the 505, if you push the page turn button fast enough for 10 pages it caches th page turns and you end up on your page 10 without having had all the page turns displayed.
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Old 11-17-2007, 06:36 PM   #33
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That's a load of crap. I had alot of "e-books" that are PDF's. These are PDF's that I bought online, or PDF versions of published books. For me they were mostly programming/reference type books. I really planned to be able to access these books on my Sony reader... prior to buying it since it "claimed" to support it.
Sorry, but to be honest, I've seen a lot of posts asking for conversion help for books downloaded from the net that were not legally obtained. I incorrectly made that leap and was incorrect.
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