Read any webpage on your Sony Reader using Mac OS X

amuzulo · 03-24-2009, 06:26 PM

I just found an easy way to easily read any webpage on your Sony Reader if you have a Mac. This is especially good for really long webpages.

1. Navigate to the webpage you want to view on your Sony Reader. (I use Firefox, but this probably doesn't matter.)
2. Click File > Print
3. Click PDF > Save as PDF...
4. Enter the filename you wish to save as.
5. Enter the Title and Author (these will be used in the title and author indexes)
6. Copy this PDF over to the books directory of your Sony Reader PRS-505.

You'll probably have to magnify to M to read comfortably, but I get amazingly formatted text this way. I've only tried it out on two sites so far, so I'd be curious to hear how others fare with this method. Enjoy!

wallcraft · 03-24-2009, 07:05 PM

I like PDFdownload which is cross platform and works for most browsers. I don't know how well its PDFs display on the Sony's though, and its servers seem to be down or overloaded at present.

amuzulo · 03-24-2009, 07:30 PM

I tried using PDFdownload earlier today on one of my girlfriend's fanfic sites and it was unreadable on the Sony.

kovidgoyal · 03-24-2009, 07:34 PM

you can also use instapaper + calibre

calibre has a recipe to download from your instapaper account

kf6gpe · 03-25-2009, 12:56 AM

If you install CUPS-PDF and do a bit of hacking, you can do one better and print directly to the eReader as if it were a printer (no need to save-as, etc). I've had that working for a couple of months, and it's great... posted elsewhere here about it and there are details on my blog over a couple of posts.

But you're right --- even the "save as" approach works quite well; it's how I started out.

validis · 03-26-2009, 05:23 AM

The best solution I have found is Bookit http://www.heorot.org/wordpress/inde...ftware/bookit/.
Its a firefox addon, when you are on a page you want to put onto the reader you double click on the book icon, It starts up in the background, creates a lrf, opens calibre and adds the book to the libary. You can't get much simplier then that.

kf6gpe · 03-27-2009, 01:50 AM

Slick! I'll try Bookit on the office PC; that might save me quite a bit of time getting stuff from work to read on the train. Thanks!

03-24-2009, 06:26 PM	#1
amuzulo Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: Sony PRS-505	Read any webpage on your Sony Reader using Mac OS X I just found an easy way to easily read any webpage on your Sony Reader if you have a Mac. This is especially good for really long webpages. 1. Navigate to the webpage you want to view on your Sony Reader. (I use Firefox, but this probably doesn't matter.) 2. Click File > Print 3. Click PDF > Save as PDF... 4. Enter the filename you wish to save as. 5. Enter the Title and Author (these will be used in the title and author indexes) 6. Copy this PDF over to the books directory of your Sony Reader PRS-505. You'll probably have to magnify to M to read comfortably, but I get amazingly formatted text this way. I've only tried it out on two sites so far, so I'd be curious to hear how others fare with this method. Enjoy!

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03-24-2009, 07:05 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I like PDFdownload which is cross platform and works for most browsers. I don't know how well its PDFs display on the Sony's though, and its servers seem to be down or overloaded at present.

03-24-2009, 07:30 PM	#3
amuzulo Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: Sony PRS-505	I tried using PDFdownload earlier today on one of my girlfriend's fanfic sites and it was unreadable on the Sony.

03-24-2009, 07:34 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	you can also use instapaper + calibre calibre has a recipe to download from your instapaper account

03-25-2009, 12:56 AM	#5
kf6gpe Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: PRS-700	If you install CUPS-PDF and do a bit of hacking, you can do one better and print directly to the eReader as if it were a printer (no need to save-as, etc). I've had that working for a couple of months, and it's great... posted elsewhere here about it and there are details on my blog over a couple of posts. But you're right --- even the "save as" approach works quite well; it's how I started out.

03-26-2009, 05:23 AM	#6
validis Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: sony reader	The best solution I have found is Bookit http://www.heorot.org/wordpress/inde...ftware/bookit/. Its a firefox addon, when you are on a page you want to put onto the reader you double click on the book icon, It starts up in the background, creates a lrf, opens calibre and adds the book to the libary. You can't get much simplier then that.

03-27-2009, 01:50 AM	#7
kf6gpe Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: PRS-700	Slick! I'll try Bookit on the office PC; that might save me quite a bit of time getting stuff from work to read on the train. Thanks!