PRS-600 Help with PRS-600 books

rshanbhag · 10-05-2009, 02:15 PM

I bought a PRS-600 black recently. However, I am confused with the following. Could someone please advise?
/a/ books on Sony ebook site are very limited and more expensive than Amazon Kindle. I am looking for American History and Biography books.
/b/ There are no magazines that I can subscribe to
/c/ The libraries (Santa Clara) have a very very limited number of books on their website to borrow on Sony Reader.

Given that Amazon has a much larger variety (incl magazines) and much less expensive, was buying PRS600 a mistake? Or did i just miss something?

The devise itself is great; but is useless unless I get the books I want.

Rajesh

grooks · 10-05-2009, 03:24 PM

You can also purchase from other online booksellers. One of the popular ones that sells epub ebooks is Books on Board.

Sony has recently been making a push to get their prices in line with Amazon for new releases. There will be some ebooks that are higher and some that are lower.

polly · 10-05-2009, 03:47 PM

I don't mean to sound evangelical, but you might consider Calibre to help with the magazines. The program is designed to organize and convert ebooks, but it also fetches content from websites. At last count, it had 124 US based news downloads available, including magazines and newspapers, complete with scheduled downloads. Best of all - the program and the magazines are free. You can find it at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/

tovare · 10-05-2009, 04:52 PM

+1 for for buying from different vendors and using calibre to widen the selection.

Not sure if everyone should buy an ereader, considering the many incompatible formats out there, and idiotic restrictions on ebooks. It may be that the original poster purchased a reader a few years too soon, but buying lots of amazon ebooks seems to mee like a much worse alternative than getting epub books for a sony reader.

I purchased quite a few mobipocket books (Also owned by amazon) and they're all worthless now. Companies like fictionwise has much better policies.

MacGirlie · 10-09-2009, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polly

I don't mean to sound evangelical, but you might consider Calibre to help with the magazines. The program is designed to organize and convert ebooks, but it also fetches content from websites. At last count, it had 124 US based news downloads available, including magazines and newspapers, complete with scheduled downloads. Best of all - the program and the magazines are free. You can find it at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/

Polly,

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this!! I have been wanting to get the NYT on my Reader, and I don't mind the syncing step. Being able to get papers and magazines was my one issue and I think you have it solved!

Nvidiot · 10-10-2009, 04:29 AM

Also try searching for the books you are looking for at http://inkmesh.com/

10-05-2009, 02:15 PM	#1
rshanbhag Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: sony prs-600	Help with PRS-600 books I bought a PRS-600 black recently. However, I am confused with the following. Could someone please advise? /a/ books on Sony ebook site are very limited and more expensive than Amazon Kindle. I am looking for American History and Biography books. /b/ There are no magazines that I can subscribe to /c/ The libraries (Santa Clara) have a very very limited number of books on their website to borrow on Sony Reader. Given that Amazon has a much larger variety (incl magazines) and much less expensive, was buying PRS600 a mistake? Or did i just miss something? The devise itself is great; but is useless unless I get the books I want. Rajesh

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grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	You can also purchase from other online booksellers. One of the popular ones that sells epub ebooks is Books on Board. Sony has recently been making a push to get their prices in line with Amazon for new releases. There will be some ebooks that are higher and some that are lower.

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polly Evangelist Posts: 454 Karma: 270240 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony PRS 650, PocketBook 360, Astak PocketPro (RIP), Tungsten T3	I don't mean to sound evangelical, but you might consider Calibre to help with the magazines. The program is designed to organize and convert ebooks, but it also fetches content from websites. At last count, it had 124 US based news downloads available, including magazines and newspapers, complete with scheduled downloads. Best of all - the program and the magazines are free. You can find it at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/

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tovare Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 1133312 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oslo/Norway Device: PRS-600, Kindle kb Wifi, new Kindle NT, PW2, Kindle Oasis	+1 for for buying from different vendors and using calibre to widen the selection. Not sure if everyone should buy an ereader, considering the many incompatible formats out there, and idiotic restrictions on ebooks. It may be that the original poster purchased a reader a few years too soon, but buying lots of amazon ebooks seems to mee like a much worse alternative than getting epub books for a sony reader. I purchased quite a few mobipocket books (Also owned by amazon) and they're all worthless now. Companies like fictionwise has much better policies.

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Nvidiot Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 30 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Netherlands Device: PW2	Also try searching for the books you are looking for at http://inkmesh.com/

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