09-20-2007, 02:05 PM | #1 |
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eReader Books to Sony Reader conversion?
Just received my Sony ereader last week and love it. I've been reading ebooks since 2001 on Palm OS PDA's purchased mainly from ereader.com and a few from Mobipocket. In fact the other day I noticed that I've purchased over 100 books from ereader.com. It would be nice to be able to read those books on the PRS-500 and I'm wondering if anyone has been able to convert ereader.com books to the Sony format. I've been browsing the site and there is a ton of stuff! Too much for me to wade through and hoping that there's someone out there to point me in the correct direction. I could email ereader.com and ask them to convert but imagine that's a long shot. Is it possible to convert the books, keeping the DRM rights and use the same unlock code to read them on the Sony ereader? Thanks in advance for any help and I'm very impressed with this site!
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09-20-2007, 02:52 PM | #2 |
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Can't be done, to the best of my knowledge.
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09-20-2007, 05:27 PM | #3 |
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It's not impossible to break the encryption, it's just that no one has bothered (that I know of). I will take a look at it. A few questions:
1. What is the file suffix? 2. Do you have to type in a password to open the file? 3. Would you be willing to give me one ebook, the password, and a copy of the eReader software? |
09-20-2007, 06:38 PM | #4 |
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1. The suffix is pdb for the base file; it expands upon opening to three different files (can't remember their suffixes and too lazy to look atm...) I'm pretty sure at least one of them is a page history/etc. 2. You have to supply the name of the person the account bought under and the credit card number that was used to purchase the book (and/or that was registered at the time of download. To change the CC number that it's downloaded under at eReader.com you have to use that number to purchase at least one ebook.) 3. eReader software (basic) is free at eReader.com. I don't know about the asker, but (even though I've seen you post much,) I'd be really uncertain about supplying a live credit card number to anyone I met via a forum. --Except my wife... |
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09-21-2007, 09:51 AM | #6 |
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It is correct that to send a book for someone to convert that to unlock it, it would be necessary to include my name and the Credit Card number I used to buy it. Obviously I'm uncomfortable in doing that, but I do appreciate the offer to try! I was hoping to get lucky and find out that someone had already figured out how to do it.
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09-21-2007, 09:57 AM | #7 |
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I'd love to have this possible as I bought a large amount of eReader books for reading on Palm and PPC, now I use a Reader, oh well
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I only asked because I don't have any books in that format. Since it's a problem I don't have, I will not spend money to find a solution. |
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You might try Calibre software. http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/
This is a third party eBook library software, that does format conversion. It does support conversion to/from the PDB format. And does do formats that are compatible with the Sony. And it is free. And according to some people, it is better than the Sony library software. Quote:
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11-03-2009, 08:19 AM | #11 |
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Once you get the hang of it converting ereader to html and then using Calibre to convert to a format of your choosing is quite easy. Look up the ereader2html workshop (workshop thread), which is really helpful. I have no programming skills, and as somebody else has described it - I use my computer like my car - I'm quite good at driving, but don't have clue what is happening under the bonnet. I needed rescuing but help was readily at hand.
I have a prs505 and currently am finding that ePub provides the best output for texts converted from ereader. Rachel Sorry - just realised you wanted to retain the DRM - therefore the above doesn't apply. |
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