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fooziex · 05-04-2010, 01:41 AM

Howdy y'all. I'm a proud owner of a PRS-600. Having found calibre on the first or second day of using my reader, I'm quite pleased with the combination of the two. One thing that has aroused my concern is the fact that my reader's display is rather ineffective in bright sunlight. It's a bit hard to describe the effect; the dark parts of the display (text) tend to come up more faintly than usual, with a dithered appearance similar to the Photoshop "dissolve" layer setting. Anyways, I'm mainly posting to get this forum to stop asking me to make a first post and hopefully prevent my account from being culled sometime for inactivity.

dreams · 05-04-2010, 02:44 AM

Welcome to MR and out of lurk mode, fooziex.

The below is some information that may be helpful if you haven't yet come across it in the forums.

MR has free ebooks that have been beautifully formatted by some very dedicated MR members. ePub format and Sony BBeB / lrf format <-- does the 600 still use this one?

Free ebook sites.. feedbooks.com and manybooks.net

Free and for purchase ebooks .. smashwords.com and baen.com Plus Baen has a free library

You can explore using Calibre to manage your library of DRM free books and Kovid, the creator, frequents the forums here. We even have a dedicated Calibre forum.

Here are a couple of book search engines for finding and comparing book prices.. AddAll, eBookPrice.Info, and Inkmesh.

Have fun in the forums and ask if you have any questions.

PS Check my signature and click on the links to find more information.

Lady Blue · 05-04-2010, 08:16 AM

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out of the darkness, fooziex.

joycedb · 05-04-2010, 10:34 AM

Hello and welcome. You've picked a great site for info on electronic gadgets. I'm sure you'll find your answer somewhere.

Joyce
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MickeyC · 05-04-2010, 06:36 PM

Hi fooziex and welcome to MobileRead

Katti's Cat · 05-04-2010, 10:42 PM

Hello fooziex and welcome to MR.

I haven't yet read in bright sunlight (with my Sony that is) - but then again, I had problems in the past when reading paperbooks in bright sunlight too - too much glare from those lily white pages. I prefer to read in the shade.

ImogenRose · 05-05-2010, 07:36 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!

neilmarr · 05-10-2010, 03:45 AM

Good to have your company, Fooziex. I had similar probles with my Sony (505) and others here have reported the same. It was a pest because I do a lot of reading on my wee terrace and the sun's usually pretty strong out there. The way I covercame it was simply to buy a smart fliptop cover for the reader (it's called iEasy, but I think it's now turned out under another name by Tuff-luv). Among its many great advantages is one I've not seen mentioned before ... it's very easy and comfortable to use the flip-top flap as a sunshade, still holding the machine in one hand. Never the slightest problem since. Best wishes. Neil

happy_terd · 05-21-2010, 02:30 PM

hello and welcome to MR!!!

05-04-2010, 01:41 AM	#1
fooziex Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-600	Hello to our community! Howdy y'all. I'm a proud owner of a PRS-600. Having found calibre on the first or second day of using my reader, I'm quite pleased with the combination of the two. One thing that has aroused my concern is the fact that my reader's display is rather ineffective in bright sunlight. It's a bit hard to describe the effect; the dark parts of the display (text) tend to come up more faintly than usual, with a dithered appearance similar to the Photoshop "dissolve" layer setting. Anyways, I'm mainly posting to get this forum to stop asking me to make a first post and hopefully prevent my account from being culled sometime for inactivity.

05-04-2010, 10:34 AM	#4
joycedb Guru Posts: 997 Karma: 1086596 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Florida Device: none	Hello and welcome. You've picked a great site for info on electronic gadgets. I'm sure you'll find your answer somewhere. Joyce [Promotional link] Last edited by Dr. Drib; 01-13-2015 at 09:02 PM.

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dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Welcome to MR and out of lurk mode, fooziex. The below is some information that may be helpful if you haven't yet come across it in the forums. MR has free ebooks that have been beautifully formatted by some very dedicated MR members. ePub format and Sony BBeB / lrf format <-- does the 600 still use this one? Free ebook sites.. feedbooks.com and manybooks.net Free and for purchase ebooks .. smashwords.com and baen.com Plus Baen has a free library You can explore using Calibre to manage your library of DRM free books and Kovid, the creator, frequents the forums here. We even have a dedicated Calibre forum. Here are a couple of book search engines for finding and comparing book prices.. AddAll, eBookPrice.Info, and Inkmesh. Have fun in the forums and ask if you have any questions. PS Check my signature and click on the links to find more information.

05-04-2010, 08:16 AM	#3
Lady Blue the snarky blue one Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10"	out of the darkness, fooziex.

05-04-2010, 06:36 PM	#5
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi fooziex and welcome to MobileRead

05-04-2010, 10:42 PM	#6
Katti's Cat Wizard Posts: 2,259 Karma: 175640 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Sony PRS-600	Hello fooziex and welcome to MR. I haven't yet read in bright sunlight (with my Sony that is) - but then again, I had problems in the past when reading paperbooks in bright sunlight too - too much glare from those lily white pages. I prefer to read in the shade.

05-05-2010, 07:36 AM	#7
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR!

05-10-2010, 03:45 AM	#8
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Fooziex. I had similar probles with my Sony (505) and others here have reported the same. It was a pest because I do a lot of reading on my wee terrace and the sun's usually pretty strong out there. The way I covercame it was simply to buy a smart fliptop cover for the reader (it's called iEasy, but I think it's now turned out under another name by Tuff-luv). Among its many great advantages is one I've not seen mentioned before ... it's very easy and comfortable to use the flip-top flap as a sunshade, still holding the machine in one hand. Never the slightest problem since. Best wishes. Neil

05-21-2010, 02:30 PM	#9
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	hello and welcome to MR!!!

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