Hey from Rocky Mount, NC

Valdhor · 08-08-2007, 08:26 AM

Well, I have had my reader for 4 days now - My wife was flipping channels one day last week and stopped on ShopNBC. Lo and behold they were selling it for $149.99 She remembered that I had been wishing for a reader for a while and ordered it as an early birthday present. I love her so much

Anyway, I am an ex-pat Kiwi now living in Rocky Mount, NC.

This forum has already helped me a great deal and is bound to help lots more. Thanks very much.

Steve

Bob Russell · 08-08-2007, 09:20 AM

Thanks for the nice words about MobileRead, and welcome!

You got a great deal on the Reader, and I hadn't realized they were offered on ShopNBC. You said your wife had been wanting one for a while - how did she first hear about it and get interested?

In fact, that's an interesting question for people in general. I'll have to post something...

robyn · 08-09-2007, 12:36 AM

Hmm, I could have used a price like that.

Valdhor · 08-10-2007, 12:28 PM

Actually, I have been interested in one for a while and she remembered that when she saw them on ShopNBC so she bought it for me.

I had (Died awhile back) a Hiebook for a long time (I purchased 92 ebooks for it). After it died I had been looking for a replacement and then the Sony Reader came out. I had been wanting a reader ever since they were announced.

So, after I got it, I redownloaded all 92 of my books in .lit format (All purchased from fictionwise) and converted them to LRF. Now they are looking real pretty on the reader ;-)

digicatz · 08-11-2007, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valdhor

Actually, I have been interested in one for a while and she remembered that when she saw them on ShopNBC so she bought it for me.

I had (Died awhile back) a Hiebook for a long time (I purchased 92 ebooks for it). After it died I had been looking for a replacement and then the Sony Reader came out. I had been wanting a reader ever since they were announced.

So, after I got it, I redownloaded all 92 of my books in .lit format (All purchased from fictionwise) and converted them to LRF. Now they are looking real pretty on the reader ;-)

Was the conversion automatic? ie require much cleaning up? What program did you use? I've been waiting for this tech since I first heard about E-ink seams like ages ago, back when it was just out of MIT. Glad to see Sony got a reader out in a more polished model and better starting price.

If I were working now or if the Sony did newspapers and mags as well, I think I would have one. Its still tempting.

JSWolf · 08-11-2007, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digicatz

Was the conversion automatic? ie require much cleaning up? What program did you use? I've been waiting for this tech since I first heard about E-ink seams like ages ago, back when it was just out of MIT. Glad to see Sony got a reader out in a more polished model and better starting price.

If I were working now or if the Sony did newspapers and mags as well, I think I would have one. Its still tempting.

You can use lit2lrf to do a quick and easy conversion.

Valdhor · 08-13-2007, 08:42 AM

Just as JSWolf said, I used lit2lrf and it worked perfectly. All of the books I bought for the Hiebook now show up on the reader and, I must admit, look even better than they ever did on the Hiebook.

I may try to revive the Hiebook one of these days but it is definitely on the back burner - with the reader I have everything I have ever wanted

.

Valdhor · 08-13-2007, 08:47 AM

One thing that I do a lot of (And I'm probably pretty lucky here as my workplace has a copy of Adobe Acrobat Pro) is saving PDF's as HTML 4.01 with CSS. I then use html2lrf to convert for the reader and the result is very good. There have been a few times that I need to clean up the Adobe rendered HTML (Adobe really likes to use SPAN's - sometimes to the point of rediculousness).

08-08-2007, 08:26 AM	#1
Valdhor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Hey from Rocky Mount, NC Well, I have had my reader for 4 days now - My wife was flipping channels one day last week and stopped on ShopNBC. Lo and behold they were selling it for $149.99 She remembered that I had been wishing for a reader for a while and ordered it as an early birthday present. I love her so much Anyway, I am an ex-pat Kiwi now living in Rocky Mount, NC. This forum has already helped me a great deal and is bound to help lots more. Thanks very much. Steve

08-10-2007, 12:28 PM	#4
Valdhor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Actually, I have been interested in one for a while and she remembered that when she saw them on ShopNBC so she bought it for me. I had (Died awhile back) a Hiebook for a long time (I purchased 92 ebooks for it). After it died I had been looking for a replacement and then the Sony Reader came out. I had been wanting a reader ever since they were announced. So, after I got it, I redownloaded all 92 of my books in .lit format (All purchased from fictionwise) and converted them to LRF. Now they are looking real pretty on the reader ;-) Last edited by Valdhor; 08-10-2007 at 12:33 PM.

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08-08-2007, 09:20 AM	#2
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Thanks for the nice words about MobileRead, and welcome! You got a great deal on the Reader, and I hadn't realized they were offered on ShopNBC. You said your wife had been wanting one for a while - how did she first hear about it and get interested? In fact, that's an interesting question for people in general. I'll have to post something...

08-09-2007, 12:36 AM	#3
robyn Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: washington, usa Device: sony reader / htc wizard / tablet pc	Hmm, I could have used a price like that.

08-13-2007, 08:42 AM	#7
Valdhor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Just as JSWolf said, I used lit2lrf and it worked perfectly. All of the books I bought for the Hiebook now show up on the reader and, I must admit, look even better than they ever did on the Hiebook. I may try to revive the Hiebook one of these days but it is definitely on the back burner - with the reader I have everything I have ever wanted .

08-13-2007, 08:47 AM	#8
Valdhor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	One thing that I do a lot of (And I'm probably pretty lucky here as my workplace has a copy of Adobe Acrobat Pro) is saving PDF's as HTML 4.01 with CSS. I then use html2lrf to convert for the reader and the result is very good. There have been a few times that I need to clean up the Adobe rendered HTML (Adobe really likes to use SPAN's - sometimes to the point of rediculousness).

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