Evening, all.

Dozy · 07-29-2009, 04:38 PM

I've had a Sony 505 for about 5 months and love it to death - mostly!!! I think the eBook Library software is pathetic - I can't even amend the titles of the books or the author, which is very annoying.

I live in Sheffield, England, and was really jealous when the Sony was introduced in the US and then took so long to get to the UK. When it did arrive, I was a bit taken aback by the price, so managed to resist for a while, in the hopes the price would reduce, but it didn't, so I bought one anyway!

I'm hoping to get some help on here, so I can arrange my books the way I want them.

pdurrant · 07-29-2009, 04:42 PM

Welcome to Mobileread!

It sounds like you want Calibre.

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/

And then you'll want to look at the wonderful range of well-formatted public domain ebooks that are here on Mobileread.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=126

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Originally Posted by Dozy

I'm hoping to get some help on here, so I can arrange my books the way I want them.

Sparrow · 07-29-2009, 04:43 PM

Nice to meet you Dozy.

There's lots of 505 expertise round here, so feel free to ask away!

rlparker · 07-29-2009, 05:04 PM

Hi Dozy, welcome to MR!

I see that Sparrow borrowed my hat; luckily, I'm blowing a noisemaker today anyway.

kazbates · 07-29-2009, 07:58 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, Dozy!

Calibre is definitely the way to go and Kovid is wonderful about helping when we have questions as are many of our members here at MR. I have a Sony 700 and the information in both the Sony 700 and Sony 500/505 threads has proven incredibly helpful. I use Calibre to convert my ebooks into the correct format and to update the metadata and then use ebook Library to make bookmarks and annotations before uploading to my reader. Good luck.

Happy Reading.

Lady Blue · 07-29-2009, 11:40 PM

Hello Dozy, and

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Dozy · 07-30-2009, 09:19 AM

Thanks for the welcome.

I downloaded Calibre and had a play with a few books. I've actually now got them listed correctly - Title, Author (surname first!!) and I've put in a tag so I can have them in collections.

I love the way you can "batch convert" (can't remember the proper term) and correct all the authors' names, etc, in one go!!!

07-29-2009, 04:38 PM	#1
Dozy Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony 505	Evening, all. I've had a Sony 505 for about 5 months and love it to death - mostly!!! I think the eBook Library software is pathetic - I can't even amend the titles of the books or the author, which is very annoying. I live in Sheffield, England, and was really jealous when the Sony was introduced in the US and then took so long to get to the UK. When it did arrive, I was a bit taken aback by the price, so managed to resist for a while, in the hopes the price would reduce, but it didn't, so I bought one anyway! I'm hoping to get some help on here, so I can arrange my books the way I want them.

07-29-2009, 11:40 PM	#6
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"	Hello Dozy, and to Mobileread.

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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Nice to meet you Dozy. There's lots of 505 expertise round here, so feel free to ask away!

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kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	Welcome to MobileRead, Dozy! Calibre is definitely the way to go and Kovid is wonderful about helping when we have questions as are many of our members here at MR. I have a Sony 700 and the information in both the Sony 700 and Sony 500/505 threads has proven incredibly helpful. I use Calibre to convert my ebooks into the correct format and to update the metadata and then use ebook Library to make bookmarks and annotations before uploading to my reader. Good luck. Happy Reading.

07-30-2009, 09:19 AM	#7
Dozy Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony 505	Thanks for the welcome. I downloaded Calibre and had a play with a few books. I've actually now got them listed correctly - Title, Author (surname first!!) and I've put in a tag so I can have them in collections. I love the way you can "batch convert" (can't remember the proper term) and correct all the authors' names, etc, in one go!!!

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