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It's February 2011 and I am busy playing with a new Sony PRS-650 (black).
== History ==


First off I want to be able to read the morning paper on it.
2019-01-31 - Wrestled (again) to put an Overdrive eBook onto it. Finally succeeded on the PC [[Murre]].


== Automated Newsfeed ==
Purchased around 02/2011


My goal here is to use my "always-on"* Ubuntu server [[Bellman]] as a download machine for news. It will run a news download script in the morning, and then transfer the news to my Reader.
=== Using Calibre software ===


These commands will download the news.
I used to use Calibre all the time.


ebook-convert "San Francisco Chronicle".recipe sf_chronicle.epub
Use Calibre to convert PDF files into Epub files; reading PDFs on the Ebook is not very satisfying. You can't really change the font size because the pages are laid out wrong if you do.
ebook-convert "The Nation".recipe the_nation.epub
ebook-convert "The Guardian / The Observer".recipe The_Guardian.epub
ebook-convert "Christian Science Monitor".recipe CSM.epub
cd /tmp
foreach pub in *.epub
do
    echo calibredb add --with-library /home/bwilson/CalibreLibrary $pub
done


*Actually Bellman currently shuts down every night and starts itself up every morning.
== Transfer library books to reader ==
 
=== Preparation ===
 
# Install and authorize Adobe Digital Edition on your computer, which means setting up an account.
# Sometimes you have to "deauthorize" and then "authorize". It's under the Help menu. The error is something like E_NOT_ACC_RDY or whatever.
# With the ebook reader plugged into your computer, download and install the Sony Reader Library software, and set up and account, and activate your reader with the account. The Mac software is here https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/downloads/W0010083
 
This time around (1/2019) I had better luck with the PC but YMMV.
 
'''Checking out books'''
 
# Download the book in epub format using Adobe Digital Edition (the only way the library gives you to download epubs).
# Open the Sony Reader program. Use File->Import File to import the epub.
# Drag the epub from the "bookshelf" to your device.
 
'''You can't transfer books in Adobe, only in the Sony program.'''
 
That's it.

Latest revision as of 05:47, 1 February 2019

History

2019-01-31 - Wrestled (again) to put an Overdrive eBook onto it. Finally succeeded on the PC Murre.

Purchased around 02/2011

Using Calibre software

I used to use Calibre all the time.

Use Calibre to convert PDF files into Epub files; reading PDFs on the Ebook is not very satisfying. You can't really change the font size because the pages are laid out wrong if you do.

Transfer library books to reader

Preparation

  1. Install and authorize Adobe Digital Edition on your computer, which means setting up an account.
  2. Sometimes you have to "deauthorize" and then "authorize". It's under the Help menu. The error is something like E_NOT_ACC_RDY or whatever.
  3. With the ebook reader plugged into your computer, download and install the Sony Reader Library software, and set up and account, and activate your reader with the account. The Mac software is here https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/downloads/W0010083

This time around (1/2019) I had better luck with the PC but YMMV.

Checking out books

  1. Download the book in epub format using Adobe Digital Edition (the only way the library gives you to download epubs).
  2. Open the Sony Reader program. Use File->Import File to import the epub.
  3. Drag the epub from the "bookshelf" to your device.

You can't transfer books in Adobe, only in the Sony program.

That's it.

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