Sony PRS-650 Reader Touch Edition
It's February 2011 and I am busy playing with a new Sony PRS-650 (black).
First off I want to be able to read the morning paper on it.
I am using Calibre software but I don't want to run the desktop GUI all the time. I want to run a script as a cron job.
Automated Newsfeed
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.
These commands will download the news.
cd /tmp ebook-convert "San Francisco Chronicle".recipe sf_chronicle.epub 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
I think once the download and conversion is completed all I need to do is copy the epub files to the Reader.
cp sf_chronicle.epub /media/READER/database/media/books/
but I could be wrong...
Tips
Using Calibre software
That's the biggest tip -- use Calibre.
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 using a Mac
Preparation
- Install and authorize Adobe Digital Edition on your computer, which means setting up an account.
- With the ebook reader plugged into your Mac, download and install the Sony Reader Library software, and set up and account, and activate your reader with the account.
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.
That's it.
*Actually Bellman currently shuts down every night and starts itself up every morning.
