Sony 600

[keith]

Well, I now own a A Sony PRS600.
First impressions are that it's awful !!
I think the Reader Library software is responsible.
The screen reflects much more that I expected.

I read with Bi-Focals. Would a dedicated pair of reading glasses improve things?
What is 'Sync' used for ? Is it essential ?
What on earth is 'Metadata' ?

Hope some of you can help !
Thanks in advance, Keith.

[Michael Kozlowski]

Meta Data is the semantics of your ebook, such as book title name, author name, publisher, author sort etc. Its mainly employed to better organize your library on your e-reader. Sync mainly adds new books on your device, once you copy tem over to your e-reader, you sync the books and its recognized on your device.

Sony has always made e-readers that are not "top of the line" so their are drawbacks to its cheap price, all of their models have been out for a year or more too, so its older tech.

[keith]

Thanks for the explanations. I'll get working on it tonight!
I've just found some software called 'Calibre' that should replace the Sony e-reader library software. I'll give that a try to.

Keith.

[keith]

It's getting easier !
I've been reading a pdf book and been wondering why I can't enlarge the text ! So much to learn. Now I need to convert pdf to epub, but have to get a DRM remover first !

I'm a third of the way through a Stephen Hawking book, so I must be getting to like it !

Keith.

[Michael Kozlowski]

If you want some help with calibre, take a look at our video section on the forum, we filmed 2 or 3 video tutorials teaching you various aspects of using calibre

[rickeyjosheph]

Sony 600 is really a great device for me because I really enjoy with It. It is best because It has great features. Sony is good brand in electronic market. Battery work superb and I am with my Sony 600.

[mrphantuan]

The Sony Reader PRS-600 is now available for order at Amazon for $299. At today’s (Aug 25th) Press Conference Sony announced you can order it.

Although Sony is not touting it as such, the PRS-600 with its $299 price is a direct competitor to the Kindle 2. Sony Reader PRS-600 comes in with its Touch capability and Kindle 2 has wireless access and free Internet access.