Arrives today!

Drewmangroup · 03-13-2009, 09:51 AM

My Blue 505 is on the Fedex truck today! And because its fedex its going to either be on my doorstep or they are going to take it hostage at the facility. I hope its Fedex Epress because the pick up at Fedex Home never goes well for me. Oh well, I got me a SD card with some books on it ready to go and some stuff in Calibre I need to get on there too. Anyone change the font on the reader (I saw a tutorial in the dev forum)? Also are you able to change the font size before uploading a book from Calibre? Whats the default font size?

sammsmom · 03-13-2009, 11:19 AM

You are able to change the font size in Calibre when you are converting. The default size is 10, but I have my default set at 12 becuase I like a little bit bigger font. You can do this by clicking the little arrow by convert ebooks and choose set defaults for conversion. From there click on the look and feel tab on the left side and at the top there is base font size and you change it from there. HTH

Curly · 03-13-2009, 12:15 PM

Congratulations! I hope it arrives safely and when it does I'm sure you will love it.

Ervserver · 03-13-2009, 12:25 PM

enjoy the 505 Drewmangroup

Drewmangroup · 03-13-2009, 12:28 PM

It came this morning. They left it on the door step which I don't care about as much as when I lived in an apartment so I ran home to grab it (and its supposed to rain!). I plugged it in my PSP charger to charge and loaded a manga in Epub and LRF to see the difference. The epub was almost unreadable but the LRF was crystal clear. Sweet!

So a noob question, whats will all that crap that it comes loaded with? I am on a Mac so I see the internal memory as a drive. Can I just go into the database/ebook (or whatever the path is) and delete those files(there are like CB****** filenames) or is there a more "official" way of doing it. I want to avoid something where I delete the file but the database still has it listed or something.

dordale · 03-13-2009, 12:28 PM

Hope you have fun with your new gadget and that it's on your doorstep when you get home!

dordale

grooks · 03-13-2009, 12:35 PM

The files names that start with 'CB' may be the novels and excerpts that are pre-loaded on the Reader. Check to see if they are .LRX and if so that is Sony's proprietary ebook format. If you don't want those books you can just delete them from the menu of the device itself. Probably safer to do it that way.

frabjous · 03-13-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewmangroup

So a noob question, whats will all that crap that it comes loaded with? I am on a Mac so I see the internal memory as a drive. Can I just go into the database/ebook (or whatever the path is) and delete those files(there are like CB****** filenames) or is there a more "official" way of doing it. I want to avoid something where I delete the file but the database still has it listed or something.

You can actually delete a book, including the free samples, using the menu system on the reader itself. I don't have mine with me right now (shocker, I know), and I don't remember the exact sequence of menu selections, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure it out. I'm pretty sure that's what I did, without any bad results.

I suspect you could do it with Calibre as well.

And I doubt there'd be a problem with deleting those files directly when viewing it as a drive, but someone else might want to confirm that.

EDIT: Grooks beat me to it.

Drewmangroup · 03-13-2009, 12:40 PM

Ok cool, I will go through the menu just to be sure

Another question :
What are "collections" in Calibre. Which metadata element translates to a collection?

DixieGal · 03-13-2009, 12:42 PM

Congrats! Enjoy!

frabjous · 03-13-2009, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewmangroup

Another question :
What are "collections" in Calibre. Which metadata element translates to a collection?

In calibre, it's called "Series". Be careful here. I seem to have noticed that once a collection is set up in the Reader, it'll appear there even if I delete all the books in that collection, so there'll be a collection with zero books. There might be a way to undo that, though. I'm not sure. I haven't had the spare time to give it a serious try.

Drewmangroup · 03-13-2009, 01:18 PM

Looking around it seems that using the Connect software you can delete the collection. I will have to play around with that and see if there is a more direct way.

frabjous · 03-13-2009, 01:28 PM

Yeah, aren't you on a mac? "Connect" -- superseded if I'm not mistaken by Sony eBook library -- doesn't work on a mac, right? I sure hope there's another way!

Drewmangroup · 03-13-2009, 01:40 PM

Yeah but I have a Windows machine for times when I have to, as much as it pains me, to use Windows. I have also read that deleting the media.xml file will also fix it. I suppose it would rebuild it if it can't be found.

frabjous · 03-13-2009, 01:46 PM

Seems a bit extreme. I'd hope there's a better solution. I'll look into it when I get a chance. (I don't have my reader with me, right now.)

03-13-2009, 09:51 AM	#1
Drewmangroup Member Posts: 21 Karma: 16 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	Arrives today! My Blue 505 is on the Fedex truck today! And because its fedex its going to either be on my doorstep or they are going to take it hostage at the facility. I hope its Fedex Epress because the pick up at Fedex Home never goes well for me. Oh well, I got me a SD card with some books on it ready to go and some stuff in Calibre I need to get on there too. Anyone change the font on the reader (I saw a tutorial in the dev forum)? Also are you able to change the font size before uploading a book from Calibre? Whats the default font size?

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03-13-2009, 11:19 AM	#2
sammsmom Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 192 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle 2	You are able to change the font size in Calibre when you are converting. The default size is 10, but I have my default set at 12 becuase I like a little bit bigger font. You can do this by clicking the little arrow by convert ebooks and choose set defaults for conversion. From there click on the look and feel tab on the left side and at the top there is base font size and you change it from there. HTH

03-13-2009, 12:15 PM	#3
Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	Congratulations! I hope it arrives safely and when it does I'm sure you will love it.

03-13-2009, 12:25 PM	#4
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	enjoy the 505 Drewmangroup

03-13-2009, 12:28 PM	#5
Drewmangroup Member Posts: 21 Karma: 16 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	It came this morning. They left it on the door step which I don't care about as much as when I lived in an apartment so I ran home to grab it (and its supposed to rain!). I plugged it in my PSP charger to charge and loaded a manga in Epub and LRF to see the difference. The epub was almost unreadable but the LRF was crystal clear. Sweet! So a noob question, whats will all that crap that it comes loaded with? I am on a Mac so I see the internal memory as a drive. Can I just go into the database/ebook (or whatever the path is) and delete those files(there are like CB****** filenames) or is there a more "official" way of doing it. I want to avoid something where I delete the file but the database still has it listed or something.

03-13-2009, 12:28 PM	#6
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	Hope you have fun with your new gadget and that it's on your doorstep when you get home! dordale

03-13-2009, 12:35 PM	#7
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	The files names that start with 'CB' may be the novels and excerpts that are pre-loaded on the Reader. Check to see if they are .LRX and if so that is Sony's proprietary ebook format. If you don't want those books you can just delete them from the menu of the device itself. Probably safer to do it that way.

03-13-2009, 12:40 PM	#9
Drewmangroup Member Posts: 21 Karma: 16 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	Ok cool, I will go through the menu just to be sure Another question : What are "collections" in Calibre. Which metadata element translates to a collection?

03-13-2009, 12:42 PM	#10
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Congrats! Enjoy!

03-13-2009, 01:18 PM	#12
Drewmangroup Member Posts: 21 Karma: 16 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	Looking around it seems that using the Connect software you can delete the collection. I will have to play around with that and see if there is a more direct way.

03-13-2009, 01:28 PM	#13
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Yeah, aren't you on a mac? "Connect" -- superseded if I'm not mistaken by Sony eBook library -- doesn't work on a mac, right? I sure hope there's another way!

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03-13-2009, 01:40 PM	#14
Drewmangroup Member Posts: 21 Karma: 16 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	Yeah but I have a Windows machine for times when I have to, as much as it pains me, to use Windows. I have also read that deleting the media.xml file will also fix it. I suppose it would rebuild it if it can't be found.

03-13-2009, 01:46 PM	#15
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Seems a bit extreme. I'd hope there's a better solution. I'll look into it when I get a chance. (I don't have my reader with me, right now.)