Sony ereader

[standingwave]

Been scanning the local craigslist for kindles in anticipation of the holiday season and a Sony PRS-300 showed up. It's second hand but unused but he wants $60 which seems a little ridiculous since brand new Kindles with a warranty now start at $79. Plus it only has half a gig memory, no wireless, no audio, no dictionary, no memory card, no support for images, OMG this thing's a POS! :P

I'm thinking if I can get him down to under $40, maybe...

But my question is, does it plug and play with Linux, esp. Ubuntu. Do you plug it in and does it show up as an external drive? Will it play my collection of epubs and pdfs downloaded legally from Gutenberg?

[sandyd]

Been scanning the local craigslist for kindles in anticipation of the holiday season and a Sony PRS-300 showed up. It's second hand but unused but he wants $60 which seems a little ridiculous since brand new Kindles with a warranty now start at $79. Plus it only has half a gig memory, no wireless, no audio, no dictionary, no memory card, no support for images, OMG this thing's a POS! :P

I'm thinking if I can get him down to under $40, maybe...

But my question is, does it plug and play with Linux, esp. Ubuntu. Do you plug it in and does it show up as an external drive? Will it play my collection of epubs and pdfs downloaded legally from Gutenberg?
I wouldn't trust stuff on craigslist so easily (http://abcnews.go.com/US/bodies-bring-ohio-craigslist-toll/story?id=15032710#.TuGvkkDbteM) ya know (jks!)

It regonizes epubs and PDFs. Anything else can be converted with calibre.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader#Linux_and_other_OS

You might want to try PRS+ btw.

[Rodney9]

I use my Sony Reader with Ubuntu and Calibre.

[standingwave]

I wouldn't trust stuff on craigslist so easily (http://abcnews.go.com/US/bodies-bring-ohio-craigslist-toll/story?id=15032710#.TuGvkkDbteM) ya know (jks!)

It regonizes epubs and PDFs. Anything else can be converted with calibre.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader#Linux_and_other_OS

You might want to try PRS+ btw.Cool, thanks.

[standingwave]

I use my Sony Reader with Ubuntu and Calibre.And you can just load it up with your own epubs and pdfs. What's the driectory structure look like?

I've heard page turns can be slow. Has that been your experience as well?

Thanks.