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Q: I have a Sony E-Reader. Can I transfer books from My I-Book Library to my Sony device and similarly from my I-Books library to my Sony Device?

I have a Sony E-Reader. Can I transfer books from My I-Book Library to my Sony device and similarly from my Sony Device to my I-Books library ?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 17, 2016 5:01 PM

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Q: I have a Sony E-Reader. Can I transfer books from My I-Book Library to my Sony device and similarly from my I-Books library to my ... more

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  • by Granto102,Helpful

    Granto102 Granto102 Aug 17, 2016 5:05 PM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg
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    Aug 17, 2016 5:05 PM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg

    I believe that if you open iBooks, you can drag and drop books from your library to your Macbook's desktop. It will export the books as an Epub file, which you can then install on your Ereader as you normally would.

     

    I believe that you open your Ereader in Finder, and drag and drop it into the folder there. At least that's how I do it on my Kindle.

     

    Give it a try, see if it works for you too.

     

    Grant.

  • by dennisfromwinnipeg,

    dennisfromwinnipeg dennisfromwinnipeg Aug 17, 2016 5:07 PM in response to Granto102
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    Aug 17, 2016 5:07 PM in response to Granto102

    Many thanks Grant.  I will give this a try. I just have to wait for my old Sony to charge up.  Cheers  Dennis

  • by Granto102,

    Granto102 Granto102 Aug 17, 2016 5:10 PM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg
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    Aug 17, 2016 5:10 PM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg

    No problem, please do keep me updated.

     

    The only part I am not sure about is how you copy the ePub files from a computer/mac (They're typically the same process) to a Sony eReader. You may know, or you may have to google it for your model eReader. I do know that my Kindle was as simple as drag-and-drop, though.

     

    Good luck!

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Aug 18, 2016 3:11 AM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg
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    Aug 18, 2016 3:11 AM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg

    If you have purchased books from Apple's iBookstore, they most likely have DRM, which means they can only be read by the iBooks app on an Apple device.

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Aug 18, 2016 3:18 AM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg
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    Aug 18, 2016 3:18 AM in response to dennisfromwinnipeg

    The best way to load books onto a Sony reader is to use the free program Calibre, which can also convert between formats. However as Tom has pointed out, purchases from Apple are likely to be subject to DRM and can't be moved, so Calibre can't do anything with them.