Sony Librie Hacking

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Sony Librie Hacking

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The Sony Librie is an e-ink ebook reader. It’s stunning. The display looks so “real” it appears as if it’s a sticker or printed on the screen. The bad news is, the ebook format is some wacky DRM Sony put on it, so you can’t get any ebooks on it you own. But with some firmware hacks, converters and the step by step how-to I’m writing up you can- it’ll take me awhile, there’s lots to do- but for now here are some photos of some tests (MAKE Blog and Cory Doctorow eBooks so far…)

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