Thursday, March 24, 2011

Help! I am pulling my hair out.

Hubs gifted me with a Sony Pocket E-Reader over the weekend and I have yet to download a single thing.  Grrr!!

I have been to Galley Grab on Simon & Schuster and followed the directions there.  I can download the galley - but then my Reader Library opens and I get an error message:  Failed to load content. (-1166)  WTH?  And yes, I have Adobe Digital Editions downloaded as well.  :)

I have pulled half my hair out and threatened to throw the durn thing in the yard.

If you have a Sony Pocket E-Reader or have any idea what is going on please email me at kweenmg at yahoo dot com and tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thank you very much.  *Never had this trouble with a paperback* 


**UPDATE**  After all that hair pulling I finally un-installed and re-installed both Reader Library and Adobe Digital Editions.  Went back to Galley Grab and downloaded the galley - only to find out that the error code I received the first go round means - Document License Expired - that is why it would not load in the first place.

Not my problem or the Readers - it's the galley.  DOH!  This is exactly why I waited so long to get one of these gizmo's.  I'm getting too old for this stuff.   

6 comments:

Melissa (Books and Things) said...

First make sure that the Reader Library is up to date and compatible with your system. I think there is a mac version and a PC version. Then click on the book you downloaded and this should load it into the reader library. See if that works first. Then go to the Sony/adobe site and trouble shoot from there.

Sakura Sandra said...

Good luck! I can't help, because my ereader is a NookColor, but I can wish you good luck in solving your problem! :)

Sandra from http://sandrathenookworm.blogspot.com

JillyB07 said...

Im glad you got it fixed. I have had my sony reader for over a year and I love mine! I hope you learn to love yours!

Michelle Stockard Miller said...

Glad you worked it out! I was coming over to see if I could help. I've had my Sony pocket for over a year and I really like it, although I still prefer a real book. Yes, I'm a purest! Hope you enjoy yours as well. =O)

Michelle Greathouse said...

Thank you ladies. :)

I am sure I will like it once I get the hang of it - but I agree with Michelle @ The True Book Addict, it will never replace an actual book. :)

Have a great day.

M

Holly said...

If you run into more problems, the forums and users have a lot of knowledge to share at:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/index.php Just a thought.