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Buying Books and Periodicals

Getting books and periodicals at Reader Store*

* Available in certain countries/regions only.

Download new releases and bestsellers at Reader Store. Purchased content will be downloaded to the Reader directory.

Configure Wi-Fi settings of the Reader to access Reader Store. See Details.

Press the (Home) button tap [Reader Store].

Creating a Reader Store account

In order to purchase and download books or periodicals, you need to create an account at Reader Store.

Tap the input area and enter your information using the on-screen keyboard. The Reader will then be associated with your account at Reader Store.

Buying books and periodicals

The Reader supports purchases and downloads from Reader Store. For your convenience, you can access Reader Store via the [Reader Store] application to begin building your own set of content.

If you do not have an account, create one by following Reader Store instructions.

If you already have a Reader Store account, sign in via your e-mail address and password.

If you already have an Adobe account and use a different e-mail address or password for Reader Store and your Adobe account, the screen for entering your Adobe ID (e-mail address) and password is displayed.

Select or search for the title you wish to purchase.

Follow Reader Store instructions to complete your purchase. The Reader will begin downloading the title shortly after you complete the checkout process.

About auto delivery

Once you have subscribed to newspapers/magazines at Reader Store, newly published issues will be delivered to the Reader automatically. To ensure this process, confirm the following:

A Wi-Fi network connection is available. See Details.

When a new issue is delivered to the Reader, it will be displayed under [Recently Added] on the [Home] screen. You can also find the issue from the [Periodicals] list.

Note

This function is available only in countries with Sony Reader Store service. You can confirm availability by tapping [Reader Store] on the [Home] screen and accessing the Reader Store Web page.

If you miss any new issues while a wireless network is unavailable, download them by going to [My Account] at Reader Store, where previous issues are available.

While the Reader is connected to your computer via USB and is in charging mode, the Wi-Fi network feature (including the auto delivery feature) is available. When the Reader is in data transfer mode, the Wi-Fi network feature (including the auto delivery feature) is unavailable.

Reader Store notifications

You will automatically receive updates—like book and periodical recommendations, special promotions and exclusive offers—from the Reader Store on the [Home] screen.

To ensure this process, confirm the following:

A Wi-Fi network connection is available. See Details.

Note

This function is available only in countries with Sony Reader Store service. You can confirm availability by tapping [Reader Store] on the [Home] screen and accessing the Reader Store Web page.

To turn [Reader Store Notifications] [On] or [Off], tap [Settings] [General Settings] [Reader Store Notifications].

When you close the [Reader Store Notifications] window, your current recommendations will not be displayed the next time you go to the [Home] screen. However, the window will be displayed again when Reader Store sends you new recommendations.

Navigating Reader Store

To return to the previous page of Reader Store, press the

(Back) button. (The < > (Page turn) buttons and the zoom in function are disabled.)

Pressing the

(Menu) button allows you to display the options items for navigation.

Navigation method	Description
[Store Home]	Go to the top page of Reader Store.
[My Account]	View your purchase history and re-download purchased content.
[Refresh / Stop]	Updates the content displayed on the Reader Store page, or stops loading the page.
[Forward]	Advances to a previously viewed page.
[Continue Reading]	Closes the [Reader Store] application and returns to the last read page of your last read book.
[More]	Displays more option items.
[Help and Support]	Jumps to the FAQ page of Reader Store.
[Legal Information]	Displays legal information about Reader Store.

Checking downloaded content

When downloading content from Reader Store, you can check the download progress in the status bar and by tapping it to display the notification window. See Details.

When you exit Reader Store, your four most recent purchases are displayed under [Recently Added] on the [Home] screen. You can check the purchased content in [Bookshelves]

[Purchased Content].

When you are subscribing to newspapers and magazines, all content is stored in the [Periodicals] application.

Browsing the Purchased History

You can check the purchased books/periodicals from Reader Store.

Tap [Bookshelves].

Tap [Books]. Alternatively, press (Menu) button [Choose Bookshelf].

The pop-up menu opens.

Tap [Purchased Content].

Contents purchased from Reader Store are displayed.

Tip

In addition to checking books downloaded from Reader Store, you can also check for purchased books yet to be downloaded. If you have not logged in to Reader Store yet, [Purchased Content] in the pop-up menu is not shown.

You can also post the downloaded books/periodicals information to the Facebook. To post the downloaded books/periodicals information, tap and hold the title of books/periodicals [Post to Facebook].

Accessing Reader Store from your computer

In addition to shopping at Reader Store from your computer, you can transfer books from your computer to the Reader using the Reader software. Install either Reader™ for PC or Reader™ for Mac® by launching the corresponding installer on the Reader. See Details.

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