Library implementing a reverse engineered protocol to communicate with the Sony Reader PRS-500. 

Requirements:
1) Python >= 2.5
2) PyUSB >= 0.3.4 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyusb/)

Installation:
As root
python setup.py install

Usage:
Add the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/90-local.rules

BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="029b", SYSFS{idVendor}=="054c", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"

and run udevstart to enable access to the reader for non-root users. You may have to adjust the GROUP and the location of the
rules file to suit your distribution.

Usage information is provided when you run the script prs500.py