Trouble with Sony PRS 350

I have had a Sony PRS 350 ebook for a couple of months, and regularly plugged it into my ordinary MacBook to recharge it. It made no difference whether the lid on the MacBook was open or shut.
A week ago, my MacBook Air arrived I now plug the ebook into one of the USB-ports on the MacBook Air to re-charge the ebook. All goes well, unless I shut the lid on the Air. When I re-open the lid, I am told -- wrongly -- that I have disconnected a device without first ejecting it. I then find that the ebook has frozen, and must use a straightened paper-clip to restore it to life.
Any suggestions, other than to take the MacBook back under the guarantee ?

What I assume is happening is that you MBA is going to sleep when you close the lid, terminating the charge. One the charge stops, the PRS-350 puts itself into standby after 10 minutes and is unavailable to reconnect when the MBA comes out of sleep.
I recommend that you simply buy a cheap Blackberry charger with a micro USB connector and use that to charge you reader. The reader will charge more quickly and you will be able to use it while it is charging. For more info, go to http://www.mobileread.com.

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Grateul for your post, though, so I can stop my attempts.

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Reader Store from Sony carries over 2 million different titles and since Reader is open format, supporting both industry standard formats ePub and PDF, you can access even more books from other online bookstores and get content from other online sources.
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and would work for boutght DRM books.
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