So where are my books now ???

The Cod Father · 03-27-2011, 09:47 PM

I have a Kobo without wifi and I use Calibre on my laptop to organize and modify my books . Recently I found and downloaded the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan ( I have all 13 books in Hardcover ) and was thrilled to find them in ePub . I downloaded them to Calibre and got the covers . Next I used Calibre to highlight and used "send to Device feature " just as I have done before ,when I went to open Book 2 on my Kobo I couldn't find it anywhere . 2 of the 13 books were there but not the other 11 , I checked by Author ,title and could not find them .

In frustration I plugged my Kobo in to my laptop and just opened it directly .When I did the screen came up with a list of authors and when i clicked on Robert Jorden it opened the file and all 13 books were there .
WHERE IS THERE !!!!!!

How do I get to my books on the Kobo because I'm at my wits end and have even been wondering if my Kobo would even slow down if I fed it to my snowblower !!!!! Help me please .

The Cod Father

mousy courage · 03-27-2011, 10:49 PM

The only thing I can think of is that you might have accidentally checked off the "Pre-loaded books" option is the display menu (that happened to me a few days ago, anyway) but that might not account for the fact that you can find two of the books and not the other 11. Have you tried dragging and dropping instead of loading books through calibre? If the issue is with calibre that might help.

kiwipippa · 03-28-2011, 02:58 AM

Or were you in the "I'm Reading" list, instead of the "My Books" list? The kobo will turn on in the "I'm Reading" list by default. Use the menu to get to the "Books" list - hopefully it will be there.

dmacmart · 03-28-2011, 08:15 AM

If some of your books are PDF they could be under Docs (or documents) rather than Books?

The Cod Father · 03-30-2011, 07:13 AM

Hi Everyone , sorry for the delay I seem to have a developed a severe case of life (had to happen sometime !!)
I have tried the suggestions and am still no closer to my books . If anyone else can help it would be geatly appreciated.

The Cod Father

Solicitous · 03-30-2011, 07:26 AM

Well if in your position I would strongly consider using Calibre to reconvert the ebooks back into epub. I'm not a Kobo owner, but perhaps 11 of the original epubs are poorly built and wont show up on the Kobo. I know once I had an epub on my ereader that didn't go past a particular page, but a reconvert fixed it (poor html reference or something).

Just a thought. Take 5 min to try it out.

taming · 03-30-2011, 08:51 AM

Install the Quality Check plugin for Calibre. It can find many of the issues found in problematic books. You may have to delete them from Calibre and then re-import them after the plugin has been installed for it to do its magic.

If the books are not appearing in I'm Reading, Books, Documents but are physically on the device, I would guess that there is something in the books themselves that are keeping the sqlite DB from doing its thing.

Cook · 03-30-2011, 01:21 PM

This has happened to me when I added epubs to the Kobo. For some reason, when books are sideloaded, the SQLITE database doesn't index all the new books.

I once had to download a "pristine" database from Kobo. I installed it and the Kobo when through all of the books and they were added and indexed. Subsequent additions were not always updated however.

I'm not suggesting you replace your SQLITE file if you are not comfortable. But if you want to try, then there is a sticky on installing a new database on the Kobo and I posted an article on how to get the pristine database from Kobo.

The Cod Father · 04-02-2011, 07:01 PM

OK , I'll give those options a try . Sorry again about the spotty responces but I am in the process of dumping my laptop and getting a netbook. Back asap

03-27-2011, 09:47 PM	#1
The Cod Father Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 26206 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Newfoundland Canada Device: KOBO. Kobo Aura	So where are my books now ??? I have a Kobo without wifi and I use Calibre on my laptop to organize and modify my books . Recently I found and downloaded the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan ( I have all 13 books in Hardcover ) and was thrilled to find them in ePub . I downloaded them to Calibre and got the covers . Next I used Calibre to highlight and used "send to Device feature " just as I have done before ,when I went to open Book 2 on my Kobo I couldn't find it anywhere . 2 of the 13 books were there but not the other 11 , I checked by Author ,title and could not find them . In frustration I plugged my Kobo in to my laptop and just opened it directly .When I did the screen came up with a list of authors and when i clicked on Robert Jorden it opened the file and all 13 books were there . WHERE IS THERE !!!!!! How do I get to my books on the Kobo because I'm at my wits end and have even been wondering if my Kobo would even slow down if I fed it to my snowblower !!!!! Help me please . The Cod Father

03-30-2011, 08:51 AM	#7
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Install the Quality Check plugin for Calibre. It can find many of the issues found in problematic books. You may have to delete them from Calibre and then re-import them after the plugin has been installed for it to do its magic. If the books are not appearing in I'm Reading, Books, Documents but are physically on the device, I would guess that there is something in the books themselves that are keeping the sqlite DB from doing its thing. Last edited by taming; 03-30-2011 at 08:57 AM.

03-30-2011, 01:21 PM	#8
Cook Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kobo	Where are the books? This has happened to me when I added epubs to the Kobo. For some reason, when books are sideloaded, the SQLITE database doesn't index all the new books. I once had to download a "pristine" database from Kobo. I installed it and the Kobo when through all of the books and they were added and indexed. Subsequent additions were not always updated however. I'm not suggesting you replace your SQLITE file if you are not comfortable. But if you want to try, then there is a sticky on installing a new database on the Kobo and I posted an article on how to get the pristine database from Kobo.

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03-27-2011, 10:49 PM	#2
mousy courage Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo (non-wifi)	The only thing I can think of is that you might have accidentally checked off the "Pre-loaded books" option is the display menu (that happened to me a few days ago, anyway) but that might not account for the fact that you can find two of the books and not the other 11. Have you tried dragging and dropping instead of loading books through calibre? If the issue is with calibre that might help.

03-28-2011, 02:58 AM	#3
kiwipippa Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 613022 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: kobo glo, kobo touch (dead), kindle touch, android phone	Or were you in the "I'm Reading" list, instead of the "My Books" list? The kobo will turn on in the "I'm Reading" list by default. Use the menu to get to the "Books" list - hopefully it will be there.

03-28-2011, 08:15 AM	#4
dmacmart Fanatic Posts: 534 Karma: 696908 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Glo, Arc, H2O, iPhone, iPad 2, (husband)Touch	If some of your books are PDF they could be under Docs (or documents) rather than Books?

03-30-2011, 07:13 AM	#5
The Cod Father Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 26206 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Newfoundland Canada Device: KOBO. Kobo Aura	Hi Everyone , sorry for the delay I seem to have a developed a severe case of life (had to happen sometime !!) I have tried the suggestions and am still no closer to my books . If anyone else can help it would be geatly appreciated. The Cod Father

03-30-2011, 07:26 AM	#6
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	Well if in your position I would strongly consider using Calibre to reconvert the ebooks back into epub. I'm not a Kobo owner, but perhaps 11 of the original epubs are poorly built and wont show up on the Kobo. I know once I had an epub on my ereader that didn't go past a particular page, but a reconvert fixed it (poor html reference or something). Just a thought. Take 5 min to try it out.

04-02-2011, 07:01 PM	#9
The Cod Father Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 26206 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Newfoundland Canada Device: KOBO. Kobo Aura	OK , I'll give those options a try . Sorry again about the spotty responces but I am in the process of dumping my laptop and getting a netbook. Back asap

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