Question with epub ebooks

Lockdown · 12-08-2011, 09:20 PM

Good Evening All.

I'm new to the ereaders, not new to Android 2.2. I just picked up Walmart's last 3 Pocket Edges (one for me, one for each of my kids) and are prepping the kids' new Christmast presents...

Anyway, after upgrading the first one to Froyo, downloading and installing Allmine, downloading Adobe Digital Editions to my laptop and authorizing the PE, I've 'checked out' an ebook from our local library in epub format. The book downloaded fine, but will not open in the eink side.

When accessing the book through the installed Reader app, it says it is opening it in the eink screen, then just doesn't open. When opening it in the Overdrive Media Console (the app the library recommends), it only opens in the Android 7" screen. No matter how I open it, it refuses to open in the eink screen.

Any help is appreciated in getting this to open in the eink screen. Thanks!

johnseeking · 12-08-2011, 11:23 PM

I use Digital Editions to transfer a book to my PE, and then use a file explorer (ES or the eDGe library "device storage" browser) to "add it to library." So long as I'm operating within my library's two-week lending window, it opens fine for me in e-ink.
Fun fact: so long as you leave a lended book open on the e-ink side, you can keep reading it, even if the lending period has expired. (Further dirty pool: if you keep setting the date back in the eDGe system settings, you can open it indefinitely. Which is a decidedly lesss-than-ideal way of living your life, but might come in handy if you still have a chapter or two to go on virtual return-day.)

Lockdown · 12-11-2011, 04:34 PM

That's what I attempted to do, but when I "add to library" via the eDGe Library app, it adds the graphic files (book cover images), and fails to add the actual ebook to the library, ending the action with an error message saying it could not be added/opened.

The book does open on the tablet side if I want it to.

I just tried downloading the epub from the local library to my laptop, then transfer via USB cable to the eDGe. It starts transfering then says it can't transfer, "IO error"... This was attempted through Adobe Digital Management on my laptop...

Filark · 12-12-2011, 05:20 AM

Does it work with a different book? It sounds to me like either way should work.

I'm stumped.

Lockdown · 12-12-2011, 08:58 AM

Yes, it works with books from sources other than my local library.
I finallly got it to work, but had to use Alf's plug-in for Calibre, with although is great, isn't what I thought would have to be the process to simply download a DRM book from the public library and view on the reader.

johnseeking · 12-13-2011, 12:21 AM

Bizarre. Might be some goober in the Collier County Library System didn't hit the right checkbox on form 42-QrWZ...

Filark · 12-13-2011, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnseeking

Bizarre. Might be some goober in the Collier County Library System didn't hit the right checkbox on form 42-QrWZ...

I agree, Lockdown, you shouldn't have to use the plug-in or Calibre at all, but it's awfully nice to have that option.

I keep my full library in Calibre and only put the next few books I might want to read on my eDGes.

ivanjt · 12-14-2011, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lockdown

Yes, it works with books from sources other than my local library.
I finallly got it to work, but had to use Alf's plug-in for Calibre, with although is great, isn't what I thought would have to be the process to simply download a DRM book from the public library and view on the reader.

To a certain extent it depends on what DRM the library is using. Once you know that it should be much easier to be able to load the book.

If memory serves there were several threads about loading library books for viewing on the e-ink screen. Try finding and reading them, they might help.

12-08-2011, 09:20 PM	#1
Lockdown Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Naples, FL Device: Pocket eDge	Question with epub ebooks Good Evening All. I'm new to the ereaders, not new to Android 2.2. I just picked up Walmart's last 3 Pocket Edges (one for me, one for each of my kids) and are prepping the kids' new Christmast presents... Anyway, after upgrading the first one to Froyo, downloading and installing Allmine, downloading Adobe Digital Editions to my laptop and authorizing the PE, I've 'checked out' an ebook from our local library in epub format. The book downloaded fine, but will not open in the eink side. When accessing the book through the installed Reader app, it says it is opening it in the eink screen, then just doesn't open. When opening it in the Overdrive Media Console (the app the library recommends), it only opens in the Android 7" screen. No matter how I open it, it refuses to open in the eink screen. Any help is appreciated in getting this to open in the eink screen. Thanks!

12-11-2011, 04:34 PM	#3
Lockdown Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Naples, FL Device: Pocket eDge	That's what I attempted to do, but when I "add to library" via the eDGe Library app, it adds the graphic files (book cover images), and fails to add the actual ebook to the library, ending the action with an error message saying it could not be added/opened. The book does open on the tablet side if I want it to. I just tried downloading the epub from the local library to my laptop, then transfer via USB cable to the eDGe. It starts transfering then says it can't transfer, "IO error"... This was attempted through Adobe Digital Management on my laptop... Last edited by Lockdown; 12-11-2011 at 05:17 PM.

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12-08-2011, 11:23 PM	#2
johnseeking keeper of the cheese Posts: 69 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Texas, USA Device: Nook Tablet (mine), 2nd Gen Kindle 3G (wife's), Literati (kids')	I use Digital Editions to transfer a book to my PE, and then use a file explorer (ES or the eDGe library "device storage" browser) to "add it to library." So long as I'm operating within my library's two-week lending window, it opens fine for me in e-ink. Fun fact: so long as you leave a lended book open on the e-ink side, you can keep reading it, even if the lending period has expired. (Further dirty pool: if you keep setting the date back in the eDGe system settings, you can open it indefinitely. Which is a decidedly lesss-than-ideal way of living your life, but might come in handy if you still have a chapter or two to go on virtual return-day.)

12-12-2011, 05:20 AM	#4
Filark Armed with a smile :) Posts: 1,421 Karma: 2463560 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: California, USA Device: enTourage eDGe & Pocket eDGe, Samsung Galaxy Note II	Does it work with a different book? It sounds to me like either way should work. I'm stumped.

12-12-2011, 08:58 AM	#5
Lockdown Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Naples, FL Device: Pocket eDge	Yes, it works with books from sources other than my local library. I finallly got it to work, but had to use Alf's plug-in for Calibre, with although is great, isn't what I thought would have to be the process to simply download a DRM book from the public library and view on the reader.

12-13-2011, 12:21 AM	#6
johnseeking keeper of the cheese Posts: 69 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Texas, USA Device: Nook Tablet (mine), 2nd Gen Kindle 3G (wife's), Literati (kids')	Bizarre. Might be some goober in the Collier County Library System didn't hit the right checkbox on form 42-QrWZ...

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