10-04-2012, 04:02 PM | #1 |
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Question about transfering files to the Kobo
Hi! I'm thinking about buying a Kobo touch or Kobo Glo.
Is it possible to transfer pdf and epub files to the devices by dragging and dropping files via the Microsoft Windows explorer when the it is connected via usb? |
10-04-2012, 04:03 PM | #2 |
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Yep!
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10-04-2012, 04:25 PM | #3 |
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Great! Do I need to put them in a special folder? Is it possible to drag folders with ebooks from the computer and be able to browse within these folders using the Kobo ereaders?
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10-04-2012, 04:37 PM | #4 |
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You don't need to put them in a special folder. You can have them in a folder if you want though. But at least for the Kobo Touch, you cannot browse the folders from the device. I don't know if that's changed for the Glo, but I don't think so. You can make "shelves" though, to which you can add books, and you can browse the shelves.
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10-04-2012, 04:57 PM | #5 |
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Will the Kobo always find the books automatically and automatically organize them once they are transferred in the way I described?
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10-04-2012, 04:59 PM | #6 |
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The Kobo will always find the books automatically. But it won't automatically organise them. It leaves the books where you put them. It builds its own database so it knows where which book is.
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10-04-2012, 05:05 PM | #7 |
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That's what's a little annoying with the glo - if you put books in a few directories the machine reads them and deposits them in your library as one list.
So, if you have 300 books there's one long list. Is there any way to organise the books in the glo easily? Tried through the desktop application but not many options there. EDIT: The desktop app doesn't even recognise books you added manually. Pfft. Last edited by rainio; 10-04-2012 at 05:07 PM. |
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And, tomorrow or next week the new Calibre version will be released which will support the new Kobo devices, and be able to nicely put books on shelves. Taming and Davidfor talk about it here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=192581 Quote:
Aside from that, the Kobo desktop app does indeed not do much that is very useful. Most of us use Calibre instead. Last edited by Mrs_Often; 10-04-2012 at 05:18 PM. |
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The desktop app only supports Kobo ePubs (or kepubs); books bought from Kobo themselves and only downloaded via Kobo Desktop.
Calibre will real soon now have an updated driver that supports shelves. |
10-04-2012, 05:20 PM | #10 |
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In terms of creating shelves, it's too time consuming.
If you have 300 books, having to go through the list, 6 or so books per page, tagging the books for that shelf, is crazy. Calibre it is, then. |
10-04-2012, 05:25 PM | #11 |
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But I will have no problem transfering PDF and epub files via drag and drop? Without calibre.
Does the new Kobo Glo support adobe digital editions? I will need adobe digital editions to borrow books from my library |
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- When creating the shelf, you can add books from the list or search for them and then add them. In this case, the book list has a check on the right hand side. Press that for all the books in the list you want on the shelf and then the save the list. - When viewing a shelf, press the menu at the bottom and select "Edit". Adding books to the shelf is the same as above. - When looking at a book list, you can press the menu button for the book and select "Add to shelf". You can then select what shelves to put it on. - When reading a book, bring up the bottom menu, press the spanner icon and the "Add to Shelf" on the menu. You can then select what shelves to put it on. The last two options are new with the 2.1.4 firmware. The first two methods are probably the best for what you want. And the new driver will be in today's calibre release. |
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10-04-2012, 07:41 PM | #14 |
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Shelves in2.1.4
davidfor ... I don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the functionality you describe in this post is not on the Glo, at least not on mine. I'm at 2.1.4 (r43703 10/1/12).
Edit: I'm referring to the last 2 options as the ones that are missing. Last edited by Woodstonian; 10-04-2012 at 07:49 PM. Reason: Add information. |
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It might be worthwhile doing a sync to see if there is an update for your Glo. |
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