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arthurgannon · 11-02-2011, 10:47 AM

Hello everyone. Im pleased to be a part of MobileRead. Here's my first question - please excuse any naivete. I tried to use 'caliber' and download books onto my store in anticipation of transferring to my Kindle 4 when I receive it . Some books (free) were easily downloaded, but I failed to download a free book from the Kobo store (it was Crime & Punishment by Fyod. Dost. & there was a green unlocked lock in the DRM section) Am I doing something wrong? The process doesn't seem as straightforward (to me) as Caliber suggests. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Starbreaker · 11-04-2011, 01:37 AM

All Calibre does is organize books for you and transfer them to your e-reader. You still have to download the books from the individual sites. That's more of a problem with the website, I'm guessing. Google Books has a copy for download.

VicLavigne · 11-04-2011, 01:41 PM

The "Get Books" feature works well with some sites and not so well with others. With Kobo, it enables you to purchase a book, but the Kobo site just wants to add it to your Kobo library. This is not a problem with Calibre per se, but just an issue with the way the Kobo sites handles the request. Other sites will let you download directly to your computer.

Vic

DebbyS · 11-04-2011, 02:32 PM

Two independent book sellers (the names of which I have at home...) sent me what I realized were links after accepting my credit card payments. Fortunately, I had downloaded the links to an easy-to-find directory. I doubleclicked on the links and each one took me back to the store and then opened the epub ebook I had bought in Adobe Digital Editions. The books were downloaded in the ADE subdirectory on my C drive (I use Windows XP at home). I renamed each link to indicate which book it linked to, then copied the ebooks themselves out of the ADE subdirectory to a better one. I tested to see they would still open, not being in the "right" place, but they did. In one case, a book was poorly formatted for my Ectaco JBL, so I opened it in Calibre and resaved it as an epub, with Calibre knowing about my JBL's preferences. The ebook then worked correctly.

So mainly I'm writing to note that some booksellers use what I can only call links to allow you to download, maybe as many times as you need to, so save those links

11-02-2011, 10:47 AM	#1
arthurgannon Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle 4	Free download Hello everyone. Im pleased to be a part of MobileRead. Here's my first question - please excuse any naivete. I tried to use 'caliber' and download books onto my store in anticipation of transferring to my Kindle 4 when I receive it . Some books (free) were easily downloaded, but I failed to download a free book from the Kobo store (it was Crime & Punishment by Fyod. Dost. & there was a green unlocked lock in the DRM section) Am I doing something wrong? The process doesn't seem as straightforward (to me) as Caliber suggests. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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11-04-2011, 01:37 AM	#2
Starbreaker Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Sony PRS-300	All Calibre does is organize books for you and transfer them to your e-reader. You still have to download the books from the individual sites. That's more of a problem with the website, I'm guessing. Google Books has a copy for download.

11-04-2011, 01:41 PM	#3
VicLavigne e-reading since 2008 Posts: 197 Karma: 112730 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hinesville Georgia Device: Nook STR, Sony PRS-T1	The "Get Books" feature works well with some sites and not so well with others. With Kobo, it enables you to purchase a book, but the Kobo site just wants to add it to your Kobo library. This is not a problem with Calibre per se, but just an issue with the way the Kobo sites handles the request. Other sites will let you download directly to your computer. Vic

11-04-2011, 02:32 PM	#4
DebbyS Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 1472692 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Jetbook Lite; Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0)	Two independent book sellers (the names of which I have at home...) sent me what I realized were links after accepting my credit card payments. Fortunately, I had downloaded the links to an easy-to-find directory. I doubleclicked on the links and each one took me back to the store and then opened the epub ebook I had bought in Adobe Digital Editions. The books were downloaded in the ADE subdirectory on my C drive (I use Windows XP at home). I renamed each link to indicate which book it linked to, then copied the ebooks themselves out of the ADE subdirectory to a better one. I tested to see they would still open, not being in the "right" place, but they did. In one case, a book was poorly formatted for my Ectaco JBL, so I opened it in Calibre and resaved it as an epub, with Calibre knowing about my JBL's preferences. The ebook then worked correctly. So mainly I'm writing to note that some booksellers use what I can only call links to allow you to download, maybe as many times as you need to, so save those links

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