Upgrading from nook to kobo. Please help.

[PeterT]

I'd suggest reading up on calibre and Kobo shelf / collection support.

Also look at the Kobo Utilities plugin and what it can do for you (especially areas like DB backup, and Reading status backup).

[pghaworth]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

It is also extremely useful in general -- it is the very first thing I do when initializing a computer or browser anywhere.

Ditto. That's what I use, with a couple extras added it for fb, etc. If a browser can't use it, I don't use the browser.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by pghaworth

Ditto. That's what I use, with a couple extras added it for fb, etc. If a browser can't use it, I don't use the browser.

Well, even Internet Explorer can use it, these days.

Although it has to run as a separate process, requires admin rights to install, doesn't do as thorough a job, etc...

[Antioch]

eschwartz,

You recommended using Marvin (an e-reader for iOS) which supports "location syncing" which I assume is page location syncing so you can read across devices. I wonder, is there a patch/hack to allow a Kobo device to sync with this? (I also came from Nook and all my books are sideloaded and I have no reason to need kepub)

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Antioch

eschwartz,

You recommended using Marvin (an e-reader for iOS) which supports "location syncing" which I assume is page location syncing so you can read across devices. I wonder, is there a patch/hack to allow a Kobo device to sync with this? (I also came from Nook and all my books are sideloaded and I have no reason to need kepub)

No, it is iOS only. I believe there may be a general plan in the works to port it to Android, but Kobo runs linux as an embedded system so Marvin will never run on it.

The locations use mutually incompatible formats.

Syncing locations across multiple platforms remains, as ever, the elusive holy grail of ereading.

I think the Kindle comes closest, with a Kindle app on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, as well as their own brand of e-ink ereaders, and the ability to email books to your Kindle Cloud.
What kills it is that for your own books emailed to send-to-kindle, you cannot download them on Kindle for PC (and maybe not to Kindle for Mac either, for all I know).

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

No, it is iOS only. I believe there may be a general plan in the works to port it to Android, but Kobo runs linux as an embedded system so Marvin will never run on it.

The locations use mutually incompatible formats.

Syncing locations across multiple platforms remains, as ever, the elusive holy grail of ereading.

So that's what you're working on in your avatar!

I think the Kindle comes closest, with a Kindle app on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, as well as their own brand of e-ink ereaders, and the ability to email books to your Kindle Cloud.
What kills it is that for your own books emailed to send-to-kindle, you cannot download them on Kindle for PC (and maybe not to Kindle for Mac either, for all I know).

Yes, within the ecosystem of an ereader, the reading positions transfer. My utilities plugin does it for sideloaded books on Kobo's via calibre. I know I could do a similar thing for Sony and someone is porting my Kobo Utilities plugin and plans to include this. I'm pretty sure I could move the reading positions between epubs on Kobo and Sony. ADE should be possible as well, but I don't think it's work the hassle. These all use the same method to store the position. Other RMSDK readers should be possible as they probably use the same thing, but it depends on exactly where they store the position. The calibre viewer uses a different method, but the translation is easy. I have done some manual translations that proved the theory, but haven't looked at automating it. When the viewer supports annotations, I'll be looking at this properly.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by davidfor

So that's what you're working on in your avatar!

Hehehe.

Yes, within the ecosystem of an ereader, the reading positions transfer. My utilities plugin does it for sideloaded books on Kobo's via calibre. I know I could do a similar thing for Sony and someone is porting my Kobo Utilities plugin and plans to include this. I'm pretty sure I could move the reading positions between epubs on Kobo and Sony. ADE should be possible as well, but I don't think it's work the hassle. These all use the same method to store the position. Other RMSDK readers should be possible as they probably use the same thing, but it depends on exactly where they store the position. The calibre viewer uses a different method, but the translation is easy. I have done some manual translations that proved the theory, but haven't looked at automating it. When the viewer supports annotations, I'll be looking at this properly.

Cool! I cannot wait to see the result.

Hmm, feeling almost left out on my Kindle... Someday I want to see syncing of all kinds of annotations across everywhere. For that reason alone I would like to see one universal ebook format standard.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Hehehe.



Cool! I cannot wait to see the result.

Hmm, feeling almost left out on my Kindle... Someday I want to see syncing of all kinds of annotations across everywhere. For that reason alone I would like to see one universal ebook format standard.

Blame Amazon for not going ePub via ADE. They are the only real hold out and nobody else is going to kowtow to Amazon and use KF8.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Blame Amazon for not going ePub via ADE. They are the only real hold out and nobody else is going to kowtow to Amazon and use KF8.

I would have liked to see a homegrown EPUB encryption scheme, I frankly don't give a ***** about ADE.

They don't need anyone to kowtow to KF8, they are big enough on their own.

I would still like to see the proprietary obscure mobipocket format disappear.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I would have liked to see a homegrown EPUB encryption scheme, I frankly don't give a ***** about ADE.

They don't need anyone to kowtow to KF8, they are big enough on their own.

I would still like to see the proprietary obscure mobipocket format disappear.

Amazon adopting ADE is the only way you'll get a universal file format.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Amazon adopting ADE is the only way you'll get a universal file format.

ADE EPUB is not a file format, EPUB is. Homegrown encryption would work equally well.
The second is marginally more likely.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

ADE EPUB is not a file format, EPUB is. Homegrown encryption would work equally well.
The second is marginally more likely.

Given that the Readers that have ePub as a format use ADE, Amazon would have to also use ADE in order to be DRM compatible.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Given that the Readers that have ePub as a format use ADE, Amazon would have to also use ADE in order to be DRM compatible.

Why are you jumping into random conversations assuming anyone but you gives a hoot about DRM compatibility? DRM compatibility should die in a fiery storm of electric death, as quickly and as often as possible. ADE is the greatest bane to the ereading world. It is far worse than a merely confusing proprietary database format. I spit on DRM compatibility and use apprentice alf to shred those bytes as fast as they appear AND I COULD NOT POSSIBLY CARE LESS ABOUT DRM COMPATIBILITY IF I TRIED FOR A MILLION YEARS so please stop with your random interjections.

Thanks.

[tomtin]

just an update...

I received the reader in about 4 days. Ordered on Thursday, received Monday. I thought that was pretty damn quick.

I took my entire library, stripped it of drm, converted it to epub and kepub, fixed the metadata, and then uploaded them to the kobo. I have to say, I am beyond impressed of this device. I LOVE it. The screen is fantastic and I love that the cover of the book is the screensaver. I could not be happier.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by tomtin

just an update...

I received the reader in about 4 days. Ordered on Thursday, received Monday. I thought that was pretty damn quick.

I took my entire library, stripped it of drm, converted it to epub and kepub, fixed the metadata, and then uploaded them to the kobo. I have to say, I am beyond impressed of this device. I LOVE it. The screen is fantastic and I love that the cover of the book is the screensaver. I could not be happier.

Thanks for reporting back about your experience.

Good to hear it is working out for you.