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Old 02-13-2015, 05:08 PM   #91
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I can add the url of any other search engine as a bookmark and avoid Google.

I've done this on Android devices. On the computer, I use Pale Moon and I can just delete Google from the search engine list and add the search engines of my choice.

I just wondered if Kobo would do the same.
I thought that's what I was saying. Visit the search engine of choice, and tap the menu icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. There are options to save the URL as the home page or as a favourite.
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Old 02-14-2015, 10:02 AM   #92
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Got it. Had to type in the URL. Couldn't just search as on other devices.

Startpage also gives me the choice of mobile or desktop.

How do you get a link to browser on the home page?

I have an Android phone and tablet. I'm not signing in on any other device besides the computer where NoScript can block Google. Google has made errors with some of my devices. I'm not giving them another opportunity. I don't use any service beyond Play store anyway, and then only for apps.

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Old 02-14-2015, 08:31 PM   #93
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Got it. Had to type in the URL. Couldn't just search as on other devices.
The homepage was set to Google, so you could have used that to do the search. Of course, that would have been letting Google see you. But, how do you think all those other browsers work? They all have a background search working on whatever you put into the URL bar. And most are using Google for that.
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You mean the devices home screen? The tiles are automatically maintained by the different functions. Opening the browser will put a browser tile on the home screen. But, there is no way to pin it there.
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Old 02-15-2015, 07:19 AM   #94
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I did type it into Google search. All it returned was about:blank. I searched for the URL on the computer and typed it in.

No, some use Yahoo and some use Bing. The browser on my phone can have the default as Duck Duck Go. Duck, Startpage and Ixquick do not store information.

StartPage, and its sister search engine Ixquick, are the only third-party certified search engines in the world that do not record your IP address or track your searches.
Your privacy is under attack!


The link to the browser finally showed up on the desktop after 2 days.

Google has messed around with apps for two devices. I'm not giving Google another chance. The apps were paid for, not freebies.

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Old 02-17-2015, 06:07 AM   #95
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LISTING AUTHORS ALPHABETICALLY & WITH SERIES thanks for your help.After reading the other threads and trial and error have come up with this - plugboard for Kobo -
{author_sort} {series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title} with destination field authors.
Seems to have done the trick. I must say that this is hard for us beginners & novices. Is there any way that someway could do a list of plugboards so we know what to input if we want author surname, series, series no, title - then perhaps change it for other preferences. Perhaps a beginners FAQ for Calibre!!
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Old 02-18-2015, 12:38 AM   #96
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In this thread there's a list of useful plugboards: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=100949

After a lot of tests, I choose to use this scheme on the authors field:
{series}{series_index:0>2s| | - } {authors}

It'll sort the author and then the series, the results will be something like this:
Harry Potter 01 - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter 02 - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter 03 - J. K. Rowling
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Old 02-18-2015, 10:16 AM   #97
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I am surprised that you found the authors listed alphabetically. I had that plugboard for some time using a Touch. at I found the authors were not being listed alphabetically on my Aura. I would get, say Rowling, then perhaps Smith and then back to Rowling. This was repeated throughout my library, hence a way of trying to ensure that the authors were listed correctly alphabetically and the series included. Seems to work now.
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Old 02-22-2015, 08:31 AM   #98
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As far as I know, kobo sort the author by the last name. So I put the {authors} as the last item and it worked
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Old 09-30-2015, 09:28 AM   #99
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Last day, I put my SD card into Kobo Aura, and it started searching contents in which SD card include. I takes long time to finish. Sd card includes lots of ebooks or pdf I know but only one epub file is needed for me. Is there any option to cancel first searching?
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Old 09-30-2015, 09:53 AM   #100
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Not really. You could eject the card, but I'm not sure what would happen. Hopefully it would just display an error and stop processing. Otherwise, you would have to power off or press the pinhole reset button and eject the card before it restarts. Unfortunately, that could result in a corrupt database. Your probably better to wait.
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Not really. You could eject the card, but I'm not sure what would happen. Hopefully it would just display an error and stop processing. Otherwise, you would have to power off or press the pinhole reset button and eject the card before it restarts. Unfortunately, that could result in a corrupt database. Your probably better to wait.
The next time he could put the files he doesn't want processed into a "hidden" folder. A hidden folder is one that starts with a dot/period like ".library". To make one in windows just name the folder with a dot both before the name and after it - ".Library." and the trailing dot will disappear, leaving you with the ".Library" hidden folder you want.

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@davidfor, thank you for your reply, yes you are right. I had to reset after I ejected SD card.
@Ken Maltby, it seems wonderful thinking using hidden file, I will try, thank you so much.
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Old 10-24-2015, 05:45 PM   #103
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I sent a epub file (abc.epub 1MB) by using Calibre to my Glo.
Then I deleted it, and send epub file again with same file name but different content (abc.epub 5MB)
Now I can't open this file on Glo. "Opps, This document couldn't be opened.."
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I sent a epub file (abc.epub 1MB) by using Calibre to my Glo.
Then I deleted it, and send epub file again with same file name but different content (abc.epub 5MB)
Now I can't open this file on Glo. "Opps, This document couldn't be opened.."
How did you delete the book? I you deleted the book using either calibre or the device, it should be OK. But, if you deleted the book from the disk directly and replaced it with book with a different internal structure, you could have problems like this. And this would be expected as calibre is cheating a little when replacing a book on the device.
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How did you delete the book? I you deleted the book using either calibre or the device, it should be OK. But, if you deleted the book from the disk directly and replaced it with book with a different internal structure, you could have problems like this. And this would be expected as calibre is cheating a little when replacing a book on the device.
I always use Calibre but may be pull USB cable while progressing accidently.
When I try to delete this file on Calibre, I get an error.

database disk image is malformed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 87, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 608, in _delete_books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 500, in delete_books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2020, in delete_via_sql
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 432, in delete_via_sql
DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed


solved: I tried the instructions which I read this topic, thanks.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=10

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