Lost bookmarks: Can Calibre back them up?

davec1000 · 03-13-2009, 01:07 PM

Hello everyone,

I've been using Calibre for my Sony 505 and love the program. Yesterday my Sony seized on me: turn it on, it would turn off immediately. I had to do a reset and when I did I found all my bookmarks gone. I had to manually guess what page I was on and try to find them for about a dozen current books.

I want to say that I've reset before but never lost bookmarks. I hope this was a fluke. I would like to be able to back up my bookmarks. I don't know if this is possible either inside or outside of Calibre. It may also be possible through the Sony software, which I never use.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a fix?

Thanks,
Dave

kovidgoyal · 03-13-2009, 01:16 PM

you can backup bookmarks by backing up the file media.xml in your sony reader main memory and cache.xml in the storage card

davec1000 · 03-13-2009, 01:48 PM

Thanks, Kovid
For the info, and for a great program. I'll make it part of my daily routine now. Everytime I open Calibre, I back up the bookmarks. Perhaps you could include automatic bookmark backup in a future revision? If I knew how to program, or had the time to learn... You know how that song goes.
Thanks again,
Dave

03-13-2009, 01:07 PM	#1
davec1000 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: sony 505	Lost bookmarks: Can Calibre back them up? Hello everyone, I've been using Calibre for my Sony 505 and love the program. Yesterday my Sony seized on me: turn it on, it would turn off immediately. I had to do a reset and when I did I found all my bookmarks gone. I had to manually guess what page I was on and try to find them for about a dozen current books. I want to say that I've reset before but never lost bookmarks. I hope this was a fluke. I would like to be able to back up my bookmarks. I don't know if this is possible either inside or outside of Calibre. It may also be possible through the Sony software, which I never use. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a fix? Thanks, Dave

03-13-2009, 01:48 PM	#3
davec1000 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: sony 505	Re: Bookmark backup Thanks, Kovid For the info, and for a great program. I'll make it part of my daily routine now. Everytime I open Calibre, I back up the bookmarks. Perhaps you could include automatic bookmark backup in a future revision? If I knew how to program, or had the time to learn... You know how that song goes. Thanks again, Dave

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03-13-2009, 01:16 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	you can backup bookmarks by backing up the file media.xml in your sony reader main memory and cache.xml in the storage card

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