Touch New Kobo Touch, won't recognize books from Calibre, please help

Cariad · 10-19-2015, 06:05 PM

Hello All, my previous ereader was a Sony PRS T1. It's recently expired (old age). I just bought a refurbished Kobo Touch, set at factory defaults. I have always used Calibre as my library, however when I fired up the Kobo and transferred books using Calibre, it doesn't recognise the books. If I close Calibre and just plug it in as a usb device I can see the books are there.
I have a 'welcome' message from Kobo telling me to set up my ereader from a desktop app. I really don't want my library to go through Kobo, I love using Calibre. Could someone please advise me? Do I need to download this app?
Will I then be able to use Calibre? (Apologies in advance if I'm posting in the wrong forum

PeterT · 10-19-2015, 06:43 PM

You need to do the device setup, either via WiFi or Kobo desktop. Yes there are ways around that via manually adding entries to the Kobo's database but frankly, why bother.

Once setup is done there should be no issue using calibre.

Cariad · 10-19-2015, 07:14 PM

Thank you Peter T, I will do that, I really appreciate your help

Hemmi · 10-20-2015, 08:48 AM

I have a Kobo Touch, I never did setup via Wifi or Desktop app and I was able to move books from Calibre to it with no problem. Never have used the Wifi on it and I only downloaded the desktop app to update the software.

Try doing a full on shutdown of the device, reboot it, and plug it into the computer. Calibre should recognize it.

10-19-2015, 06:05 PM	#1
Cariad Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS-T1 BC , Samsung Galaxy SII	New Kobo Touch, won't recognize books from Calibre, please help Hello All, my previous ereader was a Sony PRS T1. It's recently expired (old age). I just bought a refurbished Kobo Touch, set at factory defaults. I have always used Calibre as my library, however when I fired up the Kobo and transferred books using Calibre, it doesn't recognise the books. If I close Calibre and just plug it in as a usb device I can see the books are there. I have a 'welcome' message from Kobo telling me to set up my ereader from a desktop app. I really don't want my library to go through Kobo, I love using Calibre. Could someone please advise me? Do I need to download this app? Will I then be able to use Calibre? (Apologies in advance if I'm posting in the wrong forum

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10-19-2015, 06:43 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,168 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	You need to do the device setup, either via WiFi or Kobo desktop. Yes there are ways around that via manually adding entries to the Kobo's database but frankly, why bother. Once setup is done there should be no issue using calibre.

10-19-2015, 07:14 PM	#3
Cariad Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS-T1 BC , Samsung Galaxy SII	Thank you Peter T, I will do that, I really appreciate your help

10-20-2015, 08:48 AM	#4
Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,370 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	I have a Kobo Touch, I never did setup via Wifi or Desktop app and I was able to move books from Calibre to it with no problem. Never have used the Wifi on it and I only downloaded the desktop app to update the software. Try doing a full on shutdown of the device, reboot it, and plug it into the computer. Calibre should recognize it.