Calibre support for the Kobo e-reader

jcornet · 05-01-2010, 01:58 PM

Hello,

the Kobo e-reader http://www.koboereader.com/ came out in Canada today, it is not -yet- supported by Calibre.

Here is the information you asked for:
• What e-book formats does your device support?
EPUB, PDF
• Is there a special directory on the device in which all e-book files should be placed?
No
• We also need information about your device that calibre will collect automatically. First, if your device supports SD cards, insert them. Then connect your device. In calibre go to Preferences->Advanced and click the “Debug device detection” button. This will create some debug output. Copy it to a file and repeat the process, this time with your device disconnected.

I've diffed the 2 files to extract the device info:
40,46c40
< u''],
< ['0x2237L',
< '0x4161L',
< '0x110L',
< u'Kobo Inc.',
< u'KOBOeReader',
< u'KBN41603W01694']]
---
> u'']]
95,108c89
< [(u'/dev/disk1',
< 8759L,
< 16737L,
< 272L,
< u'Kobo Inc.',
< u'KOBOeReader',
< u'KBN41603W01694'),
< (u'/dev/disk3',
< 8759L,
< 16737L,
< 272L,
< u'Kobo Inc.',
< u'KOBOeReader',
< u'KBN41603W01694')]
---
> []
152a134
> | | +-o RootDomainUserClient <class RootDomainUserClient>
324,327c306
< | | | | +-o AppleUSBHub <class AppleUSBHub>
< | | | | +-o IOUSBInterface@0 <class IOUSBInterface>
< | | | +-o KOBOeReader@26200000 <class IOUSBDevice>
< | | | +-o IOUSBCompositeDriver <class IOUSBCompositeDriver>
---
> | | | +-o AppleUSBHub <class AppleUSBHub>
329,381d307
< | | | +-o IOUSBMassStorageClass <class IOUSBMassStorageClass>
< | | | +-o IOSCSILogicalUnitNub@0 <class IOSCSILogicalUnitNub>
< | | | | +-o IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 <class IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00>
< | | | | +-o IOBlockStorageServices <class IOBlockStorageServices>
< | | | | +-o IOBlockStorageDriver <class IOBlockStorageDriver>
< | | | | +-o Kobo Inc .KOBOeReader Media <class IOMedia>
< | | | | | {
< | | | | | "Removable" = Yes
< | | | | | "Content" = ""
< | | | | | "Whole" = Yes
< | | | | | "Leaf" = Yes
< | | | | | "BSD Name" = "disk1"
< | | | | | "Ejectable" = Yes
< | | | | | "Preferred Block Size" = 512
< | | | | | "IOMediaIcon" = {"IOBundleResourceFile"="Removable.icns","CFBundle Identifier"="com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily"}
< | | | | | "BSD Minor" = 3
< | | | | | "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
< | | | | | "Writable" = Yes
< | | | | | "BSD Major" = 14
< | | | | | "Size" = 876609536
< | | | | | "IOBusyInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
< | | | | | "Open" = Yes
< | | | | | "Content Hint" = ""
< | | | | | "BSD Unit" = 1
< | | | | | }
< | | | | |
< | | | | +-o IOMediaBSDClient <class IOMediaBSDClient>
< | | | +-o IOSCSILogicalUnitNub@1 <class IOSCSILogicalUnitNub>
< | | | +-o IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 <class IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00>
< | | | +-o IOBlockStorageServices <class IOBlockStorageServices>
< | | | +-o IOBlockStorageDriver <class IOBlockStorageDriver>
< | | | +-o Kobo Inc .KOBOeReader Media <class IOMedia>
< | | | | {
< | | | | "Removable" = Yes
< | | | | "Content" = ""
< | | | | "Whole" = Yes
< | | | | "Leaf" = Yes
< | | | | "BSD Name" = "disk3"
< | | | | "Ejectable" = Yes
< | | | | "Preferred Block Size" = 512
< | | | | "IOMediaIcon" = {"IOBundleResourceFile"="Removable.icns","CFBundle Identifier"="com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily"}
< | | | | "BSD Minor" = 7
< | | | | "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
< | | | | "Writable" = Yes
< | | | | "BSD Major" = 14
< | | | | "Size" = 2014709248
< | | | | "IOBusyInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
< | | | | "Open" = Yes
< | | | | "Content Hint" = ""
< | | | | "BSD Unit" = 3
< | | | | }
< | | | |
< | | | +-o IOMediaBSDClient <class IOMediaBSDClient>

Let me know if you need any other information to support this device.

somecanuck · 05-02-2010, 03:13 PM

Please note that including font sizes in the CSS file disables Kobo's font scaling.

PeterT · 05-02-2010, 07:28 PM

On Vista I got the following:

PHP Code:


			
***** with_kobo

 u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_2101&rev_0100',

 u'usb\\vid_1a40&pid_0101&rev_0100',

 u'usb\\vid_2237&pid_4161&rev_0110']

Drives detected:

{'F:\\': u'\\\\?\\STORAGE#VOLUME#1&19F7E59C&0&_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_KOBO_INC&PROD_.KOBOEREADER&REV__062#KBN41603W04682&0#{53F5630

7-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}',

 'G:\\': u'\\\\?\\STORAGE#VOLUME#1&19F7E59C&0&_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_KOBO_INC&PROD_.KOBOEREADER&REV__062#KBN41603W04682&1#{53F5630

7-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}'}

Looking for ALEX

***** WITHOUT_KOBO

 u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_2101&rev_0100',

 u'usb\\vid_1a40&pid_0101&rev_0100']

Drives detected:

{}

Looking for ALEX

*****

darkadept · 05-02-2010, 07:45 PM

On Ubuntu 10.04 I get the following:

With Kobo connected:

Code:

Version: 0.6.51
USB devices on system:
[['0x1d6b',
  '0x2',
  '0x206',
  'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd',
  'EHCI Host Controller',
  '0000:00:1d.0'],
 ['0x46d', '0xc50e', '0x2510', 'Logitech', 'USB RECEIVER', ''],
 ['0xc45',
  '0x6406',
  '0x9507',
  'CN0FX739724879AD079N',
  'Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M',
  ''],
 ['0x2237', '0x4161', '0x110', 'Kobo Inc.', 'KOBOeReader', 'KBN41603W07611'],
 ['0x1d6b',
  '0x2',
  '0x206',
  'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd',
  'EHCI Host Controller',
  '0000:00:1a.0'],
 ['0x8087', '0x20', '0x0', '', '', '']]
Looking for ALEX
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for BOOQ
Looking for BOOX
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for CYBOOK
Looking for DBOOK
Looking for EB511
Looking for EB600
Looking for ECLICTO
Looking for EDGE
Looking for ELONEX
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for GER2
Looking for HANLINV3
Looking for HANLINV5
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for INVESBOOK
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for IREXDR800
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Looking for ITALICA
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for N516
Looking for N770
Looking for N810
Looking for NOOK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for PALMPRE
Looking for POCKETBOOK360
Looking for PRS500
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for README
Looking for S60
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for SNE
Looking for TECLAST_K3
Devices possibly connected: None

With the Kobo disconnected:

Code:

Version: 0.6.51
USB devices on system:
[['0x1d6b',
  '0x2',
  '0x206',
  'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd',
  'EHCI Host Controller',
  '0000:00:1a.0'],
 ['0x1d6b',
  '0x2',
  '0x206',
  'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd',
  'EHCI Host Controller',
  '0000:00:1d.0'],
 ['0x46d', '0xc50e', '0x2510', 'Logitech', 'USB RECEIVER', ''],
 ['0x8087', '0x20', '0x0', '', '', ''],
 ['0xc45',
  '0x6406',
  '0x9507',
  'CN0FX739724879AD079N',
  'Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M',
  '']]
Looking for ALEX
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for BOOQ
Looking for BOOX
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for CYBOOK
Looking for DBOOK
Looking for EB511
Looking for EB600
Looking for ECLICTO
Looking for EDGE
Looking for ELONEX
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for GER2
Looking for HANLINV3
Looking for HANLINV5
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for INVESBOOK
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for IREXDR800
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Looking for ITALICA
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for N516
Looking for N770
Looking for N810
Looking for NOOK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for PALMPRE
Looking for POCKETBOOK360
Looking for PRS500
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for README
Looking for S60
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for SNE
Looking for TECLAST_K3
Devices possibly connected: None

I'd love to get support for this device. I know my way around Qt, C++, and XML. If I can do anything to help let me know.

Thanks

kovidgoyal · 05-02-2010, 08:08 PM

I've already written an experimental driver. Will be in next release.

jcornet · 05-02-2010, 08:20 PM

wow, that was fast

Looking forward to testing the new version !
Thanks again...

SensualPoet · 05-02-2010, 11:03 PM

Thanks, Kovid. A reminder Calibre is user-supported. When the Kobo driver is released, I hope some of us Koboers (Koboites?) -- I will! -- will toss a few dollars over the transom as a thank you for all the incredible development work that has been done to date.

Duiker · 05-04-2010, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I've already written an experimental driver. Will be in next release.

Do you have any thoughts as to why the same newspaper downloaded from Calibre display differently on the Kobo vs. the Kindle? I assume this is a Kobo issue and not a Calibre one?

kovidgoyal · 05-04-2010, 06:59 PM

Because the Kindle has special features for browsing periodicals. No EPUB based device except the SONY Daily Edition has such features.

Gadget Guy · 05-05-2010, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by somecanuck

Please note that including font sizes in the CSS file disables Kobo's font scaling.

Pardon my dumb question, but...

When the Kobo support is added to Calibre, will that mean users will not have to manually go into the epub file and delete the stylesheet.css file when loading books via Calibre?

TIA,

GG

kovidgoyal · 05-05-2010, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gadget Guy

Pardon my dumb question, but...

When the Kobo support is added to Calibre, will that mean users will not have to manually go into the epub file and delete the stylesheet.css file when loading books via Calibre?

TIA,

GG

No, that's a bug in Kobo, which will have to be fixed by the Kobo team.

m0_joe · 05-05-2010, 03:38 PM

New to the forum. And like many Canadians I got myself a Kobo. So does this mean the driver for Calibre and Kobo is now active? I just downloaded Calibre. Do I have to find the new driver someplace?

kovidgoyal · 05-05-2010, 04:09 PM

the driver will be active in 0.6.52

Gadget Guy · 05-05-2010, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No, that's a bug in Kobo, which will have to be fixed by the Kobo team.

Appreciate the information and the effort you put into Calibre - it is a great piece of software

GG

m0_joe · 05-06-2010, 05:05 PM

Thanks Kovid! We all really appreciate it.

05-02-2010, 07:28 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,157 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	On Vista I got the following: PHP Code: *** with_kobo u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_2101&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_1a40&pid_0101&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_2237&pid_4161&rev_0110'] Drives detected: {'F:\\': u'\\\\?\\STORAGE#VOLUME#1&19F7E59C&0&_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_KOBO_INC&PROD_.KOBOEREADER&REV__062#KBN41603W04682&0#{53F5630 7-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}', 'G:\\': u'\\\\?\\STORAGE#VOLUME#1&19F7E59C&0&_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_KOBO_INC&PROD_.KOBOEREADER&REV__062#KBN41603W04682&1#{53F5630 7-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}'} Looking for ALEX * WITHOUT_KOBO u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_2101&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_1a40&pid_0101&rev_0100'] Drives detected: {} Looking for ALEX ***

05-05-2010, 03:38 PM	#12
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05-01-2010, 01:58 PM	#1
jcornet Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo e-reader	Calibre support for the Kobo e-reader Hello, the Kobo e-reader http://www.koboereader.com/ came out in Canada today, it is not -yet- supported by Calibre. Here is the information you asked for: • What e-book formats does your device support? EPUB, PDF • Is there a special directory on the device in which all e-book files should be placed? No • We also need information about your device that calibre will collect automatically. First, if your device supports SD cards, insert them. Then connect your device. In calibre go to Preferences->Advanced and click the “Debug device detection” button. This will create some debug output. Copy it to a file and repeat the process, this time with your device disconnected. I've diffed the 2 files to extract the device info: 40,46c40 < u''], < ['0x2237L', < '0x4161L', < '0x110L', < u'Kobo Inc.', < u'KOBOeReader', < u'KBN41603W01694']] --- > u'']] 95,108c89 < [(u'/dev/disk1', < 8759L, < 16737L, < 272L, < u'Kobo Inc.', < u'KOBOeReader', < u'KBN41603W01694'), < (u'/dev/disk3', < 8759L, < 16737L, < 272L, < u'Kobo Inc.', < u'KOBOeReader', < u'KBN41603W01694')] --- > [] 152a134 > \| \| +-o RootDomainUserClient <class RootDomainUserClient> 324,327c306 < \| \| \| \| +-o AppleUSBHub <class AppleUSBHub> < \| \| \| \| +-o IOUSBInterface@0 <class IOUSBInterface> < \| \| \| +-o KOBOeReader@26200000 <class IOUSBDevice> < \| \| \| +-o IOUSBCompositeDriver <class IOUSBCompositeDriver> --- > \| \| \| +-o AppleUSBHub <class AppleUSBHub> 329,381d307 < \| \| \| +-o IOUSBMassStorageClass <class IOUSBMassStorageClass> < \| \| \| +-o IOSCSILogicalUnitNub@0 <class IOSCSILogicalUnitNub> < \| \| \| \| +-o IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 <class IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00> < \| \| \| \| +-o IOBlockStorageServices <class IOBlockStorageServices> < \| \| \| \| +-o IOBlockStorageDriver <class IOBlockStorageDriver> < \| \| \| \| +-o Kobo Inc .KOBOeReader Media <class IOMedia> < \| \| \| \| \| { < \| \| \| \| \| "Removable" = Yes < \| \| \| \| \| "Content" = "" < \| \| \| \| \| "Whole" = Yes < \| \| \| \| \| "Leaf" = Yes < \| \| \| \| \| "BSD Name" = "disk1" < \| \| \| \| \| "Ejectable" = Yes < \| \| \| \| \| "Preferred Block Size" = 512 < \| \| \| \| \| "IOMediaIcon" = {"IOBundleResourceFile"="Removable.icns","CFBundle Identifier"="com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily"} < \| \| \| \| \| "BSD Minor" = 3 < \| \| \| \| \| "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable" < \| \| \| \| \| "Writable" = Yes < \| \| \| \| \| "BSD Major" = 14 < \| \| \| \| \| "Size" = 876609536 < \| \| \| \| \| "IOBusyInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable" < \| \| \| \| \| "Open" = Yes < \| \| \| \| \| "Content Hint" = "" < \| \| \| \| \| "BSD Unit" = 1 < \| \| \| \| \| } < \| \| \| \| \| < \| \| \| \| +-o IOMediaBSDClient <class IOMediaBSDClient> < \| \| \| +-o IOSCSILogicalUnitNub@1 <class IOSCSILogicalUnitNub> < \| \| \| +-o IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 <class IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00> < \| \| \| +-o IOBlockStorageServices <class IOBlockStorageServices> < \| \| \| +-o IOBlockStorageDriver <class IOBlockStorageDriver> < \| \| \| +-o Kobo Inc .KOBOeReader Media <class IOMedia> < \| \| \| \| { < \| \| \| \| "Removable" = Yes < \| \| \| \| "Content" = "" < \| \| \| \| "Whole" = Yes < \| \| \| \| "Leaf" = Yes < \| \| \| \| "BSD Name" = "disk3" < \| \| \| \| "Ejectable" = Yes < \| \| \| \| "Preferred Block Size" = 512 < \| \| \| \| "IOMediaIcon" = {"IOBundleResourceFile"="Removable.icns","CFBundle Identifier"="com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily"} < \| \| \| \| "BSD Minor" = 7 < \| \| \| \| "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable" < \| \| \| \| "Writable" = Yes < \| \| \| \| "BSD Major" = 14 < \| \| \| \| "Size" = 2014709248 < \| \| \| \| "IOBusyInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable" < \| \| \| \| "Open" = Yes < \| \| \| \| "Content Hint" = "" < \| \| \| \| "BSD Unit" = 3 < \| \| \| \| } < \| \| \| \| < \| \| \| +-o IOMediaBSDClient <class IOMediaBSDClient> Let me know if you need any other information to support this device.

05-02-2010, 03:13 PM	#2
somecanuck Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 64 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: none	Please note that including font sizes in the CSS file disables Kobo's font scaling.

05-02-2010, 08:08 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I've already written an experimental driver. Will be in next release.

05-02-2010, 08:20 PM	#6
jcornet Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo e-reader	wow, that was fast Looking forward to testing the new version ! Thanks again...

05-02-2010, 11:03 PM	#7
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Thanks, Kovid. A reminder Calibre is user-supported. When the Kobo driver is released, I hope some of us Koboers (Koboites?) -- I will! -- will toss a few dollars over the transom as a thank you for all the incredible development work that has been done to date.

05-04-2010, 06:59 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Because the Kindle has special features for browsing periodicals. No EPUB based device except the SONY Daily Edition has such features.

05-05-2010, 04:09 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	the driver will be active in 0.6.52

05-06-2010, 05:05 PM	#15
m0_joe Member Posts: 17 Karma: 14 Join Date: May 2010 Device: kobo	Thanks Kovid! We all really appreciate it.

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