Just upgraded and all my preloaded books are open and in I'm reading!

HarleyB · 01-21-2011, 04:29 AM

I have only just upgraded my original kobo with the firmwear 1.8x update.
Even though I am in Australia I have the Kobo desktop app and that's what I upgraded from. It all went well but after I added all my own books from Calibre I noticed that ALL 100 of the free preloaded books are open and in the "I'm Reading" section. I can't hide them by choosing to display only "My Books" as they are all open.
I have not opened ANY book as I have only just finished loading all of them. My books loaded via Calibre are all showing as "New" or "Unread"

I don't really want to delete the preloaded books from the Kobo as I do intend to read at least a few of them sometime but I can't handle having all these books in the "I'm reading" section.

I have tried searching but couldn't find this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to hide 100 open preloaded books?

taming · 01-21-2011, 06:28 AM

You can mark them read in Calibre.

HarleyB · 01-21-2011, 06:41 AM

But will they be able to be hidden if I mark them as read? Or has that changed with the update?
Previously the preloaded books that I had opened and read couldn't be hidden which was fair enough as I had read them. However this is ALL 100 of the books.

Thanks for the suggestion I will see what Calibre does to them.

HarleyB · 01-21-2011, 07:04 AM

OK problem solved.
I used Calibre and removed the "I'm reading" tag in collections leaving it blank which reset all the preloaded books to unread and now they are hiding when I display "My books".

Now I just have to sort through all my books to mark the ones I have read and then I might actually get to read something to see how good the upgrade is...

So taming when do you find time to read? You are always solving everyone's problems?

taming · 01-21-2011, 08:34 AM

I'm up really, really early on work days, but not actually here all that much during the week. Of course I was off work for 4 weeks recently and a grrls gotta do something...

EDinNB · 01-21-2011, 10:24 AM

Is there a quick way to delete the I'm Reading tag, or is it a 1 at a time manual operation?

EDinNB

taming · 01-21-2011, 02:49 PM

If you don't have a bunch of other books on the reader--or if you have them on an SD card--a factory reset will take care of this and leave you in good shape. I am assuming that you did a "manage" cycle and this did not clear them and that you tried a sync, as well. Just be sure that you don't have any books on the desktop/website I'm reading list that you don't want synced as well.

01-21-2011, 04:29 AM	#1
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	Just upgraded and all my preloaded books are open and in I'm reading! I have only just upgraded my original kobo with the firmwear 1.8x update. Even though I am in Australia I have the Kobo desktop app and that's what I upgraded from. It all went well but after I added all my own books from Calibre I noticed that ALL 100 of the free preloaded books are open and in the "I'm Reading" section. I can't hide them by choosing to display only "My Books" as they are all open. I have not opened ANY book as I have only just finished loading all of them. My books loaded via Calibre are all showing as "New" or "Unread" I don't really want to delete the preloaded books from the Kobo as I do intend to read at least a few of them sometime but I can't handle having all these books in the "I'm reading" section. I have tried searching but couldn't find this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to hide 100 open preloaded books?

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01-21-2011, 06:28 AM	#2
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	You can mark them read in Calibre.

01-21-2011, 06:41 AM	#3
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	But will they be able to be hidden if I mark them as read? Or has that changed with the update? Previously the preloaded books that I had opened and read couldn't be hidden which was fair enough as I had read them. However this is ALL 100 of the books. Thanks for the suggestion I will see what Calibre does to them.

01-21-2011, 07:04 AM	#4
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	OK problem solved. I used Calibre and removed the "I'm reading" tag in collections leaving it blank which reset all the preloaded books to unread and now they are hiding when I display "My books". Now I just have to sort through all my books to mark the ones I have read and then I might actually get to read something to see how good the upgrade is... So taming when do you find time to read? You are always solving everyone's problems?

01-21-2011, 08:34 AM	#5
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	I'm up really, really early on work days, but not actually here all that much during the week. Of course I was off work for 4 weeks recently and a grrls gotta do something...

01-21-2011, 10:24 AM	#6
EDinNB Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 208 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo	Is there a quick way to delete the I'm Reading tag, or is it a 1 at a time manual operation? EDinNB

01-21-2011, 02:49 PM	#7
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	If you don't have a bunch of other books on the reader--or if you have them on an SD card--a factory reset will take care of this and leave you in good shape. I am assuming that you did a "manage" cycle and this did not clear them and that you tried a sync, as well. Just be sure that you don't have any books on the desktop/website I'm reading list that you don't want synced as well.

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