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Forum: Kobo Reader 11-30-2019, 06:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 719
Posted By touring
Thank you! I haven't used Calibre to manage...

Thank you!
I haven't used Calibre to manage collections, but am very grateful for your utilities and the ease of restoring the environment!
Forum: Kobo Reader 11-30-2019, 05:15 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 719
Posted By touring
Thanks for the quick response David, that's very...

Thanks for the quick response David, that's very clear. As far as I know the books are back where they were, although it needed multiple reboots to complete the importing.

I don't have any...
Forum: Kobo Reader 11-30-2019, 04:45 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 719
Posted By touring
Restoring Clara from upgrade/factory reset

I used Kobo Utilities to store current book positions on Calibre, get shelves, check and back up the database. After noticing that there was a new version 4.18.13737 (mine was v.15.12920), I then...
Forum: Kobo Reader 12-20-2018, 09:55 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 555
Posted By touring
New home screen after Adobe authorisation

Hi all

I hate unpleasant surprises with firmware changes and so have switched off my Touch wifi since 2016, and am perfectly content with the software I had.

Today I decided to download a...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-15-2017, 11:24 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 509
Posted By touring
Search in book stopped working

My Kobo Touch has worked fine since upgrading to 3.19.5761, but in the last couple of weeks the search in book facility has stopped working properly. It will produce search results, but clicking on...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-30-2016, 05:41 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
I think you must have speed read my post David. I...

I think you must have speed read my post David. I loaded firmware version 3.19.5761.
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-30-2016, 12:03 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
I didn't want to upgrade because in 2012 every...

I didn't want to upgrade because in 2012 every time I went to a new firmware version or even added books it was a nightmare. I spent days trying to connect to Calibre, and long hours waiting for...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-29-2016, 12:02 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
I saved a copy of the Kobo database with Kobo...

I saved a copy of the Kobo database with Kobo Utilities in December before I added new books and this problem developed. Will copying the old database over the current version solve this mess?
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-27-2016, 10:10 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Where Calibre reports 2 copies of a book, looking...

Where Calibre reports 2 copies of a book, looking at the books in Windows explorer shows that one copy has "date modified" on the date when I added a batch of books recently. this isn't the date...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-27-2016, 09:51 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Before i did the image cleanup, I thought that I...

Before i did the image cleanup, I thought that I had only 1 copy of the book - with a cover. I've attached an image of how it looks now in a search.

I have done a database backup when I have made...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-26-2016, 08:52 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Cheers Meeera, will check. Daviffor - is it...

Cheers Meeera, will check.

Daviffor - is it possible that your image cleanup utility is not compatible with my old firmware version? I was previously reading a particular book with a cover....
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-26-2016, 03:12 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Sorry but it didn't show up in Kobo search for...

Sorry but it didn't show up in Kobo search for the author name, even though it showed in the Calibre library. I removed about 60% of the recently added books, the remainder seem to be there. But...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-25-2016, 11:54 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Hmm, perhaps I spoke too soon. After a reboot I...

Hmm, perhaps I spoke too soon. After a reboot I am again unable to find some/all of the newly added books, although all appear in a Calibre with a tick. Perhaps another dud book? I left it processing...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-25-2016, 06:54 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Good advice again David, your utilities located...

Good advice again David, your utilities located 5,000 extra covers and freed 430Mb :)
The database compress completed satisfactorily. It only freed 1Mb though.

I hadn't loaded any books on my...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-25-2016, 08:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Success! Thanks all for your advice - as I was...

Success! Thanks all for your advice - as I was looking at the books I had recently installed I noticed that one had the same author name as title. I removed that book from the Touch and corrected it...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-25-2016, 05:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
I just tried to do another compress, and got this...

I just tried to do another compress, and got this error message with no Calibre jobs running:
calibre, version 2.49.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>OperationalError</b>:database or disk is full
...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-25-2016, 05:18 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Thank you Jack and David. Fortunately I have...

Thank you Jack and David.
Fortunately I have some backups with Calibre and Kobo Utilities. It looks like my only solution will be to identify the books that I added within Calibre, then to remove...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-24-2016, 06:28 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Thanks Filmo Does this mean that even if...

Thanks Filmo

Does this mean that even if there was a way to delete and replace to sqlite file, rebuilding the database would not work anyway? That the only way is to identify the dud book?
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-23-2016, 08:27 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Looking back at my Google searches, it was...

Looking back at my Google searches, it was probably "operational error: database is locked" and "operational error: database or disk is full".

Thanks for the troubleshooting suggestion, I'll try...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-23-2016, 06:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Thank you David. I have rarely posted in this...

Thank you David. I have rarely posted in this forum, but am speechless at the wonderful support that you have given to me and many others over the years. It's really appreciated.

You confirmed my...
Forum: Kobo Reader 01-23-2016, 04:06 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,223
Posted By touring
Signing out the reader

I loaded some new books on my Kobo Touch (Firmware version 1.9.17) via Calibre but the books don't show (although can be seen in Windows Explorer on PC). The Kobo has "processed content" three times...
Forum: Library Management 09-20-2013, 10:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,503
Posted By touring
Too easy! Thanks very much for the help :)

Too easy!
Thanks very much for the help :)
Forum: Library Management 09-20-2013, 09:44 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,503
Posted By touring
Duplicates found by Calibre

I have upgraded from Calibre version 0.8 and created a new library from the books on my Kobo touch, and some duplicates were found by Calibre which I didn't add to the library.

This was very...
Forum: Kobo Reader 09-20-2013, 09:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,364
Posted By touring
That's brilliant, thanks davidfor! The new...

That's brilliant, thanks davidfor! The new version worked great.
I'm not quite sure what the numbers mean:
Bookmarks retrieved=803
Books with no bookmarks-0
Total books=825

At a guess maybe...
Forum: Kobo Reader 09-20-2013, 04:31 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,364
Posted By touring
Hahaa thanks David! I was so careful to set...

Hahaa thanks David!
I was so careful to set things up right, and couldn't see what I'd done incorrectly.

With your help I may even get my Kobo working properly, nearly 2 years after I bought it...
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