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Beethoven · 10-26-2010, 12:50 PM

I appologise in advance. The answer to this must exist on the Calibre documentation of this forum, but I haven't been able to find it!

In the past couple of weeks, I've been building up and refining my Calibre library. Now I'm updating my new Kobo Wireless accordingly.

My problem/concern/question is that when I "Send to device" to the Kobo, the selected ebook gets sent, but then is deleted from the Calibre library. Is this the way it's supposed to work?

From previous fiddling, I can see the neat feature that allows me to view the device, and through check-marks in the ebook list, see what ebooks also exist in the library. This way, I can easily delete things off the device, knowing that my Calibre library is safely intact.

The way this (send to device) seems to work for me, is that when I no longer want the book on my device, I need to move it back to the library? It's logical, and duplicates the real-life process, but what happens if my Kobo dies, do all my "send to device" ebooks get lost?

Sorry if I've completely missed the obvious on this one!

10-26-2010, 12:50 PM	#1
Beethoven Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Wireless	Another Stupid Newbe Question: Send to device I appologise in advance. The answer to this must exist on the Calibre documentation of this forum, but I haven't been able to find it! In the past couple of weeks, I've been building up and refining my Calibre library. Now I'm updating my new Kobo Wireless accordingly. My problem/concern/question is that when I "Send to device" to the Kobo, the selected ebook gets sent, but then is deleted from the Calibre library. Is this the way it's supposed to work? From previous fiddling, I can see the neat feature that allows me to view the device, and through check-marks in the ebook list, see what ebooks also exist in the library. This way, I can easily delete things off the device, knowing that my Calibre library is safely intact. The way this (send to device) seems to work for me, is that when I no longer want the book on my device, I need to move it back to the library? It's logical, and duplicates the real-life process, but what happens if my Kobo dies, do all my "send to device" ebooks get lost? Sorry if I've completely missed the obvious on this one!