[Skygeezer]

Hi to the group. After a month with the non-wireless Kobo and perfect performance, we ran into a problem with our Kobo eReader. I use Calibre as well as the Kobo software, and Digital Editions on occasion. I like Calibre because it shows all the books on the eReader including the 100 free classic books, so I can get rid of them when I want. A big problem with the Kobo books is lack of illustrations. They come in as text only. Stephen Hawking's new book is impossible to read that way, so I bought it from the Sony store and it has all the illustrations and diagrams, and displays just fine on the Kobo.

Yesterday when I opened Calibre with the Kobo plugged in to the computer and clicked on device, there was nothing there except 3 of the Sony books. None of the many Kobo books we have bought, or the classics, showed up the way they had up to now. At the same time my wife complained that she could not access the Sony book that she had been reading on the Kobo. She was up to chapter 14 in this book ( Dan Brown's Lost Symbol ) but today it would not open. Neither would the Stephen Hawking book. They both display in Calibre, but where are all the other books? Until yesterday, Calibre always showed us everything on the Kobo.

Two things were done at the same time. We received notice that there was an update to the Kobo software, and we installed the update. Recently I updated Calibre to version 7. 26. Is it possible that one of the other, or both of these actions caused the Kobo books to disappear in Calibre? Or is Kobo encrypting their books in a new way?

The Sony books no longer open on the Kobo, even though they had been just fine until yesterday. It would appear that they are no longer present on the eReader, although their metadata and titles are still listed. Did syncing the Kobo remove the Sony books? It never did this before the Kobo software update.