When I plugged my kobo ereader in today I was informed there was a new software version 1.8 available. So I installed it. Everything went well except that some of the instructions were ambiguous. At one point it asked if you had an SD card installed? If so remove it now. Did that, and followed instructions to the point where it said that if you had previously registered Adobe Digital Editions then would have to re-register your ebook with them - but if did not say how. OK got the message that the new software was installed. But when I re-inserted my 4GB card and tried to read the newspapers I had previously downloaded there using Calibre, the kobo ereader could only show the "book" titles but NOT the content. I called the kobo help line 1800 064 011 and the lass was at a loss to know how to correct other than going Menu -> Settings -> Advanced Settings -> RESET DEVICE NOW. Not likely ! So I thanked her
and went my own way by switching off the device, removing the SD card, attaching the kobo ereader to the PC and downloading the newspapers again using Calibre. This time when I disconnected and clicked on the titles I could read them. Mmm. So it was not a problem with 1.8 not reading the downloaded epub newspapers. I then turned off, re-inserted the SD card, confirmed that I could again read the titles but not the content of the newspapers on the SD card and fired up Calibre, deleted the files from the SD card and the news sub-directory and re-downloaded the newspapers onto the SD card. This time when I disconnected and clicked on the titles I could read the content of the newspapers on the SD card !! So what has been leant? Maybe the instructions for upgrading to 1.8 should prompt you to reinsert the SD card at some point? It remains a mystery to me, but at least everything now reads ok. Has anyone else experienced problems installing the new 1.8 ?