[taming]

sophiek--I don't know if you started the process by going to kobosetup.com, as was suggested on the screen of your new Kobo Touch, or if you just plugged the new reader into your USB and opened the old desktop. If you did the latter, that might be the reason you were not asked to login again.

When I updated, I was given the option to download/sync one book at a time. It sounds like this is what you would want when setting up your husband's machine. To see if this is what you want before opening the 2nd reader, I'd suggest that you do a factory reset on your machine, uninstall the new desktop, and then follow the instructions on kobosetup.com as if this were the first time.

I am not sure about this, but I don't think that the desktop software recognizes that you are using two different Kobo readers. Instead, I believe it compares what is on the reader you have connected by USB with what is on the Kobo server and then syncs the two.

PS: my husband reads like yours does. I sync across both the reader and my phone. He just wants to open the book and read. He was perfectly happy with a Kobo-1 and would never have gotten the WiFi if it hadn't been a gift. He is not getting a touch.