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tttny · 11-28-2011, 03:10 AM

Greetings!

I'm trying to transfer a book from an iMac (running Mac OS 10.6.8) to a First Generation iPod Touch, running OS 3.1.3. Stanza is loaded on the iPod Touch, and seems to work; I can download and read books from Gutenberg and Book Glutton

The book in question ("On Hallowed Ground," by James McPherson), is a library download from the NY Public Library in acsm format. Of course it is protected by DRM, but the NYPL epub help page says that I can download the book to an iPod Touch using Adobe Digital Editions (ADE).

ADE is supposed to recognize my device and display it in the left sidebar. It doesn't do this, but it does launch and display the book. In addition, it created epub files for the book in ~Documents/Digital Editions. I've imported these epub files into Calibre, but I can't get them to open on my device in Stanza.

I've tried the Content Server. In the Stanza App running on my device I carefully created a calibre book source, using the IP address http://[local wifi address]:8080/stanza. I try to load calibre as a book source. After "Loading ..." for a while, I get a catalog error ("timed out") with "Catalog is Empty" in the background.

So I tried email, creating a gmail book source. Using Calibre I emailed the epub file to my gmail account. Switching to Firefox, I logged in to my gmail account and confirmed that that the epub file had arrived. But when I press on the gmail source in Stanza, instead of being prompted to enter my gmail login and password, I get the message "Catalog is Empty."

It's been a long time since I've spent so long trying to troubleshoot a computer/device issue with so little luck.

Note that I'm restricted to running OS 3.1.3 on my 1st Gen iPod, a vintage of hardware (4 years old) and software (2 years old) that by internet standards is aged. Perhaps the moral is "stop complaining and buy a new device." But since the Stanza App runs on my iPod, it should work, or else present a conspicuous message as to any functions which aren't supported. grrrrrr. (pardon my frustration!)

Thanks in advance.

Tom
P.S. My apologies to any who may have read substantially the same message on the stanza/getsatisfaction forum. No one has replied there.

11-28-2011, 03:10 AM	#1
tttny Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: iPod Touch 1st Gen	Stanza/Calibre Problems with 1st gen iPod Touch Greetings! I'm trying to transfer a book from an iMac (running Mac OS 10.6.8) to a First Generation iPod Touch, running OS 3.1.3. Stanza is loaded on the iPod Touch, and seems to work; I can download and read books from Gutenberg and Book Glutton The book in question ("On Hallowed Ground," by James McPherson), is a library download from the NY Public Library in acsm format. Of course it is protected by DRM, but the NYPL epub help page says that I can download the book to an iPod Touch using Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE is supposed to recognize my device and display it in the left sidebar. It doesn't do this, but it does launch and display the book. In addition, it created epub files for the book in ~Documents/Digital Editions. I've imported these epub files into Calibre, but I can't get them to open on my device in Stanza. I've tried the Content Server. In the Stanza App running on my device I carefully created a calibre book source, using the IP address http://[local wifi address]:8080/stanza. I try to load calibre as a book source. After "Loading ..." for a while, I get a catalog error ("timed out") with "Catalog is Empty" in the background. So I tried email, creating a gmail book source. Using Calibre I emailed the epub file to my gmail account. Switching to Firefox, I logged in to my gmail account and confirmed that that the epub file had arrived. But when I press on the gmail source in Stanza, instead of being prompted to enter my gmail login and password, I get the message "Catalog is Empty." It's been a long time since I've spent so long trying to troubleshoot a computer/device issue with so little luck. Note that I'm restricted to running OS 3.1.3 on my 1st Gen iPod, a vintage of hardware (4 years old) and software (2 years old) that by internet standards is aged. Perhaps the moral is "stop complaining and buy a new device." But since the Stanza App runs on my iPod, it should work, or else present a conspicuous message as to any functions which aren't supported. grrrrrr. (pardon my frustration!) Thanks in advance. Tom P.S. My apologies to any who may have read substantially the same message on the stanza/getsatisfaction forum. No one has replied there. Last edited by tttny; 11-28-2011 at 03:11 AM. Reason: added missing quote