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Originally Posted by koland
OK, it's annoying enough that the app (and their readers) thinks that it should download every single book I've ever bought from Kobo (as if they would even fit on the Android device where the app is running), but apparently trying to remove a book from your device (the ones you weren't fast enough to pause the download for) does a permanent delete from your library account instead.
Other than a full data removal (via settings), which removes all books on the device, does anyone know how to delete a single book from the Kobo app, without deleting it from your library, as well?
Is there any way to "archive" books in the library, to hide them from the app's library view?
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You do have some other choices when using the Android App.
Books do not have to download automatically--you can work with the settings so only the cover downloads, with the download of the book being automatically "paused", and not downloaded.
The way sync is *designed* to work, an action on any book on any device is mirrored on your other devices. When you delete a book on your reader, phone, or tablet, it is *supposed* to delete from "I'm Reading" on all devices. They do not delete from the purchased list on the Kobo website, and you can reload the books by using the bookmarking feature on the website.
The books you are currently reading will always be listed first. I just ignore the paused books. My preference is to have only one book open at a time on my phone--the book I am currently reading. When I finish it (on any device) it is marked finished on all devices. If I delete it on any device, it is deleted from all devices. And if I decide the book should be born again, it will be born again on all devices, but I have the option on Android Apps, to not actually download the book, but instead to pause it after the cover downloads.
Hope this helps.
EDIT. Books that you have gotten for free from Kobo can be "lost". Last time i checked, free books did not end up in the purchased list, so getting them onto your device after deletion wasn't possible. I highly recommend that people download ADE copies of free books, when they are available, to avoid this.