Thread: I've literally tried everything..
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Old 07-04-2012, 03:54 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by ihatekobodamnit View Post
I've downloaded a few files that are originally PDFs. I actually managed to get a few on there as epubs yesterday but can't get any more on today.

I added the PDF's to calibre and then converted them to epubs. I then right clicked on each book in calibre and specified that I wanted to send it to my device (i tried main memory and send specific format to main memory). Nothing has worked. I also tried dragging and dropping the file onto my device using Adobe Digital Editions.

Whatever I did yesterday, I managed to do it but I was playing around with it so much that I don't know the exact process. I've been doing the same today and just can't add any more books to my kobo.

When I look on my kobo in 'my computer' I can see the epub file in the 'digital editions' folder..

Please can someone help me!
I have very limited knowledge but will try to help a bit until someone with much more knowledge can assist you. My understanding is PDF's are quite a difficult format to work with. I know I had a couple of books in PDF form and even when I tried converting to epub I had no luck. I just searched around until I found them already in epub format.

My advice would be to start basically from scratch, reset your Kobo, download the newest firmware, and then start building your library. If you've had a little experience with Calibre, I too use that to sync my books to my Kobo because it keeps my library so organized, so start there, but preferably with books that are already in epub format so you can start to pinpoint where your transfer problems lie.

If you didn't like Calibre, you can just 'sideload' books from your computer to your ereader, but I am not very familiar with that.

I do recall when I was having a lot of trouble with my Kobo that part of the problem was Kobo 'talking' to Calibre, give it a few extra seconds to complete transfer, to eject properly, etc., or you can run into problems.

Good luck and maybe starting over and keeping it as easy as possible is the best place to re-start!?
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