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Geco · 06-25-2013, 12:28 PM

Hi all,
I've noticed one thing that I'd like to share to understand if it's only my Touch or...

The fact is that I often take a look at suggestions and browse the Store from the Kobo but I've noticed that even when I do not buy books (and I've bought a bunch of them!), the free available space of Kobo is reduced.
Then I've tried to understand why and I've found more than 10k (yes, 10 thousands!) files (not 10kB, actually >10000 files as number!) in the images directory.
For each book I've bought, there are three pictures of the cover, for each book I've downloaded the previes, there are three pictures, for each book in the wishlist there are three pictures. And, at this point, it could even be ok... even if the ePub themselves should contain their own covers without the need to have them in three sizes according to when they are shown... why three?! Why saved!? Crazy...
Anyway, not only those books, but also all the books I've said "Not Interested" or all those free books I've read and discarded, all the books I've seen the cover while browsing the store... all those books, their covers, are saved three times in my images folder on Kobo Touch!!! WHY?!

I've tried to delete the whole content of the folder images and I'll never open the store again, I've saved more than 300MB of free space and, anyway, the "suggested" books, the previews, the "daily" books shown in main page of the site are still there...
Is it possible to remove them in some normal way or should I have to delete a lot of file from time to time to avoid images overloading?
I love to browse the shop through kobo, I love to randomly download previews or free books, bu the fact that even simply browsing the store will save the covers (three of them!) on my Kobo is ridiculous!

Someone else has noticed this?

06-25-2013, 12:28 PM	#1
Geco Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 100 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Touch, Aura	images folder content (problem?!) Hi all, I've noticed one thing that I'd like to share to understand if it's only my Touch or... The fact is that I often take a look at suggestions and browse the Store from the Kobo but I've noticed that even when I do not buy books (and I've bought a bunch of them!), the free available space of Kobo is reduced. Then I've tried to understand why and I've found more than 10k (yes, 10 thousands!) files (not 10kB, actually >10000 files as number!) in the images directory. For each book I've bought, there are three pictures of the cover, for each book I've downloaded the previes, there are three pictures, for each book in the wishlist there are three pictures. And, at this point, it could even be ok... even if the ePub themselves should contain their own covers without the need to have them in three sizes according to when they are shown... why three?! Why saved!? Crazy... Anyway, not only those books, but also all the books I've said "Not Interested" or all those free books I've read and discarded, all the books I've seen the cover while browsing the store... all those books, their covers, are saved three times in my images folder on Kobo Touch!!! WHY?! I've tried to delete the whole content of the folder images and I'll never open the store again, I've saved more than 300MB of free space and, anyway, the "suggested" books, the previews, the "daily" books shown in main page of the site are still there... Is it possible to remove them in some normal way or should I have to delete a lot of file from time to time to avoid images overloading? I love to browse the shop through kobo, I love to randomly download previews or free books, bu the fact that even simply browsing the store will save the covers (three of them!) on my Kobo is ridiculous! Someone else has noticed this?