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Old 10-29-2013, 08:17 AM   #339
Nick_1964
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Device: Sony prs-650, Kobo Glo HD (2x), Kobo Glo
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Originally Posted by byblo View Post
That is the 'very' expensive way to do it

Having to modify each epub...
Also, doing that will show all the epubs in the ebook marked as finished already, which is not desirable.

The trick with the patcher is to find a way to force the application to always start at page 1 (only when it is marked as 'not readed yet' or 'finished' in the DB)
I just do it by a batch assignment, set all fonts to Amasis, with the Kobo Plugin you can set all books as not read (not finished) or read.
Put justify off, set top and left margin to 0,5 and put this to all the 2800 books in calibre et voila.
I use the Kobo Utilities Plugin for this.
Sure it would be nice if the book will do it by itself, but I also have a couple of Sony's so I have to do it in Calibre anyway.
The first time it takes a while for Calibre to finish the 2800 books, but now I just do it by every new book I add to Calibre, I have calibre running as service so I can remotely load the books that I want by wifi.
i am very happy with the patch the way it is now and won't leave the 2.80 firmware, but I think there will always be something that I want for the patcher, that can be easy done by calibre, because when Kobo adds something, a silent update,name it, and you can't fall back on the patch again,then at least my books are adapted the best way for the Kobo
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