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Old 12-29-2013, 12:32 AM   #900
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Originally Posted by canpolat View Post
I have quite some non-DRM books and I would really like a feature that would allow me to synchronize a folder of non-DRM books with Kobo Aura over Wi-Fi. Is it already possible? Am I missing something? Because this looks quite basic to me.
There's not really a feature for that, so you're not overlooking it. The Kobo Desktop software is intended to handle that, and I'm pretty sure calibre will do it, but both of those use a "library" rather than "folder" model.

One thing you CAN do, if you're really desperate for such a feature, is use the Kobo browser in conjunction with a NAS unit. I picked up a SanDisk Wireless Flash Drive and use it that way, but it has to be connected to my home Wi-fi network for the Kobo to be able to find it. However, once I got that set up, I can browse to the WFD's local IP address, sift through to the proper folders, and tap a link to download an ebook. The Kobo will confirm that I want to download the book, then save it to internal memory.

More commonly, though, I use the WFD with my iPad. I was trying to find a reference the other day, so I switched the WFD on, used Safari to find the book, and opened it in iBooks for a quick search. I also use the app as a download folder when I'm surfing, so I can download non-DRM'd ebooks immediately instead of having to remind myself to do so later. That's particularly useful if I'm shopping at a bookstore I don't frequent often, like for Angry Robot's sale.

I do wish the Kobo wasn't so locked down in this respect, but at the end of the day, it's an e-reader, not a tablet. I wind up shopping on my iPad, downloading to one app that lets me rename files, sending 'em from there to the WFD app's download folder, uploading those files to a folder on the WFD itself, then using USB to copy the books over to my Kobo and my master backup. Yes, it's more of a runaround than I'd like - but it's less work than it sounds like, and it's far easier than my old method of emailing myself links so I could do all the downloading on my laptop.
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