Thread: Kobo Aura covers
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Old 01-03-2014, 06:50 PM   #112
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Originally Posted by user38 View Post
My resetting problem may have something to do with the way calibre creates collections on the Aura.
There is no difference in how calibre creates the collections for the Aura and any of the other Kobo devices. The database is updated in exactly the same way as when you create the collection using the device.
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The Aura did not reset immediately. I think I put the Aura to sleep and then switched it on again. I then navigated to a collection on the SD card. I noticed the books on the SD cards had lost their covers.
Covers for books on the SD card are always a little bit of a pain. The device generates them on the fly and stores a few in cache. Sometimes a restart will solve the issues. You can use calibre to send the covers with the books and the device will use them.
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When I tried to open a book the Aura reset. (I had to re-enter my wi-fi and Kobo account details). When I did so there were no books on the internal memory. All the collections on the SD card were empty, but the books were still there.
A restart when opening a book usually means the book was corrupt or the database details for it were very out of sync with the book. With the rest of it, I suspect the database was actually corrupt and that the device couldn't recover it enough during the restart so had to replace it with a new one. That would explain the need for the setup and the missing collections. The books on the SD card will probably get readded the next time you connect and disconnect from the PC, do a restart or eject and insert the card. If you are using calibre for collection management, it will fix them when you connect after the books have been readded.
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