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MsBarrows · 08-07-2014, 07:20 PM

Seeing if I can use Google Drive to transfer my epubs to the Kobo. I have a handful of epub files exported from Calibre to a subdirectory of Google Drive on my desktop. I can see them in that same subdirectory in google drive on the tablet. Go into Kobo on it, click "Import Items", it tells me it'll search the memory card for anything I can import... turns up nothing. I can't see any way to move the files from the google drive to elsewhere on the device, or any way to drag and drop them into Kobo. Double-clicking on them brings up a dialogue saying there's no compatible software found for reading them. This day is reaching epic levels of WTFery now.

*Headdesks some more*

Haven't a clue about how to try and connect the Arc via WiFi to a Calibre content server (googling now).

As far as the mirco USB cables go, the ones I have for my external USB drive and my digital camera both have the same end shape. It is not the shape of the USB port on the Kobo, with is slightly wider and slimmer.

Edited to add: Looks like the two cables I have are "Mini-B" ends, not micros. Still, it's ridiculous that the device doesn't come with the required cable as a standard component.

08-07-2014, 07:20 PM	#6
MsBarrows Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: none	Seeing if I can use Google Drive to transfer my epubs to the Kobo. I have a handful of epub files exported from Calibre to a subdirectory of Google Drive on my desktop. I can see them in that same subdirectory in google drive on the tablet. Go into Kobo on it, click "Import Items", it tells me it'll search the memory card for anything I can import... turns up nothing. I can't see any way to move the files from the google drive to elsewhere on the device, or any way to drag and drop them into Kobo. Double-clicking on them brings up a dialogue saying there's no compatible software found for reading them. This day is reaching epic levels of WTFery now. Headdesks some more Haven't a clue about how to try and connect the Arc via WiFi to a Calibre content server (googling now). As far as the mirco USB cables go, the ones I have for my external USB drive and my digital camera both have the same end shape. It is not the shape of the USB port on the Kobo, with is slightly wider and slimmer. Edited to add: Looks like the two cables I have are "Mini-B" ends, not micros. Still, it's ridiculous that the device doesn't come with the required cable as a standard component. Last edited by MsBarrows; 08-07-2014 at 07:24 PM.