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Originally Posted by keroji
Hi I'm new to koreader and I was wondering if there was a library for the books.
All I get is a FileManager when I run koreader.
Did I install it improperly?
Thank you.
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You could navigate to wherever your existing ebook files are kept, but then you might effect the ebook in a manner that the Kobo database would find objectionable. I don't want to subject my thousands of ebooks to Kobo's processing or database management. So:
For those who are trying the Alternate readers because you prefer a "File Manager" approach over the corruptible database book management approach that Kobo uses; you can easily hide your ebook files from Kobo's database and processing. All that is neccessary is to place the files and folders of your ebook collection in a hidden directory/folder. For a Linux device "hidden" files folders or directories are those that are named with a dot/period before the name ( like .kobo or perhaps for this use .library ) To make such a folder/directory using Windows Explorer you just name the folder with a dot/period both before and after the name (like this ".Library.") the trailing dot/period will disappear leaving the "hidden" name you want (like ".Library")
It can also be done using the commandline command MD.
I have mine on my external uSD card. You can have the File Manager open in the folder of your choice, by setting the first argument for "./reader.lua" to the folder. (Mine is "/mnt/sd/.Koreader/Books") This is in the koreader.sh script file.
You can also have calibre use a "hidden" folder, on your device if you wish.
Luck;
Ken