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Originally Posted by Xen
OK so I have the latest Kobo Aura H20 and firmware
I have Kobo Start Manager installed and running
And KoReader is being recalcitrant and I am in conditions that I have no idea how I got there.
First, I cannot get it to connect to Calibre. When it asked me for an inbox, I set it to My Notes under the KoReader directory because I could not find a way to create a new directory. Given that it would not allow selection of many of the other directories (most of which were pretty clearly related to KoReader functionality in direct and basic ways) I assumed that anything it WOULD let me select would be OK to use as the "inbox".
However it will not connect to the Calibre wireless. When I select "connect" from the Calibre wireless software on the Kobo, it just tells me it cannot connect to Calibre.
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You add folders using your PC, and add it with the same process you used to move and add the koreader folder to your device. With windows it would be using windows explorer. You can add an entire file structured "library" if you wish. For use with calibre and koreader, I would make it a folder inside a hidden folder. (Perhaps; .koreader/inbox, then long press on "inbox", in File Manager, and set it as your inbox folder, when asked.)
First your network must be one that your device recognizes (normally it is easiest to use the Nickel settings to do that) Then Koreader's "Network" menu should let you turn on the WiFi connection (used for several functions, as well as this). Then the "Calibre wireless connection" menu will let you "connect".
With that you can, on your PC, in caliber, you can select multiple library entries and "Send to device" which will put them into your "inbox". (Although it is not working for me right now. [koreader is loosing the WiFi connection]
But - I would rather just turn on calibre's content server and OPDS to it. This usually works fine, but not at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Xen
Second - I can't find a way to get it to recognize recently read books so that I don't have to sort through the entire directory every time I restart the device.
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The "History" menu item should be giving you that. You can have koreader start where you left off in your current book, when it starts, by setting the "Start with last opened file" menu option checked.
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Originally Posted by Xen
Third - I had the device set up so that a tap in the upper quadrant paged back and a tap in the lower quadrant paged forward. In the factory reader, this worked intermittently - often it ignored multiple taps and would page BACKWARDS when it was supposed to go forwards. So I loaded up KoReader hoping it would help with that.
But now KoReader seems to have reverted to the tap-right for page-up and tap-left for page-back, with the menu coming up if you tap at the top.
I hold the device in my left hand at the left-bottom corner. Now I can only page forward if I use both hands because my left thumb can't reach far enough across to get a right-tap. This is REALLY inconvenient - is there anyway for me to be able to change that?
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There are "DTAP_ZONE_" entries in the "Advanced Settings", including ones for BACKWARD, FORWARD, AND MENU. (There is also one for "FLIPPING" that I think is a page refresh.)
I usually use the USB cable to add books but I have used both wireless methods a few times and the OPDS with web sites also.
Luck;
Ken