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Alpha o · 03-28-2016, 05:51 PM

How? Within calibre or outside calibre?
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I switch the card between and Android tablet and the Kobo.

I'll see books in triplicate on the Kobo, check the internal memory, and the external card, and I don't see the listings. Kobo will add the book in the original file format if it's been converted, and by doing the highlighting all the epubs and pdfs, I found out that where the format tag is matters. If epub is first in the list, it gets included with the epubs. If epub is last on the list, it is overlooked. Example - converted Amazon. Amazon's AZW3 or whatever shows first in the formats, then a comma, then epub. epub is totally ignored in that position. Same with PDF.

Somehow Kobo is seeing both tags and putting both files on the card, even if I only say to send one. (the epub) If I hook up to the computer, I only see one file. On the Kobo, there are 2 or possibly 3 copies of the book. Kobo Library shows only one copy.
I'm still using the last 3.15 ---- whatever.

I copy and paste on the computer to card. If I'm using Calibre, I send to device or card.

You hit the problem. It is the file formats, and since I can't get the Kobo itself to show them, I have no idea which one I'd be deleting. Sometimes searching for duplicates using the computer works.

What is Kobo doing when it says it is processing the library or new books?
I had all my books on an ext. SD card and now they are in the internal memory. Every time I've edited the card on the computer, Kobo sticks all the books, new and old, back on the internal memory. Can't Kobo read from an external card and leave the book there?

Does it fill up the internal memory first, then use the card?

Most of the books were on the external memory card to begin with and now they are not. I download EPUBS since I sometimes read on the Acer at night.

I see no setting that allows that. I also have no more room on the internal memory and it's supposed to hold a couple of thousand books, and I barely have 300.

I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to clean this up and start over.

Will Calibre put all the books in the library on the ext. card? I can clean up the Calibre library, sort the books out, reformat the card on the computer and put the books on the formatted card. Then factory reset the Kobo.

03-28-2016, 05:51 PM	#11
Alpha o Addict Posts: 282 Karma: 2603524 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Onyx Boox Darwin, inkBOOK Obsidian	How? Within calibre or outside calibre? Quote: I switch the card between and Android tablet and the Kobo. I'll see books in triplicate on the Kobo, check the internal memory, and the external card, and I don't see the listings. Kobo will add the book in the original file format if it's been converted, and by doing the highlighting all the epubs and pdfs, I found out that where the format tag is matters. If epub is first in the list, it gets included with the epubs. If epub is last on the list, it is overlooked. Example - converted Amazon. Amazon's AZW3 or whatever shows first in the formats, then a comma, then epub. epub is totally ignored in that position. Same with PDF. Somehow Kobo is seeing both tags and putting both files on the card, even if I only say to send one. (the epub) If I hook up to the computer, I only see one file. On the Kobo, there are 2 or possibly 3 copies of the book. Kobo Library shows only one copy. I'm still using the last 3.15 ---- whatever. I copy and paste on the computer to card. If I'm using Calibre, I send to device or card. You hit the problem. It is the file formats, and since I can't get the Kobo itself to show them, I have no idea which one I'd be deleting. Sometimes searching for duplicates using the computer works. What is Kobo doing when it says it is processing the library or new books? I had all my books on an ext. SD card and now they are in the internal memory. Every time I've edited the card on the computer, Kobo sticks all the books, new and old, back on the internal memory. Can't Kobo read from an external card and leave the book there? Does it fill up the internal memory first, then use the card? Most of the books were on the external memory card to begin with and now they are not. I download EPUBS since I sometimes read on the Acer at night. I see no setting that allows that. I also have no more room on the internal memory and it's supposed to hold a couple of thousand books, and I barely have 300. I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to clean this up and start over. Will Calibre put all the books in the library on the ext. card? I can clean up the Calibre library, sort the books out, reformat the card on the computer and put the books on the formatted card. Then factory reset the Kobo.