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Originally Posted by milady133
Re: Dropbox integration. Keep in mind that at the moment it's only available for the Forma, we don't know if it's going go be opened for other models, so I wouldn't count on it.
With your grandmother use case, I would recommend the Kindle app in her iPad for sideloaded books, you could send them to her iOS app with Calibre options, if she can read in her iPad that would be a solution while you investigate on how to connect Kobo to your Calibre Server, or until Dropbox integration reaches the older models.
A kindle ereader isn't the perfect solution either, because there she loses the ability to borrow books from the library, so working with what she already has I think the kindle iOS app is the easier workaround.
Now, you need someone to borrow one of the Kobo models with the Overdrive integration implemented to set up the Libby account, you'll need to register it temporally with your grandmother's account s both for Kobo and Overdrive, and once you have it working, you'll be able to do a factory reset on the borrowed Kobo to return it to the owner, or I think that's how it works, I don't have an Overdrive account.
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Thanks! Your comment pretty much sums up what I think I'll be doing for now. In this use case, OverDrive - not Calibre, is the deal breaker. So, I'm sticking with a Kobo and then hoping for a potential solution in the future for Calibre-Web. Either a better browser on the Kobo itself or a solution for the "send to" option. Since I run a dedicated server for myself, I'll be looking for any way to utilize that "send to Kindle" option on Calibre-Web. Basically trying to find something that allows an emailed document to load into a folder that will sync with Kobo.
Also, I never mentioned in the OP, but a major part of this exercise is to find a way that she'll never have to use the micro-usb port again. With age, plugging and unplugging the charge cord has become difficult and she's frequently damaged the port itself. With a truly wireless experience, I can attach a wireless charge adapter and then she doesn't have to worry about it.
Thanks again everyone!