Thread: Best practices for sideloading all books from Calibre, even ones bought from Kobo?
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Old 08-11-2020, 11:14 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by rosalita View Post
Oh, I hadn't thought of the archive — that's a definite possibility. Moving them one by one will be a pain but perhaps I can do them in sessions while I'm waiting on hold on the phone, or doing Zoom staff meetings when I don't have my camera turned on,

That won't solve the problem of new books automatically syncing to my devices unless I remember to immediately move them into the archive as soon as I buy one. And if an occasional books slips through ... well, I don't buy that many* books so I should be able to keep on top of them.

* I know, sounds funny to say that after noting I have 500+ in my Kobo library! But since I only buy when they are on sale, there are long stretches when I'm not buying anything.
You can remove the books to the archive in bulk on the device. And letting them download to the device once is a good way to help to make sure you got them all.

If you really don't want the books downloaded from Kobo, then the simplest thing to do is to create a separate account for the device. Buy books using the current account, read sideloaded versions using a different account. Wanting to use Overdrive complicates it. But, the connection between the OD and Kobo account is not based on the email address. I think, but, have not tested, that if you sign into a new Kobo account on the device, and sign into your OD/Library account, the OD books will follow you to this account on the device.
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