Thread: the trouble with the Kobo environment
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Old 07-10-2021, 11:27 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by franklekens View Post
Just to give an indication of the bugginess of their software design: I've just done a factory reset. Factory, right? Back to its original state, you would think.
What do I see after logging back on when I go to collections? All the collections that were there from when I had sideloaded books with Calibre. (Shelves were turned into collections by a Calibre plugin.)
What kind of "factory settings" is this?

Some titles have even already been added to those collections. Which is weird, because the collections were created by Calibre. But the titles that are in that collection now, are from the Kobo environment. (They are not downloaded, it's just the titles there.) Which suggests to me that it's the interference of double titles -- from the sideload and from the Kobo environment -- that causes the problems.

I have serious doubts whether this will ever get right again. What a mess. Even a factory settings can't solve it. (Note: I've only done a factory reset, I haven't connected the device to a computer yet.)
Which it is all working as designed, both by Kobo and myself when working on the driver.

Collections, and the which purchased books are in them, is synced to the Kobo servers. When you do a factory reset, the collection information will be downloaded from the server. And any purchased books will still be in the collection. Sideloaded books have to be added to the collections later.

When calibre creates collections, they are created so that the device thinks they are collections. And when you connect the device, the collection management acts on any book that can be matched to the books in the calibre library. This means it will affect both sideloaded and purchased books.

If you sync your Forma, you will see the same collections on it. And the same purchased books will be in the collections. That is assuming you use the same account on the two devices.
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