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DNSB · 08-04-2021, 08:47 PM

The first item is how old is the thread that you read that advice in? Never mind, I located the thread. The first post was 2010-Sep-26, a time when the original Kobo was the only device Kobo sold. When SameerH posted in Nov. 2010 in that thread the Kobo WiFi had been released for about 3 weeks.

While Kobo ereaders can read .mobi format ebooks but they need to be the MobiPocket format without the changes made to the format by Amazon and not dual format (.mobi and .azw3 in the same package). I did a quick test by converting an epub book to mobi setting the output type to old in the Mobi output preferences and my Clara HD imported it and showed it in My Books though the cover thumbnail was garbaged.

My personal advice is to convert to epub and send those to your Kobo ereader.

Since you have a much newer device, you should see a line of icons at the bottom of your screen. When you tap on My Books, tap on the Books tab and then set the filter to All and the sort to Recent, do you see the books listed?

If not, what directory are you placing the files in? I would suggest creating a directory in the root of your exposed storage and giving it a short name (ebooks for example).

Do not place your books into the .kobo or other directory with a . as the first character in the filename since that . makes it a hidden folder for Unix based operating systems.

Once you have created that directory, edit the configuration for the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended and enter that directory name as the start of the Save Template on the file formats tab.

Ebooks/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)} is the template I use which places the books inside the Ebooks directory in directories using the first entry in the author sort list as the name. The file name is the book title followed by the same first entry in the author sort list.

08-04-2021, 08:47 PM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,648 Karma: 169712392 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The first item is how old is the thread that you read that advice in? Never mind, I located the thread. The first post was 2010-Sep-26, a time when the original Kobo was the only device Kobo sold. When SameerH posted in Nov. 2010 in that thread the Kobo WiFi had been released for about 3 weeks. While Kobo ereaders can read .mobi format ebooks but they need to be the MobiPocket format without the changes made to the format by Amazon and not dual format (.mobi and .azw3 in the same package). I did a quick test by converting an epub book to mobi setting the output type to old in the Mobi output preferences and my Clara HD imported it and showed it in My Books though the cover thumbnail was garbaged. My personal advice is to convert to epub and send those to your Kobo ereader. Since you have a much newer device, you should see a line of icons at the bottom of your screen. When you tap on My Books, tap on the Books tab and then set the filter to All and the sort to Recent, do you see the books listed? If not, what directory are you placing the files in? I would suggest creating a directory in the root of your exposed storage and giving it a short name (ebooks for example). Do not place your books into the .kobo or other directory with a . as the first character in the filename since that . makes it a hidden folder for Unix based operating systems. Once you have created that directory, edit the configuration for the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended and enter that directory name as the start of the Save Template on the file formats tab. Ebooks/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)} is the template I use which places the books inside the Ebooks directory in directories using the first entry in the author sort list as the name. The file name is the book title followed by the same first entry in the author sort list. Last edited by DNSB; 08-04-2021 at 08:54 PM.