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Originally Posted by davidfor
There is still something wrong with what you have said you are doing and how it is configured.
Firstly, if you click the "Send to device" button, or use the menu and choose "Send to main memory" from the menu, it doesn't prompt for the format. When doing this, the calibre finds the format to send based on the order of the formats in the driver configuration. The format for the book that is the first in the enabled formats will be sent. If you do not have a suitable format, it will do a conversion. And it will convert to the top format in that list. That means, that if you have the default option, which is "kepup, epub, PDF, txt, cbz, cbr", and you have an epub, it will be sent. But, if your only format is a MOBI, it will be converted to kepub, if you have the Kepub Output plugin installed. Otherwise it will be converted to epub. After the conversion, the book will be sent.
The dialog you describe sounds like what you get if you choose the "Send specific format to" option. In this case, the dialog shows all formats that are configured for the device (the list above). And it shows which formats actually exist in the books you have selected. For kepubs, you were seeing "0 of 1 kepub" which means that you had selected 1 book and it didn't have a kepub format. When you selected this and pressed OK, you were telling calibre to convert the book to kepub and then send that to the device. Calibre will prompt to tell you it is doing this, but, that can be turned off.
If you are using the KoboTouchExtended driver, my recommendation is to use the simple "Send to device" and leave the driver configuration for formats to the default. This will mean the driver will transform epubs to kepubs when sending them to the device. But, if you do have a kepub in the library, it will be sent. There is generally no reason to have kepubs in the library, but, if you are resending books frequently, or to multiple devices, is faster to convert once and then send the kepub.
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Thank you for your response.
What I have described is what is happening. I've used Calibre for many years and it's been the same for as long as I can remember. The only difference is the formats offered in the popup window between my Kobo readers and my Kindle readers.
After connecting my reader I select the book(s) I want to load by selecting the large 'Send to device' button. I don't use the associated dropdown arrow at all. (I'm unsure what that is called.) A popup 'Choose format' window opens and I am offered to 'Choose format to send to device'. If I have a Kobo connected the options are PDF and EPUB (It used to include KEPUB before I acted on jackie_w's post). If a Kindle is connected the options are AZW3 and MOBI.
Edited to add: I do not have any books in PDF or MOBI formats. I assume Calibre is offering to convert to these formats if desired.
Also to correct, I select the book(s) I want to load and then select the 'Send to device' button.