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Originally Posted by davidfor
As I stated, this question belongs elsewhere. Because the is no "Calibre app". Any app running on iOS or Android is not a "calibre app". It is an app created that works with calibre, or the calibre library. Or is just using the name. But, is not part of the calibre product. Calibre Companion was the closest to being a "calibre app". It was developed by someone who is involved in calibre development but has since been passed to other developers. Opening a book in the way you are means that Calibre Companion has downloaded the book from calibre. At that point, calibre stops being involved. Calibre companion is (probably) using iOS functions to open the file, iOS then presents the apps the file can be opened in and then passes the file to that app. One of those steps is failing. But, unless the file has been damaged downloading it from calibre, it is not calibre that has the issues. Which is why I suggested asking in the question in one of the other locations.
But, as an experiment, I tried opening a book from the calibre server on my iPad and sending it to the Kobo app. That opened the app but the book didn't appear. When I tried again, with the app open, the book did appear in the "Recently Added" section of the home page. I tried this a couple of times with the same result. This is an old iPad Air with iOS version 12.5.5 on it. And the Kobo app is at whatever version is available for that iOS version. Maybe it has changed on the newer devices and iOS versions. Or there is a later app version. But, I would probably start in the Apple or Calibre Companion forums. You can ask in the Kobo forum, but, the Kobo apps are rarely discussed and I don't know if anyone will know more than the above.
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Hmm, then I think the bigger issue here is the Calibre Companion app claiming to be Calibre itself and charging a subscription.
I usually got the result you got with the book appearing in the Kobo app.
I will take a look at the Calibre Companion forum, although I'm now uneasy about the fact it's nothing to do with Calibre.
I'm looking to get a Kobo reader to save all these problems so need to investigate the direct link between Calibre on the PC and a Kobo reader. I like Kobo, I used to collect their points and often bought books from them, which is why I use the app. I liked the fact I could add books from elsewhere to it.