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BecDiggity · 11-05-2022, 02:48 AM

I have just under 150 books I want to send to my device but they aren't showing up on my Kobo even though I can see them in the kobo files on my PC. I'm going to give as much detail as possible in case it's something basic I'm doing wrong, sorry for the wordy post.

Kobo Libra 2, KoboTouchExtend, Calibre 6.8 (I had the same problem in the previous version).

I highlight the books and hit 'Send To Device'. The job finishes and I end up with the Green Tick indicating the books are on the device. Awesome. If I go to file explorer I can see that the books ARE on the Kobo - the author has a folder and the file is in the folder.

I Eject the ereader and wait for it to restart. I don't unplug until the last minute - I wait for it to ask me if I want to connect to the PC again and hit cancel and unplug at that point.

The problem is that the books aren't showing up on my ereader. If I'm lucky it might have added 1 book - it acts as if I haven't sent anything else. (those files ARE on the device just not showing up in the software). I sync my library and still nothing. If I then restart and do another sync it makes no difference.

When I re-connect to Calibre the Green Tick is missing as if the books aren't on the Kobo. If I go to Kobo on my PC the Author Folder and Ebook IS there. Both Calibre and Kobo can't seem to detect the books that are on the device (Other books work fine, just these 150 so the majority of my books)

I've tried:

Manually deleting the files from the Kobo directory and re-sending them
Sending them in one big batch (Takes about an hour and 45 mins)
Sending in smaller batches in the same session of Calibre
Sending 2 books (neither of them turned up)
Checking for file errors on the Kobo through Windows
Deleting the 2 .calibre files from the Kobo directory so it could do it from scratch
Disabling KoboTouchExtend - That didn't help but it DID speed the process since it doesn't need to convert to kepub. It went from nearly 2 hours to barely any time at all. I've left it turned off for now
'Send to device', closing Calibre and re-opening calibre all while the device is still connected, the books don't have the Green Tick of being on the device anymore after re-opening it. I'm guessing this is normal as I haven't restarted Kobo yet.

I'm at a loss as to what to try next, do you have any ideas? (I hope all that made sense)

11-05-2022, 02:48 AM	#1
BecDiggity Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: Sony T2, Libra 2	Books not showing up on Kobo I have just under 150 books I want to send to my device but they aren't showing up on my Kobo even though I can see them in the kobo files on my PC. I'm going to give as much detail as possible in case it's something basic I'm doing wrong, sorry for the wordy post. Kobo Libra 2, KoboTouchExtend, Calibre 6.8 (I had the same problem in the previous version). I highlight the books and hit 'Send To Device'. The job finishes and I end up with the Green Tick indicating the books are on the device. Awesome. If I go to file explorer I can see that the books ARE on the Kobo - the author has a folder and the file is in the folder. I Eject the ereader and wait for it to restart. I don't unplug until the last minute - I wait for it to ask me if I want to connect to the PC again and hit cancel and unplug at that point. The problem is that the books aren't showing up on my ereader. If I'm lucky it might have added 1 book - it acts as if I haven't sent anything else. (those files ARE on the device just not showing up in the software). I sync my library and still nothing. If I then restart and do another sync it makes no difference. When I re-connect to Calibre the Green Tick is missing as if the books aren't on the Kobo. If I go to Kobo on my PC the Author Folder and Ebook IS there. Both Calibre and Kobo can't seem to detect the books that are on the device (Other books work fine, just these 150 so the majority of my books) I've tried: Manually deleting the files from the Kobo directory and re-sending them Sending them in one big batch (Takes about an hour and 45 mins) Sending in smaller batches in the same session of Calibre Sending 2 books (neither of them turned up) Checking for file errors on the Kobo through Windows Deleting the 2 .calibre files from the Kobo directory so it could do it from scratch Disabling KoboTouchExtend - That didn't help but it DID speed the process since it doesn't need to convert to kepub. It went from nearly 2 hours to barely any time at all. I've left it turned off for now 'Send to device', closing Calibre and re-opening calibre all while the device is still connected, the books don't have the Green Tick of being on the device anymore after re-opening it. I'm guessing this is normal as I haven't restarted Kobo yet. I'm at a loss as to what to try next, do you have any ideas? (I hope all that made sense)