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S3ZAi · 05-11-2023, 12:22 AM

Hello,

so, I am writing a text of my own, it's supposed to become a book at some point in the future. Anyway, I wanted to just read it, you know, without making any changes, just read it from begin to end.

The text is one docx file on my google drive. So I downloaded it as an epub file from google docs. The plan was to put it on my kobo reader and go for a walk in nature and sit and read it somewhere as if I'm reading someone else's work. It's just something I need to do right now, because I can't oversee my text anymore (it's philosophical).

This epub file did not make reading it very easy, as the chapters didn't work for on my kobo reader for some reason. Google docs did create chapters, but when I did click on any chapter further in the text, it always opened at the start.

So I went to editing the book option in calibre, which I have used many times in the past, so I knew what I wanted and what I was doing. I chopped the 1 file into pieces and made every chapter and sub-section a single file. So in the end when I created a toc according to files, it was perfect.

So, next thing I did was create a new cover for this niew version. But then I thought, perhaps I need to polish the book to integrate this new cover and distinguish it easier from the previous version.

Then I got a warning, something along the lines of: there is an original.epub version, are you sure you want to do this?

Well, it was of course all my fault, after almost 6 hours of editing, I was too tired to understand what this message was asking. I thought, yes I want a new version, so I clicked yes. And now all my work has disappeared

It doesn't matter wheather I click on the epub or original-epub, I get the unedited file.

So, long story short, my question is: is there any way to find an older version in the history of my edits, or do I have to accept that all was for nothing.

I hope I was clear enough, I tried to describe everything as precisely as possible. It's not a real disaster, I still have the original docx file, but I was looking so much forward to go for a walk today and read my book somewhere under a tree. Please help if you have any idea what I'm talking about!

05-11-2023, 12:22 AM	#1
S3ZAi Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: sony pocket	lost all my edits... Hello, so, I am writing a text of my own, it's supposed to become a book at some point in the future. Anyway, I wanted to just read it, you know, without making any changes, just read it from begin to end. The text is one docx file on my google drive. So I downloaded it as an epub file from google docs. The plan was to put it on my kobo reader and go for a walk in nature and sit and read it somewhere as if I'm reading someone else's work. It's just something I need to do right now, because I can't oversee my text anymore (it's philosophical). This epub file did not make reading it very easy, as the chapters didn't work for on my kobo reader for some reason. Google docs did create chapters, but when I did click on any chapter further in the text, it always opened at the start. So I went to editing the book option in calibre, which I have used many times in the past, so I knew what I wanted and what I was doing. I chopped the 1 file into pieces and made every chapter and sub-section a single file. So in the end when I created a toc according to files, it was perfect. So, next thing I did was create a new cover for this niew version. But then I thought, perhaps I need to polish the book to integrate this new cover and distinguish it easier from the previous version. Then I got a warning, something along the lines of: there is an original.epub version, are you sure you want to do this? Well, it was of course all my fault, after almost 6 hours of editing, I was too tired to understand what this message was asking. I thought, yes I want a new version, so I clicked yes. And now all my work has disappeared It doesn't matter wheather I click on the epub or original-epub, I get the unedited file. So, long story short, my question is: is there any way to find an older version in the history of my edits, or do I have to accept that all was for nothing. I hope I was clear enough, I tried to describe everything as precisely as possible. It's not a real disaster, I still have the original docx file, but I was looking so much forward to go for a walk today and read my book somewhere under a tree. Please help if you have any idea what I'm talking about!