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reezox · 07-14-2024, 03:32 AM

Hi there! I hope I'm in the right forum

I got my first eReader 2 days ago, a Clara BW. Everything seems to work fine, except the lack of option to automatically sideload books over WiFi.

I've done some googling and been trying to find how to set everything up, but it seems like I've just gotten some puzzle pieces and not the complete picture.

So most of my stuff is in ePub, I do have some PDFs which I would love to read, but I have noticed that the stock OS/reader application wasn't really PDF friendly. I do have some books that are part of a series, which I would prefer to have a collection on, vs just having it split up (I don't know which order the titles are, would be great if that could be fixed in some manner)
I don't have a Calibre library but I am not against creating it, assuming I don't have to spend more time on organizing the library, than actually reading books.

Ideally this is somewhat the workflow I would want
1. Organization and tagging of books. (Calibre?)
2. A way to sync, or at least access sideloaded books from the Kobo (Calibre-web?)
3. Automatically convert to Kepub on transfer to Kobo (Calibre with Kepubify or similar?)
4. Decent PDF reading (Is this doable, can PDFs be converted on transfer to a different format that would improve the reading?)
5. A way to import stuff to the Kobo, (KoReader, the beta web-browser or something else?)

What in this workflow do I seem to be missing, what are some neat tricks I've missed, or good tools that I've missed that would make this all easier? What are some guides that are pinned in some obvious place, that I have missed?

Thanks for any help or suggestions that is offered!

07-14-2024, 03:32 AM	#1
reezox Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: Kobo Clara BW	Clara BW Setup Help (automated workflows) Hi there! I hope I'm in the right forum I got my first eReader 2 days ago, a Clara BW. Everything seems to work fine, except the lack of option to automatically sideload books over WiFi. I've done some googling and been trying to find how to set everything up, but it seems like I've just gotten some puzzle pieces and not the complete picture. So most of my stuff is in ePub, I do have some PDFs which I would love to read, but I have noticed that the stock OS/reader application wasn't really PDF friendly. I do have some books that are part of a series, which I would prefer to have a collection on, vs just having it split up (I don't know which order the titles are, would be great if that could be fixed in some manner) I don't have a Calibre library but I am not against creating it, assuming I don't have to spend more time on organizing the library, than actually reading books. Ideally this is somewhat the workflow I would want 1. Organization and tagging of books. (Calibre?) 2. A way to sync, or at least access sideloaded books from the Kobo (Calibre-web?) 3. Automatically convert to Kepub on transfer to Kobo (Calibre with Kepubify or similar?) 4. Decent PDF reading (Is this doable, can PDFs be converted on transfer to a different format that would improve the reading?) 5. A way to import stuff to the Kobo, (KoReader, the beta web-browser or something else?) What in this workflow do I seem to be missing, what are some neat tricks I've missed, or good tools that I've missed that would make this all easier? What are some guides that are pinned in some obvious place, that I have missed? Thanks for any help or suggestions that is offered!