Calibre help!

Carpman · 12-01-2014, 02:06 AM

I have recently purchased two book from Kobo. They are however are in EPUB3 format so the Kobo website does not offer a download to my iMac as Adobe DRM.

Pretty much all the books from the Kobo website allow download to a computer as Adbobe DRM, I wonder if change is now afoot in digital publishing.

I manage my books with Calibre so my question is, "is there a way to get the EPUB3 books into Calibre" ?

I am using an original Kobo Arc (over a year old and still working okay!!!!)

eschwartz · 12-01-2014, 02:09 AM

http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/0...es-wont-allow/

BetterRed · 12-01-2014, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/09/25/download-kobo-ebooks-including-ones-wont-allow/

Huh -

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Irregular ISP Cache

BR

Carpman · 12-01-2014, 05:16 AM

"eschwartz", thanks for the link, however I get the immpression that the download is formulated for Windows PC's. I am as per my post an iMac user.

Anyone else got a solution for my problem......

PeterT · 12-01-2014, 05:39 AM

@Carpman: The tools from Alf (includimg Obok) are fully cross platform.

BetterRed · 12-01-2014, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carpman

"eschwartz", thanks for the link, however I get the immpression that the download is formulated for Windows PC's. I am as per my post an iMac user.

Anyone else got a solution for my problem......

Almost all calibre plug-ins are OS agnostic. If its not compatible with OS/X it should say so when you try to install it. Heres a clue

Quote:

Comment from Greg
28 September, 2014 at 6:17 pm

The plugin doesn’t work on Linux because it needs to access the Kobo Desktop app’s database on the same system and that’s not available on Linux so there’s nothing for it to work with there.

So if you have or can get the Kobo Desktop software then I suspect the PI should work if the PI can find its database.

I can see the Dig-reader site now, so maybe it really was irregular ISP caching problem :lol:

BR

Carpman · 12-01-2014, 06:13 AM

@PeterT & BetteRed, I have managed to install the plugin to Calibre I did not receive a "go away politely" message!

Please excuse my ignorance, but how do I now move the books that I cannot dowload to my Mac to Calibre, or "thinking outloud" do I need to connect my Kobo Arc to the Mac to do this?
The books are synced to the Arc hence my question.

Cheers

PeterT · 12-01-2014, 06:17 AM

Ah.... You also need Kobo Desktop on your Mac. The tools you have will read the books in Kobo Dwalktop and add to xalibre.

Carpman · 12-01-2014, 06:29 AM

@PeterT...........

Peter damn amazing bit of programming that, works a treat....THANK YOU

Luckily I had sorta pre-empted things by having installed the Kobo desktop yesterday, looking for devine intervention

A final question, does this plugin over ride the plugin that I currently use to DeDRM Adobe EPUBS for putting into Calibre?

Regards

PeterB

PeterT · 12-01-2014, 08:12 AM

Nope... they all quite happily coexist

eschwartz · 12-01-2014, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Huh - Attachment 131832

Irregular ISP Cache

BR

Within approximately 45 seconds I had fixed a typo -- "book" instead of "books".

You must've found my post fast.

BetterRed · 12-01-2014, 09:09 AM

So, I was right when I wrote https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...83&postcount=7

Hang on - why are you typing links, no coffee pasta on yon kindle methinks.

BR

eschwartz · 12-01-2014, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

So, I was right when I wrote https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...83&postcount=7

Hang on - why are you typing links, no coffee pasta on yon kindle methinks.

BR

Yep.

No copy-paste of links on a Kindle Touch. That's why I made SURE to test.

12-01-2014, 02:06 AM	#1
Carpman Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Milton Keynes , England Device: iPad Pro	Calibre help! I have recently purchased two book from Kobo. They are however are in EPUB3 format so the Kobo website does not offer a download to my iMac as Adobe DRM. Pretty much all the books from the Kobo website allow download to a computer as Adbobe DRM, I wonder if change is now afoot in digital publishing. I manage my books with Calibre so my question is, "is there a way to get the EPUB3 books into Calibre" ? I am using an original Kobo Arc (over a year old and still working okay!!!!)

12-01-2014, 06:29 AM	#9
Carpman Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Milton Keynes , England Device: iPad Pro	@PeterT........... Peter damn amazing bit of programming that, works a treat....THANK YOU Luckily I had sorta pre-empted things by having installed the Kobo desktop yesterday, looking for devine intervention A final question, does this plugin over ride the plugin that I currently use to DeDRM Adobe EPUBS for putting into Calibre? Regards PeterB Last edited by Carpman; 12-01-2014 at 10:55 AM.

12-01-2014, 09:09 AM	#12
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,717 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	So, I was right when I wrote https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...83&postcount=7 Hang on - why are you typing links, no coffee pasta on yon kindle methinks. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-01-2014 at 09:11 AM.

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12-01-2014, 02:09 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/0...es-wont-allow/

12-01-2014, 05:16 AM	#4
Carpman Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Milton Keynes , England Device: iPad Pro	"eschwartz", thanks for the link, however I get the immpression that the download is formulated for Windows PC's. I am as per my post an iMac user. Anyone else got a solution for my problem......

12-01-2014, 05:39 AM	#5
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,502 Karma: 78910112 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	@Carpman: The tools from Alf (includimg Obok) are fully cross platform.

12-01-2014, 06:13 AM	#7
Carpman Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Milton Keynes , England Device: iPad Pro	@PeterT & BetteRed, I have managed to install the plugin to Calibre I did not receive a "go away politely" message! Please excuse my ignorance, but how do I now move the books that I cannot dowload to my Mac to Calibre, or "thinking outloud" do I need to connect my Kobo Arc to the Mac to do this? The books are synced to the Arc hence my question. Cheers

12-01-2014, 06:17 AM	#8
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,502 Karma: 78910112 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Ah.... You also need Kobo Desktop on your Mac. The tools you have will read the books in Kobo Dwalktop and add to xalibre.

12-01-2014, 08:12 AM	#10
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,502 Karma: 78910112 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Nope... they all quite happily coexist

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