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Old 05-18-2022, 04:13 AM   #1
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So I downloaded the RakutenKobo app and signed in, but it only shows 4 books that are on my reader. I used sync but nothing changed. Is it because the Touch is obsolete?
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Old 05-18-2022, 07:24 AM   #2
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Have you bought more than four books from Kobo? If not, that is correct. Only purchased books are synced to the device and apps. Sideloaded books stay on the device and nothing about them is synced to Kobo servers and hence not to the app or other readers.
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Old 05-18-2022, 11:52 AM   #3
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Have you bought more than four books from Kobo? If not, that is correct. Only purchased books are synced to the device and apps. Sideloaded books stay on the device and nothing about them is synced to Kobo servers and hence not to the app or other readers.
I haven't bought any books since I got it. They're all downloaded from Gutenberg
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I haven't bought any books since I got it. They're all downloaded from Gutenberg
Best reason to buy eink.
I and wife have maybe 300 bought ebooks, mostly 99p sale over maybe 7 years.
But I was downloading Gutenberg since 2003. Main reason I bought a PW later, but I only read on Kobo now. About 3,000 paper books in house and I ordered 11 books on paper today as they are gaps in series I have on paper. Oddly most cheaper than Kindle versions. About 2,800 PD novels for ereaders
Also I proofread & annotate since about 2014 on eInk instead of paper and saved about 7,000 pages plus ink then toner.

I can't see any reason to install the Kobo app if you have a Kobo Touch (I gave one to one of my Grandchildren) and Calibre. I use Lithium, KOReader or Aldiko basic on phones/tablets to read ebooks. Calibre viewer on laptop.

Wife also now upgraded from PW3 to Kobo Libra (original).

I do have Google PlayStore PlayBooks, Kobo and Kindle apps on Android for testing books we publish if we do some new formatting.

I do have one Android eInk for the Irish Library app Borrowbox as it saves doing mad stuff with adobe & downloads simply to borrow a book. Libraries were closed for a LONG time due to Covid. They have more content on ebooks than a particular branch and it has the only way for Audio books except some ancient stock.
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See I have Calibre, but I don't really have access to a PC at the moment, so I got the Kobo app, but its pretty useless. I've just downloaded some books to the app but there's no way to sync them to my kobo over wifi. Pretty pointless
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See I have Calibre, but I don't really have access to a PC at the moment, so I got the Kobo app, but its pretty useless. I've just downloaded some books to the app but there's no way to sync them to my kobo over wifi. Pretty pointless
Sorry, but, as I said above, it just doesn't work that way. Kobo only syncs what is in their environment. Just like Kindle, tolino and most others. Sideloading books onto the devices doesn't add the books to the environment and they don't get synced automatically. Kindle and tolino have ways to do this, but you need to do something other than just add the book to the device. And, Kobo has no support for syncing books not purchased from their shop.

And yes, if you are not purchasing books from Kobo, their app is pretty pointless. But, so are most apps tied to some sort of store. If you want to read on a phone or tablet, there are a myriad of apps out there for that. Some of them are probably good. I don't use them, so I cannot comment.
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What the heck is sideloading?
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Sideloading is when you transfer an ebook to your ereader by any process other than synchronizing it from the store your ereader is associated with. Transferring an ebook to your Kobo using a USB connection would be one method.

See: A Guide to Sideloading: How to get our files into your e-reader for a longer explanation.
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Ah so all mine are sideloaded then, as they are on a memory card. Downloaded to my phone/pc then transferred to kobo
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