Kobo Site Account Archives: Confused

enuddleyarbl · 11-09-2023, 07:12 PM

I just took a look at my Kobo account's Archives and I'm a bit confused:

There are books in there which I've bought. I'm assuming those are the ones labeled "FINISHED." But, often, there's another copy labeled "PREVIEW." If I delete the Preview, does that affect the bought, Finished copy?
There are other books in there which I haven't bought from the Kobo Store (I bought them elsewhere and sideloaded them via Calibre). It's possible I read them first from the library and decided to buy them afterward. But, they're not even labeled "PREVIEW." They just say "Buy Now $x.xx" I assume I can safely delete those?
And, there are even a couple of books with the "Buy Now" prompt that I don't remember reading at all. But, that could just be my memory. But, I'll ask just in case: does Kobo stick books in our Archives on its own as a sales technique? I really doubt it. But, again, I assume I can just delete those.

Sirtel · 11-09-2023, 08:11 PM

I only have my Kobo purchases in there (all of those, as I sideload everything and archive my purchases to keep them from cluttering up my devices). No previews or buy-nows. I don't read library books.

DNSB · 11-10-2023, 01:20 AM

If you have borrowed a library book, when it is returned, you will get a preview of the book which allows you to keep your annotations and/or book marks.

enuddleyarbl · 11-10-2023, 07:45 AM

When I return library books, the Kobo replaces it with those Preview versions, but I immediately delete them (no annotations or anything in them). I'm just surprised it keeps a copy in the Archives. I guess I'll assume I can delete the Previews from the Archives without issue. If something bad happens, I'll report back.

ownedbycats · 11-10-2023, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enuddleyarbl

I just took a look at my Kobo account's Archives and I'm a bit confused:

There are books in there which I've bought. I'm assuming those are the ones labeled "FINISHED." But, often, there's another copy labeled "PREVIEW." If I delete the Preview, does that affect the bought, Finished copy?

I can't be certain of this as I've not seen it myself, but I suspect deleting the previews wouldn't affect the other copy.

If it does, you should be able to go back to the book's store page to re-add it to your account. (If the book page no longer exists, might need to go through Kobo support to get it back.)

enuddleyarbl · 11-10-2023, 02:07 PM

I filtered the Archives to just show Previews and manually deleted each one. It didn't seem to do anything bad anywhere else. So, it looks like I'm good.

Cootey · 11-14-2023, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enuddleyarbl

I filtered the Archives to just show Previews and manually deleted each one. It didn't seem to do anything bad anywhere else. So, it looks like I'm good.

Because I do make annotations, I am grateful for these placeholders that keep my annotations archived on Kobo servers, but they are a pain to deal with because of the clutter. I do all my management on the website. It’s simply faster in the browser than the Kobo ereader.

11-09-2023, 07:12 PM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	Kobo Site Account Archives: Confused I just took a look at my Kobo account's Archives and I'm a bit confused: There are books in there which I've bought. I'm assuming those are the ones labeled "FINISHED." But, often, there's another copy labeled "PREVIEW." If I delete the Preview, does that affect the bought, Finished copy? There are other books in there which I haven't bought from the Kobo Store (I bought them elsewhere and sideloaded them via Calibre). It's possible I read them first from the library and decided to buy them afterward. But, they're not even labeled "PREVIEW." They just say "Buy Now $x.xx" I assume I can safely delete those? And, there are even a couple of books with the "Buy Now" prompt that I don't remember reading at all. But, that could just be my memory. But, I'll ask just in case: does Kobo stick books in our Archives on its own as a sales technique? I really doubt it. But, again, I assume I can just delete those.

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11-09-2023, 08:11 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,473 Karma: 239219543 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	I only have my Kobo purchases in there (all of those, as I sideload everything and archive my purchases to keep them from cluttering up my devices). No previews or buy-nows. I don't read library books.

11-10-2023, 01:20 AM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,206 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	If you have borrowed a library book, when it is returned, you will get a preview of the book which allows you to keep your annotations and/or book marks.

11-10-2023, 07:45 AM	#4
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	When I return library books, the Kobo replaces it with those Preview versions, but I immediately delete them (no annotations or anything in them). I'm just surprised it keeps a copy in the Archives. I guess I'll assume I can delete the Previews from the Archives without issue. If something bad happens, I'll report back.

11-10-2023, 02:07 PM	#6
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	I filtered the Archives to just show Previews and manually deleted each one. It didn't seem to do anything bad anywhere else. So, it looks like I'm good.

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