Aura ONE Refresh sideloaded books?

jgoguen · 12-30-2018, 11:40 PM

I have some sideloaded books generated using FanFicFare. Some of them are updated regularly because they're still being updated on the source site. When adding these books to my Kobo, I can see the file on the device being updated (the SHA256 checksum changes and I can unpack the file from the device and see the new content) but when I open the book on the Kobo it isn't showing the updates. I have a few books I just updated, new TOC and content which isn't accessible from the Kobo device but is in the file present on the device.

How can I make the Kobo device refresh and show the new file contents when I update the file on the device?

davidfor · 12-31-2018, 12:42 AM

What you describe works for me. The book gets updated, but, the ToC isn't updated. I can then navigate through the ToC for the original chapters. I can only reach the new chapters by paging through the book.

That works for epubs downloaded with FanFicFare. It's been a while since I tried this with a kepub. I would expect them to work, but, the page counts and other things might be wonky.

The workaround I generally recommend is to delete the book and resend it. Or, you can turn off the "Do not treat replacements as new books" option in driver. Then the driver won't update the book size in the database and the device will handle the change but deleting the book from the database and importing it as new. But, you lose reading status, annotations etc. You can use my Kobo Utilities to store and restore the reading status, but that means another connection to the PC.

Of course, that's not what I do.

I have a personal calibre plugin to check and fix the ToC for these types of books, for epubs at least. I've been meaning to clean it up a bit as it was one of the first bits of code I wrote for calibre. I haven't been able to bring myself to look at it

I'll put it on my TODO list to clean it up and add it to the Kobo Utilities plugin. If/When I do, it will be something like "Fix ToC for serial book". It won't be aimed at rebuilding the ToC if a book structure is changed, only extended like FFF does.

dmapr · 12-31-2018, 12:43 AM

Removed

jgoguen · 12-31-2018, 01:45 AM

Of course driver options would be the one place I didn’t look 🙃

I can handle a second connection for reading position updates, but I’d like that ToC rebuild option too!

12-30-2018, 11:40 PM	#1
jgoguen Generally Awesome Person Posts: 1,100 Karma: 2191133 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: /dev/kmem Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Oasis	Refresh sideloaded books? I have some sideloaded books generated using FanFicFare. Some of them are updated regularly because they're still being updated on the source site. When adding these books to my Kobo, I can see the file on the device being updated (the SHA256 checksum changes and I can unpack the file from the device and see the new content) but when I open the book on the Kobo it isn't showing the updates. I have a few books I just updated, new TOC and content which isn't accessible from the Kobo device but is in the file present on the device. How can I make the Kobo device refresh and show the new file contents when I update the file on the device?

12-31-2018, 12:43 AM	#3
dmapr Evangelist Posts: 469 Karma: 600816 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura One	Removed Last edited by dmapr; 12-31-2018 at 12:44 AM. Reason: davidfor posted a more detailed answer just before I did :)

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12-31-2018, 12:42 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	What you describe works for me. The book gets updated, but, the ToC isn't updated. I can then navigate through the ToC for the original chapters. I can only reach the new chapters by paging through the book. That works for epubs downloaded with FanFicFare. It's been a while since I tried this with a kepub. I would expect them to work, but, the page counts and other things might be wonky. The workaround I generally recommend is to delete the book and resend it. Or, you can turn off the "Do not treat replacements as new books" option in driver. Then the driver won't update the book size in the database and the device will handle the change but deleting the book from the database and importing it as new. But, you lose reading status, annotations etc. You can use my Kobo Utilities to store and restore the reading status, but that means another connection to the PC. Of course, that's not what I do. I have a personal calibre plugin to check and fix the ToC for these types of books, for epubs at least. I've been meaning to clean it up a bit as it was one of the first bits of code I wrote for calibre. I haven't been able to bring myself to look at it I'll put it on my TODO list to clean it up and add it to the Kobo Utilities plugin. If/When I do, it will be something like "Fix ToC for serial book". It won't be aimed at rebuilding the ToC if a book structure is changed, only extended like FFF does.

12-31-2018, 01:45 AM	#4
jgoguen Generally Awesome Person Posts: 1,100 Karma: 2191133 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: /dev/kmem Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Oasis	Of course driver options would be the one place I didn’t look 🙃 I can handle a second connection for reading position updates, but I’d like that ToC rebuild option too!

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