Libra Bookmark issue with Libra H2O

luisdent · 07-05-2020, 01:12 AM

I have a libra H2O and I'm having issues with bookmarking pages. It has been working very sporadically.

If I click the top right to bookmark the page, the ear bend graphic shows up. But when i go to view the bookmarks there is nothing there under any view or filter setting. But closing and opening the book still shows the bent ear if i manually navigate to that page.

I've reconverted the book to kobo kepub format and cleared the book from the device and reloaded it via calibre, but it simply doesn't work.

However, I find that sometimes if I navigate earlier or later into the book and bookmark something it shows up in the bookmark list, but then going back and bookmarking a previous page will show the ear bend but not the bookmark in the list.

I'm currently using the Dracula epub from Gutenberg site and all the latest updates, firmware, calibre, plugins, etc. I convert the epub to kepub and send it to the device. The statistics option also doesn't show up most of the book. and seems to be directly related. if i see the statistics icon, the bookmark will work. If i don't it will ear bend but not show in the list.

When the bookmark is not in the list and i close the book it will open to the book cover upon next launch. But if the bookmark shows and i close it it opens back to where it was.

Could this be an issue with the conversion? Plugin? I found one other instance of someone having this issue online on a similar kobo device, but not the libra h2o but there were no replies... anything i could try? it's frustrating to have to find my page everytime.

update: notes, highlights, and annotations act the same exact way and show their status in the book itself, but don't show up in the bookmark list.

luisdent · 07-05-2020, 01:29 AM

update 2: i logged out and in which reset my database, and it still doesn't work as expected.

update 3: even though the bookmarks/annotations section says there are no bookmarks, if i choose remove all and hit yes, the bent ear bookmark icon disappears from the page i bookmarked.

i also tried the repair account option in the settings. no change..

tartanpion · 07-05-2020, 10:05 AM

I have had a similar issue after many software patching. Don't know how to gently resolve your problem but in my case devmodeon, developer option and factory reset do the trick.

luisdent · 07-05-2020, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tartanpion

I have had a similar issue after many software patching. Don't know how to gently resolve your problem but in my case devmodeon, developer option and factory reset do the trick.

I can try that, but the device is brand new. I also was messing with it last night and found that I was able to fix the bookmarks by simple navigating through the book forward and backwards until i saw the stats icon start working. Oddly, it then started working for the whole book. It seems incredibly glitchy.

As I haven't put much on the device yet I will do a reset. It did apply updates when I first activated it. But otherwise, it is brand new and I only loaded a few books for testing. I have a kindle oasis as well and have been comparing them. I actually prefer the kobo assuming the glitches don't break the experience. The kindle has worked flawlessly otherwise. :-/

JSWolf · 07-05-2020, 01:05 PM

What version firmware is your Libra running?

luisdent · 07-05-2020, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

What version firmware is your Libra running?

software 4.22.15190 (efcb227b40, 6/22/20)
kernel version 4.1.15-00416-gfc725f43860b
touch firmware 0x4001/GIS

jgoguen · 07-05-2020, 01:50 PM

Are you seeing bookmark problems only in converted books, or can you also reproduce this with KePub books purchased from Kobo?

luisdent · 07-05-2020, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jgoguen

Are you seeing bookmark problems only in converted books, or can you also reproduce this with KePub books purchased from Kobo?

buy a book? what do you mean? like, give slmeone money to get it? ;-) heh

in all seriousness, i haven't bought anything yet. all of my purchases exist in the kindle universe unfortunately. but i read a lot of public domain stuff... i can see if there's any free stuff on the store... or buy something cheap maybe...

luisdent · 07-05-2020, 02:10 PM

what is frustrating is that i can't reproduce it now even in my dracula book. and it was working originally too. so i have no idea what causes it or when it will happen again...

4691mls · 07-06-2020, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luisdent

buy a book? what do you mean? like, give slmeone money to get it? ;-) heh

in all seriousness, i haven't bought anything yet. all of my purchases exist in the kindle universe unfortunately. but i read a lot of public domain stuff... i can see if there's any free stuff on the store... or buy something cheap maybe...

I don't know where you're located. If you have access to an Overdrive library that's a good source for free books. (Well, free other than any local taxes you pay to support the library

)

luisdent · 07-06-2020, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4691mls

I don't know where you're located. If you have access to an Overdrive library that's a good source for free books. (Well, free other than any local taxes you pay to support the library

)

i downloaded some free kobo edition classic books. of course I have no idea what causes it, and it isn't currently happening in my Dracula book either, so I'll have to test and see...

davidfor · 07-06-2020, 09:36 PM

For the record, the most likely reasons for something like this to happen are:

Corrupt database. This prevents the annotations from being stored and reread later. This is most likely to happen after the book has been closed and even more likely if the device is restarted.
Epub loaded as a kepub without the spans added. Without the spans, the locations in the book cannot be recorded properly. This means the annotations will be lost.
Kepub with the spans applied incorrectly. Again, this means the locations in the book cannot be recorded properly. There have been some issues with the some recent versions of the extended driver and Kepub Output plugin that might have caused problems, but, this wasn't something that I explicitly looked at. I believe all issues have been fixed. But, all of this is done by reverse engineering from purchased books, so it might be wrong.

From the original report, I don't know which of the above is the most likely to have been the cause.

luisdent · 07-06-2020, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

For the record, the most likely reasons for something like this to happen are:

Corrupt database. This prevents the annotations from being stored and reread later. This is most likely to happen after the book has been closed and even more likely if the device is restarted.
Epub loaded as a kepub without the spans added. Without the spans, the locations in the book cannot be recorded properly. This means the annotations will be lost.
Kepub with the spans applied incorrectly. Again, this means the locations in the book cannot be recorded properly. There have been some issues with the some recent versions of the extended driver and Kepub Output plugin that might have caused problems, but, this wasn't something that I explicitly looked at. I believe all issues have been fixed. But, all of this is done by reverse engineering from purchased books, so it might be wrong.

From the original report, I don't know which of the above is the most likely to have been the cause.

I've noticed some oddities in the book. for instance, each part file of the chapters contains 2 or 3 chapters each in the book container instead of 1 per file. also, navigation and chapter table of contents seem odd to me. and behave odd. if i page backwards to the previous chapter, sometimes the book jumps to a much earlier chapter. assuming that could also be the epub structure.

not sure how to apply spans? is that the plugin or something i can edit in the book? like certain css spans? the converted file seems odd to me. instead of css classes, they all appear to be .calibre classes. and I'm not sure what they should look like or how the chapter files related to the toc. i have web coding knowledge and it looks like an epub is basically a web page in a zip file. go figure... i just don't know the epub specific traits....

PeterT · 07-06-2020, 11:32 PM

Which of the versions from Gutenberg? (pg345 or pg45839). With or without images?

Have ypou seen https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=185692

luisdent · 07-07-2020, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Which of the versions from Gutenberg? (pg345 or pg45839). With or without images?

Have ypou seen https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=185692

345 with images.

07-05-2020, 01:12 AM	#1
luisdent Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: kindle oasis 2017	Bookmark issue with Libra H2O I have a libra H2O and I'm having issues with bookmarking pages. It has been working very sporadically. If I click the top right to bookmark the page, the ear bend graphic shows up. But when i go to view the bookmarks there is nothing there under any view or filter setting. But closing and opening the book still shows the bent ear if i manually navigate to that page. I've reconverted the book to kobo kepub format and cleared the book from the device and reloaded it via calibre, but it simply doesn't work. However, I find that sometimes if I navigate earlier or later into the book and bookmark something it shows up in the bookmark list, but then going back and bookmarking a previous page will show the ear bend but not the bookmark in the list. I'm currently using the Dracula epub from Gutenberg site and all the latest updates, firmware, calibre, plugins, etc. I convert the epub to kepub and send it to the device. The statistics option also doesn't show up most of the book. and seems to be directly related. if i see the statistics icon, the bookmark will work. If i don't it will ear bend but not show in the list. When the bookmark is not in the list and i close the book it will open to the book cover upon next launch. But if the bookmark shows and i close it it opens back to where it was. Could this be an issue with the conversion? Plugin? I found one other instance of someone having this issue online on a similar kobo device, but not the libra h2o but there were no replies... anything i could try? it's frustrating to have to find my page everytime. update: notes, highlights, and annotations act the same exact way and show their status in the book itself, but don't show up in the bookmark list. Last edited by luisdent; 07-05-2020 at 01:17 AM.

07-05-2020, 01:29 AM	#2
luisdent Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: kindle oasis 2017	update 2: i logged out and in which reset my database, and it still doesn't work as expected. update 3: even though the bookmarks/annotations section says there are no bookmarks, if i choose remove all and hit yes, the bent ear bookmark icon disappears from the page i bookmarked. i also tried the repair account option in the settings. no change.. Last edited by luisdent; 07-05-2020 at 02:09 AM.

07-06-2020, 09:36 PM	#12
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	For the record, the most likely reasons for something like this to happen are: Corrupt database. This prevents the annotations from being stored and reread later. This is most likely to happen after the book has been closed and even more likely if the device is restarted. Epub loaded as a kepub without the spans added. Without the spans, the locations in the book cannot be recorded properly. This means the annotations will be lost. Kepub with the spans applied incorrectly. Again, this means the locations in the book cannot be recorded properly. There have been some issues with the some recent versions of the extended driver and Kepub Output plugin that might have caused problems, but, this wasn't something that I explicitly looked at. I believe all issues have been fixed. But, all of this is done by reverse engineering from purchased books, so it might be wrong. From the original report, I don't know which of the above is the most likely to have been the cause.

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luisdent Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: kindle oasis 2017	what is frustrating is that i can't reproduce it now even in my dracula book. and it was working originally too. so i have no idea what causes it or when it will happen again...

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