Libra Transfer Annotation to different book

televisi · 12-06-2021, 04:36 PM

Hi,

I have Libra H20 and borrowed a book from a library and read it half way through the book but then the library decided to remove the book from its collections.

Due to this, I downloaded an epub book edition from the internet.

Unfortunately, the annotation did not transferred to the new book (even though it has the same title, author and publishing year).

How do I go about transferring the annotation to another book?

Thanks in advance!

davidfor · 12-06-2021, 08:32 PM

The annotations are associated with the book as it was loaded onto the device. When you remove the book, it usually removes the annotations from the device. For books from Kobo, the annotations will be stored on their server so if you borrowed the book again, or bought it from Kobo, it should have the annotations. This is what I have been told as I have not tested it.

For sideloading books, all details of the book are linked to the location of the book in the storage on the device. If this is changed, as far as the device is concerned, it is a completely different book. It should be possible to update the database to handled this, but, I have never bothered to try.

The other problem is that the annotations are tightly linked to the structure of the books. They are stored with the location in the book. If the structure of the book is changed, then the annotations will no longer map to the correct location in the book. They might show in the annotations list, but, they probably won't show the correct location when reading the book. Add to that that different formats store the location in different ways, the likelihood of this working without a lot of changes is pretty low.

pdurrant · 12-07-2021, 02:14 AM

Moderator Notice
"downloaded an epub book edition from the internet."?

It's unfortunate that you didn't finish the book before it became unavailable through your library, but MobileRead cannot condone unauthorised copying of copyright books.

Thread closed.

12-06-2021, 04:36 PM	#1
televisi Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2021 Device: kobo libra h20	Transfer Annotation to different book Hi, I have Libra H20 and borrowed a book from a library and read it half way through the book but then the library decided to remove the book from its collections. Due to this, I downloaded an epub book edition from the internet. Unfortunately, the annotation did not transferred to the new book (even though it has the same title, author and publishing year). How do I go about transferring the annotation to another book? Thanks in advance!

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12-06-2021, 08:32 PM	#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	The annotations are associated with the book as it was loaded onto the device. When you remove the book, it usually removes the annotations from the device. For books from Kobo, the annotations will be stored on their server so if you borrowed the book again, or bought it from Kobo, it should have the annotations. This is what I have been told as I have not tested it. For sideloading books, all details of the book are linked to the location of the book in the storage on the device. If this is changed, as far as the device is concerned, it is a completely different book. It should be possible to update the database to handled this, but, I have never bothered to try. The other problem is that the annotations are tightly linked to the structure of the books. They are stored with the location in the book. If the structure of the book is changed, then the annotations will no longer map to the correct location in the book. They might show in the annotations list, but, they probably won't show the correct location when reading the book. Add to that that different formats store the location in different ways, the likelihood of this working without a lot of changes is pretty low.

12-07-2021, 02:14 AM	#3
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,931 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Moderator Notice "downloaded an epub book edition from the internet."? It's unfortunate that you didn't finish the book before it became unavailable through your library, but MobileRead cannot condone unauthorised copying of copyright books. Thread closed.

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