Moving Collections to New Kobo eReader

ppowell002 · 07-22-2022, 10:15 AM

I have an old GloHD which needs to be replaced. My needs are pretty simple and I do not use Calibre or any other software to manage my books. I buy from the kobo website, sync my reader and add the books to my TBR shelf, one of 3 shelves/collections I maintain then, once read, I remove the book from that Collection. I understand that once I sign in to my kobo account on the new ereader all my books will show up in My Books and I know I can download them to the ereader if I want.

What do I do about my Collections? I have over 100 books in my TBR Collection. Do I have to go into My Books and add them all individually to my TBR Collection? That sounds labor intensive. I don't want to get involved with Calibre so the solution, if any, has to be easy and use kobo. Any hints will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

davidfor · 07-22-2022, 10:08 PM

Kobo syncs the status of purchased books to the server. This includes reading status, collections and annotations. If you sync the old device, when you do the setup of the new device, everything should be there.

If you have any sideloaded books, you will need to do that manually. Kobo syncs nothing about the sideloaded books.

ppowell002 · 07-23-2022, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Kobo syncs the status of purchased books to the server. This includes reading status, collections and annotations. If you sync the old device, when you do the setup of the new device, everything should be there.

If you have any sideloaded books, you will need to do that manually. Kobo syncs nothing about the sideloaded books.

Thank you for the information.

07-22-2022, 10:15 AM	#1
ppowell002 Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 1422 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Toronto Device: kobo glo hd	Moving Collections to New Kobo eReader I have an old GloHD which needs to be replaced. My needs are pretty simple and I do not use Calibre or any other software to manage my books. I buy from the kobo website, sync my reader and add the books to my TBR shelf, one of 3 shelves/collections I maintain then, once read, I remove the book from that Collection. I understand that once I sign in to my kobo account on the new ereader all my books will show up in My Books and I know I can download them to the ereader if I want. What do I do about my Collections? I have over 100 books in my TBR Collection. Do I have to go into My Books and add them all individually to my TBR Collection? That sounds labor intensive. I don't want to get involved with Calibre so the solution, if any, has to be easy and use kobo. Any hints will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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07-22-2022, 10:08 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	Kobo syncs the status of purchased books to the server. This includes reading status, collections and annotations. If you sync the old device, when you do the setup of the new device, everything should be there. If you have any sideloaded books, you will need to do that manually. Kobo syncs nothing about the sideloaded books.

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