B&N removed download option on all books in "My Nook" library

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by oj829

Which version? I'm at 3.8.0 on WinXP which does not have the \AppData\ tree structure of your OS (I presume Win7). But I see a bunch of entries in

\Local Settings\Application Data\Kobo\Kobo Desktop Edition\kepub

not updated since June. It seems familiar to what you have found. But [deleted] works with this reality, IIRC. It trawls the SQLlite db and displays (and numbers) found titles.

I only ask because Kobo is kind of diligent with forced desktop upgrades but I have a firewall which informs me of potentially unwanted activity from the Kobo app. Today I denied an https connection, and the desktop would not display one of the few true kepubs I bought there (and which I apparently left open in a tab).

(Edit: actually, forbidding the https request from akamaitechnologies has locked all my titles...)

I installed 3.10 on Win7. I tried [deleted] but the window closed immediately.

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Actually, 3 of them say Adobe DRM

That's wierd.
Too bad, I can't really go somewhere else that kobo (unless you count the darknet).
At least, i own a kobo, i'll be able to read the book, if not on my reader of choice .

Kind of a sad reminder that the fist thing you need to do is put your book somewhere safe, and un-drm them

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Fbone

I just downloaded Kobo Desktop to see if I could get my kepub book and convert to epub. Syncing showed 147 titles. Good except they aren't in the Kobo folder. A search party was sent out and activity was discovered in the AppData folder (never a good sign) and there were my books wrapped up in 147 SQlite databases. Essentially useless.

When Kobo/Rakuten said my book was only available on a Kobo device or Android/iOS app, they meant it.

[Deleted] unlocks its into a kepub again which then can be cleaned up in Calibre using merge epub plugin. I've only purchase two kepubs but I was able to get them into epub format using this method.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Blossom

[Deleted] unlocks its into a kepub again which then can be cleaned up in Calibre using merge epub plugin. I've only purchase two kepubs but I was able to get them into epub format using this method.

Thanks. I got it working somehow. Perhaps, my python files were outdated or mismatched but after reinstalling the latest versions (no longer easy to find) I got [deleted] to work. It still didn't find my book until I used a VPN even though the book was already downloaded. Very messy process. Not sure I'd go through that again.

It makes me appreciate how simple things were using B&N's direct download link.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Thanks. I got it working somehow. Perhaps, my python files were outdated or mismatched but after reinstalling the latest versions (no longer easy to find) I got [deleted] to work. It still didn't find my book until I used a VPN even though the book was already downloaded. Very messy process. Not sure I'd go through that again.

It makes me appreciate how simple things were using B&N's direct download link.

It is an involve process so it's a good thing Kobo has download options on most books still.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Blossom

It is an involve process so it's a good thing Kobo has download options on most books still.

Yes, and one final thing. Kobo deletes all your books when you close Kobo for PC.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Yes, and one final thing. Kobo deletes all your books when you close Kobo for PC.

That certainly doesn't happen to me.

[SteveK]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Let's not point the finger at publishers without knowing all the facts. It's wrong to let B&N off the hook and try to justify why they did it. If I had a finger to point at someone other than them it would be Microsoft not the publishers but I truly believe this is a in house decision to try and stop sharing which is just silly and move to a cloud only system. I bet soon you will have to be online to read books through their apps.

Blossom - Unfortunately, they already do (or did) require you to be online to read books through their apps. It has been quite some time since I used Nook for Android, but I remember at one point you had to be online at least when you opened the book That's one of the reasons I stopped using them. Another reason is being unable to avoid hyphenated words, sometimes even at the end of a page.

I don't know if they still require online access to open a book, but they did for a while. I'm sure they received complaints from people unable to access their books, and perhaps they've removed this requirement by now. But it certainly wouldn't surprise me if they reactivate this "feature".

SteveK

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

That certainly doesn't happen to me.

Yep, all gone. Perhaps, it's their latest version from August 24, 2014. Kobo downloaded all 147 books plus dictionaries. I closed the program and every one disappeared. Thinking I did something wrong, I started it up and it proceeded to download all 147 books plus dictionaries again. And now they are gone. It may explain why [deleted] wasn't working for me.

For me, it's basically a cloud reader.

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Yep, all gone. Perhaps, it's their latest version from August 24, 2014. Kobo downloaded all 147 books plus dictionaries. I closed the program and every one disappeared. Thinking I did something wrong, I started it up and it proceeded to download all 147 books plus dictionaries again. And now they are gone. It may explain why [deleted] wasn't working for me.

For me, it's basically a cloud reader.

I'm pretty sure that isn't intended behavior. I just opened mine to check and all of my books are still there. I have Windows 7 and I'm running the latest update. It's currently syncing the eight books that I bought since the last time I ran the desktop app, but everything else is still there.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

I'm pretty sure that isn't intended behavior. I just opened mine to check and all of my books are still there. I have Windows 7 and I'm running the latest update. It's currently syncing the eight books that I bought since the last time I ran the desktop app, but everything else is still there.

On the confirmation screen Kobo warns me that the books will be deleted. I didn't believe them. Now I do.

Whatever you do, don't sign out from your Kobo account.

[DiapDealer]

I just downloaded the latest version of the Desktop Kobo app this morning. It syncronizes every time I launch Kobo (and that can take a while), but my previous books are still there. They're kept in the Appdata\Local\Kobo\Kobo Desktop Edition\kepub folder on Windows (and they have no file extension). The Kobo Desktop program simply doesn't deal with anything OTHER than the kepub format these days. The titles and other details (including encryption, filename, etc...) are kept in the sqlite db, but the encrypted epubs should be fully intact in that folder I mentioned. Rename one with a .zip or .epub extension and have a look. The text will be gobledygook, but the structure's all there... plus some extra crap.

[markom]

Originally Posted by rkomar

The whole point is to keep customers from downloading and stripping the DRM. It would defeat the purpose if they gave everyone advanced notice and a chance to download and strip first.

Maybe there is copyright issue ?

B&N was not international but US company and you couldn't buy books when abroad outside US (or UK recently) but somebody inside US should've done that using your account so that you could download book when abroad.

Now maybe it's possible, but not as downloaded but to be read through cloud only?

3:10 min. at 3:40 they say that you only can't rent and view videos outside US.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur..._141hJmQ#t=189

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I just downloaded the latest version of the Desktop Kobo app this morning. It syncronizes every time I launch Kobo (and that can take a while), but my previous books are still there. They're kept in the Appdata\Local\Kobo\Kobo Desktop Edition\kepub folder on Windows (and they have no file extension). The Kobo Desktop program simply doesn't deal with anything OTHER than the kepub format these days. The titles and other details (including encryption, filename, etc...) are kept in the sqlite db, but the encrypted epubs should be fully intact in that folder I mentioned. Rename one with a .zip or .epub extension and have a look. The text will be gobledygook, but the structure's all there... plus some extra crap.

Yes, now sign out from Kobo Desktop using the drop down menu in the right corner.

[Xanthe]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

Userscripts moved to http://userscripts-mirror.org/ because of a lot of malicious scripts being uploaded. Not sure this site will fare much better, but it could take awhile to reach the point where userscripts.org gave up. A lot of the older scripts were moved over to the new site as well...

Thanks for the spoiler with the script.

I installed Greasemonkey on Pale Moon, copied the script, clicked "New User Script" from the dropdown menu, clicked "Use Script from clipboard" and saved it. Went to the B&N site and "Alternative Download" is now showing by each of my books.

I had already downloaded all of my B&N books, but I do still have some B&N gift cards to use up, so this will make sure that I still have full use of my future purchases.