Where does Kobo store the free books?

kucera · 08-15-2010, 10:57 PM

Two problems:
1. I don't seem to be able to find the 100 books in the Kobo folders, when it is plugged in and I look at the contents of the folders. No problem in the Calibre, but

2. even the Kobo desktop application only shows 5 books, no matter how many times I click 'Update Library' to sync with the reader.

Can someone edify me, please?

sabredog · 08-15-2010, 11:34 PM

The free books are contained within the Koboreader.sqlite which resides on the Kobo.

Calibre will allow you to remove the 100 free books individually or en mass if you wish to remove them.

Calibre would be a better bet to use than the Kobo software, which from a lot of reports seems a bit buggy.

moffattm · 08-15-2010, 11:38 PM

The free books are actually stored within a SQLite database, not as individual files. As such they are treated slightly differently to normal ebooks. Under normal circumstances you can't delete the 100 free books (although if you are running version 1.4 software then you can tell your Kobo to hide them). If you don't mind doing a bit of hacking around then there are ways to completely remove the books.

kucera · 08-16-2010, 12:06 AM

Thanks, that makes it clear enough. And yes, I do use Calibre, to wipe out some of the freebies - though there are several of the classics that I am happy to keep and hoping to read (one of these days).
Regards Emil Kucera

08-15-2010, 10:57 PM	#1
kucera Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Canada Device: BeBook One, Kobo, Nextbook(7"color)	Where does Kobo store the free books? Two problems: 1. I don't seem to be able to find the 100 books in the Kobo folders, when it is plugged in and I look at the contents of the folders. No problem in the Calibre, but 2. even the Kobo desktop application only shows 5 books, no matter how many times I click 'Update Library' to sync with the reader. Can someone edify me, please?

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08-15-2010, 11:34 PM	#2
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,630 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	The free books are contained within the Koboreader.sqlite which resides on the Kobo. Calibre will allow you to remove the 100 free books individually or en mass if you wish to remove them. Calibre would be a better bet to use than the Kobo software, which from a lot of reports seems a bit buggy.

08-15-2010, 11:38 PM	#3
moffattm Addict Posts: 333 Karma: 1440670 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: Kobo Original, Kobo Glo	The free books are actually stored within a SQLite database, not as individual files. As such they are treated slightly differently to normal ebooks. Under normal circumstances you can't delete the 100 free books (although if you are running version 1.4 software then you can tell your Kobo to hide them). If you don't mind doing a bit of hacking around then there are ways to completely remove the books.

08-16-2010, 12:06 AM	#4
kucera Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Canada Device: BeBook One, Kobo, Nextbook(7"color)	Thanks, that makes it clear enough. And yes, I do use Calibre, to wipe out some of the freebies - though there are several of the classics that I am happy to keep and hoping to read (one of these days). Regards Emil Kucera