ebooks on micro sd card

[salinda]

hi, i want to buy the kobo glo, and i have my ebooks sorted in calibre on my laptop. now i want to know if i can store them on my micro sd card without connecting a ereader to my laptop, and then later put it in my kobo glo.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by salinda

hi, i want to buy the kobo glo, and i have my ebooks sorted in calibre on my laptop. now i want to know if i can store them on my micro sd card without connecting a ereader to my laptop, and then later put it in my kobo glo.

Good question. You can copy it no problem that way. Make sure the Kobo Glo is off when you remove the sd card. Then copy the books to the card with whatever device you use to read the Memory cards. I use a USB Memory stick adapter. Insert card to the Glo and turn it on.

I save all my books to a directory on my computer called ebooks here. This is over and above where Calibre stores its library. using Calibre I select save to disk option. IT saves the books via author and book title directory makes it easy for me to manage my books this way. I use the computer to sort the most recent items first so My newest books are always on top. Then I just cut and paste to my Memory card the directory that is needed and store it in the author directory if its already there otherwise if its a new author I copy the entire directory over. So on my memory card I have Ebooks here directory. An exact copy of what I saved on the computer. The other option is to connect your Glo after closing calibre and just doing the same thing by copy and pasting directly to the memory card via the glo's on interface. Either way works its what ever floats your boat on how you do it ultimately.

Good luck

Jack

[BookBunny]

You can, but the device won't let you browse your folder structure (if you have one) - it'll lump all books together, and you'll have to sort them manually into shelves, which is just another word for playlist. You can create shelves in Calibre too, but I never bothered with that so IDK if you can do it and just copy files afterwards to a card without involving the device.

I wish they'd add a damn file browser to the OS instead of breaking it more and more with every update.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by jackastor

I save all my books to a directory on my computer called ebooks here. This is over and above where Calibre stores its library. using Calibre I select save to disk option. IT saves the books via author and book title directory makes it easy for me to manage my books this way. I use the computer to sort the most recent items first so My newest books are always on top. Then I just cut and paste to my Memory card the directory that is needed and store it in the author directory if its already there otherwise if its a new author I copy the entire directory over. So on my memory card I have Ebooks here directory. An exact copy of what I saved on the computer. The other option is to connect your Glo after closing calibre and just doing the same thing by copy and pasting directly to the memory card via the glo's on interface. Either way works its what ever floats your boat on how you do it ultimately.

Good luck

Jack

I have been doing much the same with my folder structure supporting Ectaco
jetBook Lite. I have a folder/directory on a hard drive of my PC that has
folders by type then files sorted by author and title.

I use the free Microsoft SyncToy program to have my SD cards match that
folder/directory structure and content. It can quickly make just the changes
needed whenever I connect the SD card to my PC and run the program.
It sounds like SyncToy might be useful for what you are doing.

One thing I wondered about was if your process can take advantage of the
calibre kepub plugin? I would like to create a new PC folder for my AuraHD
MicroSD cards but I would like it to contain the folders that calibre makes
when it sends to the device, using the plugin.

Luck;
Ken

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by jackastor

Good question. You can copy it no problem that way. Make sure the Kobo Glo is off when you remove the sd card. Then copy the books to the card with whatever device you use to read the Memory cards. I use a USB Memory stick adapter. Insert card to the Glo and turn it on.

I have never turned off either my Glo or my Touch to remove or insert the SD card. The device is designed to hot swap them.

[93terp]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I have never turned off either my Glo or my Touch to remove or insert the SD card. The device is designed to hot swap them.

I've had my Aura freeze up when I inserted the microSD card while the Aura was powered on....

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I have never turned off either my Glo or my Touch to remove or insert the SD card. The device is designed to hot swap them.

Be that as it may. There is a chance for corruption if you remove the sd card while the device is on. There fore its best to switch it off and your less likely to have the numerous problems that many experience.

Regards

Jack

[salinda]

has anyone experience with dropbox and kobo glo? how does it work?
if this is better then i won' t use the sd card

[filmo]

Originally Posted by jackastor

Be that as it may. There is a chance for corruption if you remove the sd card while the device is on. There fore its best to switch it off and your less likely to have the numerous problems that many experience.

Regards

Jack

Maybe if reader is processing new content on SD card and you remove the SD card it will corrupt data base. I have done this many times when reader is stuck trying process new book it can't handle. Doesn't damage reader or SD card yet. This is better than letting it continue until battery is drained.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by filmo

Maybe if reader is processing new content on SD card and you remove the SD card it will corrupt data base. I have done this many times when reader is stuck trying process new book it can't handle. Doesn't damage reader or SD card yet. This is better than letting it continue until battery is drained.

I usually just turn it off. eject the card. turn it back on.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by salinda

has anyone experience with dropbox and kobo glo? how does it work?
if this is better then i won' t use the sd card

I have installed drop box on my computer but it just makes better sense to drag and drop the books faster less time consuming and simpler.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I have been doing much the same with my folder structure supporting Ectaco
jetBook Lite. I have a folder/directory on a hard drive of my PC that has
folders by type then files sorted by author and title.

I use the free Microsoft SyncToy program to have my SD cards match that
folder/directory structure and content. It can quickly make just the changes
needed whenever I connect the SD card to my PC and run the program.
It sounds like SyncToy might be useful for what you are doing.

One thing I wondered about was if your process can take advantage of the
calibre kepub plugin? I would like to create a new PC folder for my AuraHD
MicroSD cards but I would like it to contain the folders that calibre makes
when it sends to the device, using the plugin.

Luck;
Ken

that sounds like an awesome program. where does one download it from?

found the link...

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=15155

I see that its available in 32/64bit versions...

thanks Ken for mentioning it.

regards

JAck


Jack

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by jackastor

that sounds like an awesome program. where does one download it from?

found the link...

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=15155

I see that its available in 32/64bit versions...

thanks Ken for mentioning it.

regards

JAck


Jack

What would make it even more convenient would be if someone could add
the ability to automatically create "Shelves" based on the folders/directories
of your choice.

Luck;
Ken

[salinda]

on this forum there is a subject that tells you everything you want to know to make shelves with calibre.