MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Kobo Reader
Reload this Page Did you buy one of the new Kobos (or do you plan to)?

Notices

View Poll Results: Did you buy one of the new Kobos?
I bought one of the new Kobos 92 43.40%
I bought both of the new Kobos 10 4.72%
I haven't bought yet, but I'm planning to 16 7.55%
I might buy, but I'm not sure yet 21 9.91%
I'm waiting for the price to drop 8 3.77%
There's something I don't like about them, so probably no 13 6.13%
I'm not interested in them 7 3.30%
My current readers are fine, so no 51 24.06%
I bought one, but returned it, because it was defective 1 0.47%
I bought one, but returned it, because I didn't like it 3 1.42%
I prefer another brand of ereaders 4 1.89%
I don't use eink 0 0%
The blue one next to the fish 6 2.83%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 212. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
Page 10 of 17 « First 6789 10 11121314 Last »
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 11-19-2021, 10:12 PM   #136
hobnail
Running with scissors
hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,589
Karma: 14328510
Join Date: Nov 2019
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Robin View Post
Which is not permitted. They are omniscient and infallible and challenging them or asking for proof is an unforgivable lack of faith in the wisdom they so altruistically share.

My experience is that they're quite adept at making up baloney nonsense answers that fit their agenda and that, sometimes at least, sound plausible.
hobnail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2021, 08:23 AM   #137
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,905
Karma: 47303824
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pajamaman View Post
I agree that kindle collections for sideloaded nbooks at least is below abysmal. I also find organizing books on a kobo via calibre less than intuitive. It was a lot easier on a sony.
Huh? How is organising collections on a Sony using calibre easier than for a Kobo? Is it that there are some other options related to removing collections? Because, I mean, both drivers have a field to enter the names of the columns to create collections from. Or is it that for Kobo, you aren't restricted in which columns you can use?
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 11-20-2021, 08:29 AM   #138
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,905
Karma: 47303824
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by John F View Post
Can't?, or doesn't because that is the way it is implemented? In theory, couldn't Calibre (or the plugin), insert/update everything in the DB when a new book is added. May be a lot more work (a possible understatement), but since the database is public, the epub and kepub formats are understood, ... it should be possible?

And I do realize it is easy for me to say as I am not doing it, and have no detailed knowledge of the code.
It isn't about the book formats. And it isn't just epub and kepub. It is about what is on the database. Sure, I have a very good idea of what is in the database right now. But, there have been far to many changes. I have no real interest in playing catchup with the rest of the data for each book. Overall, the benefit is just not there. Unplugging the device and plugging doesn't actually take much time. And works.
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2021, 08:39 AM   #139
John F
Grand Sorcerer
John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,951
Karma: 70880793
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
It isn't about the book formats. And it isn't just epub and kepub. It is about what is on the database. Sure, I have a very good idea of what is in the database right now. But, there have been far to many changes. I have no real interest in playing catchup with the rest of the data for each book. Overall, the benefit is just not there. Unplugging the device and plugging doesn't actually take much time. And works.
Thanks for the clarification, which makes sense.

And you are doing an excellent job, please don't think that I think otherwise.

FWIW, I'm back on calibre version 3.x, have a mixture of Kobos (most recent being the Forma) with various firmware versions, and calibre/the plugins work well. Very impressive!
John F is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2021, 02:14 PM   #140
Pajamaman
Wizard
Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Pajamaman's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,861
Karma: 10700629
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Canada
Device: Onyx Nova
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
Huh? How is organising collections on a Sony using calibre easier than for a Kobo? Is it that there are some other options related to removing collections? Because, I mean, both drivers have a field to enter the names of the columns to create collections from. Or is it that for Kobo, you aren't restricted in which columns you can use?
One worked straightaway, the other didnt even after much fiddling. Doubtless i was doing something wrong as i know it can be done.
Pajamaman is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 11-20-2021, 10:06 PM   #141
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,905
Karma: 47303824
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pajamaman View Post
One worked straightaway, the other didnt even after much fiddling. Doubtless i was doing something wrong as i know it can be done.
Honestly, most people who mess this up are overthinking it. All you need to do is set the column name. And remember for custom columns that you need the "#" at the start of the name.
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2021, 10:35 PM   #142
hobnail
Running with scissors
hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,589
Karma: 14328510
Join Date: Nov 2019
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
Honestly, most people who mess this up are overthinking it. All you need to do is set the column name. And remember for custom columns that you need the "#" at the start of the name.
The hardest part is figuring out how to create a new column if you haven't ever done that before.
hobnail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 01:21 AM   #143
Sirtel
Grand Sorcerer
Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Sirtel's Avatar
 
Posts: 13,553
Karma: 240526511
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Estonia
Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
The hardest part is figuring out how to create a new column if you haven't ever done that before.
Um... there's this thing called the user manual...
Sirtel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 03:12 PM   #144
Pajamaman
Wizard
Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pajamaman ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Pajamaman's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,861
Karma: 10700629
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Canada
Device: Onyx Nova
Thanks for your comments (except for Sirtel's, obviously). I don't have a Kobo atm, but if I do get one I'm sure I will work it out.
Pajamaman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 05:05 PM   #145
hobnail
Running with scissors
hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.hobnail ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,589
Karma: 14328510
Join Date: Nov 2019
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
Um... there's this thing called the user manual...
Yeah, I also didn't read the manual for how to put on my socks; see the attachment for how that went.
Attached Files
File Type: avi redditsave.com_maybe_maybe_maybe-5b42o9ly6by71.avi (922.9 KB, 86 views)
hobnail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 05:23 PM   #146
Sirtel
Grand Sorcerer
Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Sirtel's Avatar
 
Posts: 13,553
Karma: 240526511
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Estonia
Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
Yeah, I also didn't read the manual for how to put on my socks; see the attachment for how that went.
Dunno about you, but I've looked things up in the calibre user manual many times. Basically every time I didn't know how to do something.

But yeah, I know many people wouldn't touch user manuals with a barge pole. I've never understood this attitude. Granted, there certainly are people who can barely read, but calibre users are probably not among those.
Sirtel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 05:51 PM   #147
Karellen
Wizard
Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Karellen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Karellen's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,615
Karma: 9500498
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo Libra 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
But yeah, I know many people wouldn't touch user manuals with a barge pole. I've never understood this attitude. Granted, there certainly are people who can barely read, but calibre users are probably not among those.
The other issue to consider is that possibly many users have English as a second language, and reading great swathes of dry text may be too difficult.
Karellen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 06:17 PM   #148
Sirtel
Grand Sorcerer
Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Sirtel's Avatar
 
Posts: 13,553
Karma: 240526511
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Estonia
Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by Karellen View Post
The other issue to consider is that possibly many users have English as a second language, and reading great swathes of dry text may be too difficult.
Calibre user manual is available in several languages. I don't know how good the translations are (heck, I didn't even know until now it's available in my own native language - I've always used the English original ), but at least they exist.
Sirtel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-21-2021, 07:03 PM   #149
martinot
Swedish Kobo User
martinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and gracemartinot herds cats with both ease and grace
 
martinot's Avatar
 
Posts: 144
Karma: 43316
Join Date: Jul 2021
Device: Kobo Forma, Kindle Paperwhite 11, iPad mini 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pajamaman View Post
Thanks for your comments (except for Sirtel's, obviously). I don't have a Kobo atm, but if I do get one I'm sure I will work it out.
You must get one. They are top notch e-readers!
martinot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-22-2021, 05:04 AM   #150
theducks
Well trained by Cats
theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
theducks's Avatar
 
Posts: 31,094
Karma: 60358908
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Central Coast of California
Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A
Quote:
Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
The hardest part is figuring out how to create a new column if you haven't ever done that before.
Uh! There is a menu icon that says Add Your own Columns
True, you do need to understand a tiny bit about Data Types if you just wing it. But most PI have instructional material on how to install here at MR. Those include the column (data) Type
theducks is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 10 of 17 « First 6789 10 11121314 Last »

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
New Kobos - no micro SD ahhh! no buy christopher22 Kobo Reader 56 11-02-2019 09:18 PM
where do you buy your Kobos? phunnylinguist Kobo Reader 11 10-12-2014 05:25 PM
Should I buy the Nook Protection plan? Krakyn Nook Color & Nook Tablet 18 01-22-2011 12:33 PM
Half of people surveyed plan to buy e-readers L.J. Sellers News 12 06-07-2010 01:33 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:24 AM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.