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Old 03-03-2012, 04:49 AM   #16
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Stick with it Calamity. Have you had a look at the Calibre webiste (http://calibre-ebook.com/)?. It has a starter video tutorial.
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Old 03-04-2012, 06:35 PM   #17
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Thanks guys . I am calm now , note to self , dont take offence so easily , it had just been an all round bad day, but all is well now .
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Were you able to get the books onto your Kobo?

Calibre is great, you can even import notes for sideloaded books with it.
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Old 03-05-2012, 01:31 PM   #19
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I gave it away , the next day . whoops. But today I came home and the mate I had gifted it too had returned it , I am going to try again tomorrow . We live on a narrowboat and dont have electricity, so I cant be on all the time . Will let you know how it goes
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We live on a narrowboat
I'm jealous!

I've always wanted to be on a narrowboat. WHen I was young I used to love going to the canal in Banbury and watching the narrow boats.

For many years my parents lived in Shrewsbury and I remember going with them to the aqueduct carrying the Llangollen canal over the Dee
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Old 03-05-2012, 04:48 PM   #21
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been to those , love Llangollen especially. been about 5 times. We have been living on it 12 years now , and even though she is 70 foot long , space is always a premium , and I read at least 10 books a week , so the kobo , will be great eventually .Will keep you posted , how I get on . Tomorrow , I will try , power is going off shortly , so cant tonight .
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I gave it away , the next day . whoops. But today I came home and the mate I had gifted it too had returned it , I am going to try again tomorrow . We live on a narrowboat and dont have electricity, so I cant be on all the time . Will let you know how it goes
The disc or your Kobo?
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Old 03-06-2012, 12:51 PM   #24
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Old 03-08-2012, 04:59 PM   #25
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Well sorry guys , did all you said with calibre , plugged kobo in, very hopeful and even though I was reading a book on it last night , it appears to have gone wrong , it wont turn on , I was so excited as well , cos I had managed to convert some books , before anyone asks , no it isnt flat lol . Just cant win
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Well sorry guys , did all you said with calibre , plugged kobo in, very hopeful and even though I was reading a book on it last night , it appears to have gone wrong , it wont turn on , I was so excited as well , cos I had managed to convert some books , before anyone asks , no it isnt flat lol . Just cant win
Did you leave it charging for a couple of hours?

And if it's not the battery try sticking a paper-clip into the little whole in the back.
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Well sorry guys , did all you said with calibre , plugged kobo in, very hopeful and even though I was reading a book on it last night , it appears to have gone wrong , it wont turn on , I was so excited as well , cos I had managed to convert some books , before anyone asks , no it isnt flat lol . Just cant win
Is your name Jane, as in 'Calamity Jane' ?

Reading as many books as you do and living on a narrow boat the Kobo Touch is an ideal accessory as space on a narrow boat will always be limited

This is how I load eBooks onto my Kobo Touch eReader

I connect my Kobo Touch to the computer then open Calibre, after a minute two new icons pop up on the Calibre toolbar

One icon (Device) shows me which books I have in the eReader and I can delete books I've read, the other icon (Send to device) loads books I select onto the eReader

If the format is not suitable Calibre asks 'Auto convert the following books before uploading to the device ?' then does it all for you in one step !

I have a couple of thousand eBooks in a file on my computer and 'Add Books' to Calibre when I want to put one or two onto the Kobo

Hope this is of some help and encouragement

There is a learning curve with eReaders as with anything else new, you'll get the hang of it

Don't give up, we'd all be disappointed

Lots of help here
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Old 03-08-2012, 05:45 PM   #28
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I think I have done it , just cant get the darn thing to turn on , and when I turned it off last night it was almost fully charged. Willl go look for the hole in the back now lol yes my name is Jane and calamity is very apt
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Hope that works

My Kobo touch was antsy after the firmware upgrade

I was advised to redo the firmware upgrade and after the second time the Kobo was happy and relaxed

To perform a factory reset:


1. Start up your Kobo Touch
2. In main menu, touch "Home" and then "Settings"
3. Touch "Device Information"
4. Touch "Factory reset" NOTE! THIS WILL CLEAR THE DEVICE
5. Device asks confirmation and does its magic for few minutes

After the process, you can start the device, and it is just like brand new. It will ask you to connect to computer and run through setup. During the process, device will automatically upgrade to latest firmware again.

Thanks to ‘clsdclsd’ for this advice !
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Old 03-08-2012, 06:54 PM   #30
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Its up and running , power is low now though so will try to load books tomorrow, from all your advice , thanks
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