Couple of Unanswered Kobo Questions - Page 4

CazMar · 05-24-2011, 07:38 PM

I always use the Windows "eject hardware" button. I would say that your problem has been caused by a faulty memory on either the Kobo or the SD card. I had a similar problem and had to reset the Kobo and just used a fresh SD card. Since then - not a problem. You should simply be able to load books to the device or the SD card by picking the appropriate choice - "send to Main memory" or "send to storage card A" (or whatever this shows as on your computer.
I run Calibre from my Windows 7 desktop or my XP netbook, so if there is a problem with your computer it is probably a corrupt file or something on your own computer. But I would suspect it is the Kobo. When you do factory resets etc I would suggest removing the SD card first.
I don't think it is a Calibre problem, apart from the fact that Calibre is having problems because your Kobo has a fault.

meandher57 · 05-25-2011, 07:59 AM

Awaiting my replacement/repaired Kobo which I just sent off yesterday.
At the moment, most of my ebooks are on the SD card so I am not sure what the best way is to move them into the new Kobo. Import them all into Calibre and then add them as needed? Import them all into ADE and then add them as needed? Or just drag and drop from the card into the Kobo. I certainly don't want to put the SD card back in the Kobo. And I guess unless I am adding 900 more books, I probably will never need the extra storage.

wbteeple · 05-27-2011, 12:17 PM

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I once deleted that was in the "Reading" spot. It let me delete it just fine, but the rest of the books I attempted to read were horribly corrupt. I ended performing a hard reset to repair that issue and will never try to delete a book I'm reading again.

Au revoir,

Bill

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Originally Posted by meandher57

Seems like there are a LOT of ways to corrupt the Kobo DB. It would be nice if someone from Kobo were to post officially in this forum to offer advice.

When I get my replacement Kobo, it seems like the only safe thing to do is just read the 100 free books on it... and never plug it in to a computer. Hmmm...

meandher57 · 05-30-2011, 07:30 AM

Purolator informs me that my new/refurbished/replacement Kobo is ready to be picked up.

I think I am going to forgo using an SD card since there should be room for another 900 books onboard.

Now the debate is... sideload with ADE...or Calibre?

Opinions are ALWAYS welcome......before I screw up again! lol

mikegetz · 05-30-2011, 08:18 AM

i had an interesting issue yesterday ...

my mom came over for dinner, and i tried to load a couple of books on her kobo. kobo wifi, runnin 1.7.1 - she had a 4gb uSD card in an adapter, about 1230 books on it.

Windows would see both cards fine, but calibre would not talk to either. If i rebooted, pulled the uSD card, and reconnect, calibre saw the kobo jsut fine, and allowed me to load the 2 books. Windows kept prompting me to "repair" the memory on the kobo (internal) ... even after a factory reset.

I am wondering if my little brother, who knows just enough about computers to be dangerous, didn't screw something up somewhere. mom did mention something about him "cloning" the SD card. she also mentioned that the issue began when she got that particular card ... her old normal SD card (4gb) works fine in it.

dmacmart · 05-30-2011, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by meandher57

Now the debate is... sideload with ADE...or Calibre?

Opinions are ALWAYS welcome

Just my own experience - I use ADE for sideloading. Since I download ePubs for archival purposes, and borrow library books regularly, it needs to be part of the process. I find it's easiest to use ADE's shelves and copy to Kobo, and use its file structure for backing up my ePubs.

I tried Calibre a couple of times a while back but must have done something wrong and ended up corrupting the Kobo. (just me - millions of users use Calibre successfully)

shall1028 · 05-30-2011, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by meandher57

Now the debate is... sideload with ADE...or Calibre?

To repeat myself:

Kobo desktop for Kobo bought books
ADE for library books and other DRM books
Windows Explorer (actually OSX Finder) for Mobileread and other epubs or PDF/TXT/RTF docs

I don't actually read epubs on my computer so this works fine for me. Should I get an iPad this will need to change.

It's not that Calibre itself is "bad" but rather that the Kobo file management plugin seems to be still flaky after many months of opportunity to make it not so.

meandher57 · 05-31-2011, 07:31 AM

I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere.

Received my new refurb Kobo yesterday. Synced it up and everything seems to be working fine.

However this morning I was attempting to copy some epubs that I had on it before (stored on my SD card) through ADE and for about half of them I received the "no permission to copy document here" error message.

Any fixes or work-arounds for this? I don't want to put the SD card back into the Kobo so I am using a card reader and added the books I wanted to ADE. Then while dragging them to the Kobo icon, I encountered this error but only for SOME books.

And yes, my reader has been authorized by ADE.

OKAY... now when I go back into ADE, I see that the books I was unable to copy are showing up as "Missing". Perhaps I totally misunderstood ADE. When you add a book to ADE, does it actually ADD the book... or just create a shortcut to it? Now that the SD card reader is unplugged, there is no link to the books. Correct?

Sheesh, it really hurts having an old brain with limited RAM.

meandher57 · 06-01-2011, 06:33 AM

Apologies to those who spent their time reading my posts... and thanks to those of you who refrained from pointing out my stupidity! lol.

I honestly had NO idea that adding a book to the ADE library only created shortcuts to the original file.

So, naturally, when the shortcut no longer functioned, I would get the "no permission to copy here" error message. Although it could be phrased a little more.... informatively?

I am sure there is an ADE for Dummies page somewhere... but I probably wouldn't understand it anyways.

Anyway... sideloaded my books in my refurbished Kobo... and so far, so good. No freeze ups when rebooting... and it seems to disconnect properly from the computer.

Now... off to read!

DaleDe · 06-01-2011, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meandher57

Apologies to those who spent their time reading my posts... and thanks to those of you who refrained from pointing out my stupidity! lol.

I honestly had NO idea that adding a book to the ADE library only created shortcuts to the original file.

So, naturally, when the shortcut no longer functioned, I would get the "no permission to copy here" error message. Although it could be phrased a little more.... informatively?

I am sure there is an ADE for Dummies page somewhere... but I probably wouldn't understand it anyways.

Anyway... sideloaded my books in my refurbished Kobo... and so far, so good. No freeze ups when rebooting... and it seems to disconnect properly from the computer.

Now... off to read!

It is a good idea to do a save when you add a book to ensure it is saved in the ADE folder if you don't want to manage links.

PeterT · 06-01-2011, 04:53 PM

I wonder if some of the confusion is that if you have ADE set as the default application to handle ePub, when you download a non DRM ePub and open it from the browser, that ADE displays the ePub, but does not add it to the library view.

It's not until you actually do an "Add to Library" that the ePub gets added to the ADE library.

This is as opposed to a protected ePub that when you open the associated ACSM file, ADE opens, downloads the ePub and adds it to the library.

meandher57 · 06-02-2011, 07:12 AM

Putting back on my dunce cap....

Nowhere in my ADE program do I see a "save" option.

When I choose "Add to Library", it simply creates a shortcut to the actual file.

And if that file is not available at a later date (because I have removed the drive upon which it was originally located), it simply shows up as "missing" in my library.

So... be kind to the dummy.... where do you actually have a "SAVE" command in ADE?

ltr · 06-02-2011, 09:15 AM

Whe you select "Add to Library", ADE prompts for the location of the .acsm file that you have saved wherever you have choosen as a convenient storage spot.

Selecting that acsm file then creates the DRM protected xxx.epub file which is located automatically in:

C:\Users\username\My Documents\My Digital Editions\xxxx.epub

ltr

meandher57 · 06-02-2011, 09:49 AM

This is probably the case for items you purchased and are loading through ADE, but if you are sideloading through that program, it doesn't appear that it actually ADDS the .epub to the folder... just a shortcut to the original file. I think that is what had me confused.

That, and many other things of course.

05-31-2011, 07:31 AM	#53
meandher57 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo	I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere. Received my new refurb Kobo yesterday. Synced it up and everything seems to be working fine. However this morning I was attempting to copy some epubs that I had on it before (stored on my SD card) through ADE and for about half of them I received the "no permission to copy document here" error message. Any fixes or work-arounds for this? I don't want to put the SD card back into the Kobo so I am using a card reader and added the books I wanted to ADE. Then while dragging them to the Kobo icon, I encountered this error but only for SOME books. And yes, my reader has been authorized by ADE. OKAY... now when I go back into ADE, I see that the books I was unable to copy are showing up as "Missing". Perhaps I totally misunderstood ADE. When you add a book to ADE, does it actually ADD the book... or just create a shortcut to it? Now that the SD card reader is unplugged, there is no link to the books. Correct? Sheesh, it really hurts having an old brain with limited RAM. Last edited by meandher57; 05-31-2011 at 07:55 AM.

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05-24-2011, 07:38 PM	#46
CazMar Book Geek Posts: 596 Karma: 1499085 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Asus MemPad 7" tablet, Nexus 5, Asus 10" tablet	I always use the Windows "eject hardware" button. I would say that your problem has been caused by a faulty memory on either the Kobo or the SD card. I had a similar problem and had to reset the Kobo and just used a fresh SD card. Since then - not a problem. You should simply be able to load books to the device or the SD card by picking the appropriate choice - "send to Main memory" or "send to storage card A" (or whatever this shows as on your computer. I run Calibre from my Windows 7 desktop or my XP netbook, so if there is a problem with your computer it is probably a corrupt file or something on your own computer. But I would suspect it is the Kobo. When you do factory resets etc I would suggest removing the SD card first. I don't think it is a Calibre problem, apart from the fact that Calibre is having problems because your Kobo has a fault.

05-25-2011, 07:59 AM	#47
meandher57 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo	Awaiting my replacement/repaired Kobo which I just sent off yesterday. At the moment, most of my ebooks are on the SD card so I am not sure what the best way is to move them into the new Kobo. Import them all into Calibre and then add them as needed? Import them all into ADE and then add them as needed? Or just drag and drop from the card into the Kobo. I certainly don't want to put the SD card back in the Kobo. And I guess unless I am adding 900 more books, I probably will never need the extra storage.

05-30-2011, 07:30 AM	#49
meandher57 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo	Purolator informs me that my new/refurbished/replacement Kobo is ready to be picked up. I think I am going to forgo using an SD card since there should be room for another 900 books onboard. Now the debate is... sideload with ADE...or Calibre? Opinions are ALWAYS welcome......before I screw up again! lol

05-30-2011, 08:18 AM	#50
mikegetz Professional Nerd Posts: 84 Karma: 280 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Middletown, OH Device: Nook WiFI, KOBO, Pandigital Novel Personal	i had an interesting issue yesterday ... my mom came over for dinner, and i tried to load a couple of books on her kobo. kobo wifi, runnin 1.7.1 - she had a 4gb uSD card in an adapter, about 1230 books on it. Windows would see both cards fine, but calibre would not talk to either. If i rebooted, pulled the uSD card, and reconnect, calibre saw the kobo jsut fine, and allowed me to load the 2 books. Windows kept prompting me to "repair" the memory on the kobo (internal) ... even after a factory reset. I am wondering if my little brother, who knows just enough about computers to be dangerous, didn't screw something up somewhere. mom did mention something about him "cloning" the SD card. she also mentioned that the issue began when she got that particular card ... her old normal SD card (4gb) works fine in it.

06-01-2011, 06:33 AM	#54
meandher57 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo	Apologies to those who spent their time reading my posts... and thanks to those of you who refrained from pointing out my stupidity! lol. I honestly had NO idea that adding a book to the ADE library only created shortcuts to the original file. So, naturally, when the shortcut no longer functioned, I would get the "no permission to copy here" error message. Although it could be phrased a little more.... informatively? I am sure there is an ADE for Dummies page somewhere... but I probably wouldn't understand it anyways. Anyway... sideloaded my books in my refurbished Kobo... and so far, so good. No freeze ups when rebooting... and it seems to disconnect properly from the computer. Now... off to read!

06-01-2011, 04:53 PM	#56
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,535 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I wonder if some of the confusion is that if you have ADE set as the default application to handle ePub, when you download a non DRM ePub and open it from the browser, that ADE displays the ePub, but does not add it to the library view. It's not until you actually do an "Add to Library" that the ePub gets added to the ADE library. This is as opposed to a protected ePub that when you open the associated ACSM file, ADE opens, downloads the ePub and adds it to the library.

06-02-2011, 07:12 AM	#57
meandher57 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo	Putting back on my dunce cap.... Nowhere in my ADE program do I see a "save" option. When I choose "Add to Library", it simply creates a shortcut to the actual file. And if that file is not available at a later date (because I have removed the drive upon which it was originally located), it simply shows up as "missing" in my library. So... be kind to the dummy.... where do you actually have a "SAVE" command in ADE?

06-02-2011, 09:15 AM	#58
ltr Addict Posts: 399 Karma: 104628 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kindle PW-2	Whe you select "Add to Library", ADE prompts for the location of the .acsm file that you have saved wherever you have choosen as a convenient storage spot. Selecting that acsm file then creates the DRM protected xxx.epub file which is located automatically in: C:\Users\username\My Documents\My Digital Editions\xxxx.epub ltr

06-02-2011, 09:49 AM	#59
meandher57 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo	This is probably the case for items you purchased and are loading through ADE, but if you are sideloading through that program, it doesn't appear that it actually ADDS the .epub to the folder... just a shortcut to the original file. I think that is what had me confused. That, and many other things of course.

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