New to Kobo: How to start?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by HLS

i am confused? why would you buy a kindle if you will never use it? there is nothing wrong with the updates amazon sends out, or kobo

Having a device in airplane mode is not the same as not using it. Many of us sideload all our books and don't want every update automatically applied. For instance, I patch my Kobo; as patches must be redone after every update, I only update when I have time to do that, and when there's something in the update I want. I don't install every update Kobo sends out, there's just no need to do it.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by HLS

i am confused? why would you buy a kindle if you will never use it? there is nothing wrong with the updates amazon sends out, or kobo

To have a serial number for Download & transfer via USB? To check books I've edited to see how they behave on a Kindle eInk device?

[tspear]

I have a Kobo Aura One which I recently managed to mangle the books on the device (completely user error). So, when I finish my current book I am planning to wipe it and start over.

Going forward, I am only going to sideload books. Even ones purchased through Kobo I will load via Calibre. (This is so I can actually track the ratings I give books, along with state).

So, when I wipe it, I had two ideas on how to setup the Kobo again.
1. Do a factory reset, and find where to set the SideloadedMode flag.
2. Do a factory reset, create a dummy account with Kobo, and never use it. Let it sync to get updates as needed. In theory since everything is sideloaded, nothing ever gets sent to Kobo.

Thoughts?

Tim

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by tspear

I have a Kobo Aura One which I recently managed to mangle the books on the device (completely user error). So, when I finish my current book I am planning to wipe it and start over.

Going forward, I am only going to sideload books. Even ones purchased through Kobo I will load via Calibre. (This is so I can actually track the ratings I give books, along with state).

So, when I wipe it, I had two ideas on how to setup the Kobo again.
1. Do a factory reset, and find where to set the SideloadedMode flag.
2. Do a factory reset, create a dummy account with Kobo, and never use it. Let it sync to get updates as needed. In theory since everything is sideloaded, nothing ever gets sent to Kobo.

Thoughts?

Tim

I also sideload all my books, even my Kobo purchases, but I don't use the sideloaded mode (it didn't exist when I bought my latest Kobos two years ago) or a dummy account. My Kobos are registered to my real Kobo account. I've archived all my purchases on the Kobo website, so they never download to my Kobos.

So there are three methods to achieve what you want.

[tspear]

@Sirtel,

Did not think of the archive feature on Kobo.

If you were going to start over, which way would you go?

Tim

[Aleron Ives]

If you're going to sideload everything, I don't see a reason to use anything other than sideload mode, unless you really like the Home screen for some reason.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by tspear

@Sirtel,

Did not think of the archive feature on Kobo.

If you were going to start over, which way would you go?

Tim

As my purchases are already archived, I would probably just register as before. My second choice would be the sideloaded mode. I wouldn't bother with a dummy account (the updates can be applied manually).

[DNSB]

For me, since I am using Kobo Plus to obtain quite a few of my ebooks from Kobo, SideloadedMode is not an option.