Keep ya eyes open... 3.1.0

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by selina4books

The sleep bug is gone (thank goodness!) but the multiplying shelves problem is back. They fix one thing and break another.

The release did not break the shelves or cause the duplication of them. This issue was caused by a non related change within the Kobo infrastructure.

[selina4books]

Originally Posted by PeterT

The release did not break the shelves or cause the duplication of them. This issue was caused by a non related change within the Kobo infrastructure.

Whatever caused it I had synced the day before...no extra shelves. Went to quick grab a book I bought, it downloaded the update, and wham! More shelves than I had before I finally got rid of them. Since they weren't there BEFORE the update and they were there immediately AFTER the update, I'm sure you can see why I thought the update caused it. The timing is pretty suspicious.

Oh, well. Lesson learned. From now on I use Calibre to get my books on. No more syncing on any of my Kobos.


Side note added: just got off the phone with Kobo support (unrelated issue, a book I bought Nov. 30 still is not in my library after three phone calls and three promises to issue a refund or provide the book) and mentioned the shelf issue. The tech told me I have too many books (892) and I should delete all but five or ten from my library. Not my Kobo, but my library. Seriously. He said deleting my books would help me "manage my library". I suppose it would.

[Angemon]

Son of a *****! I usually get the updates 4 weeks after release, hence why i started to side load them, i hadn't even got 2.10 yet. I put my Aura HD down last Wednesday. Picked it up again today and i was greeted with a tile on the home screen saying "What's new in 3.1.1?" (i tapped the tile and the changelog said "New in 2.10", but the device info states 3.1.1 761bo66420, 11/12/13). No beyond the book yet though .

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

...Page turning is less erratic, but hops around (usually backwards when paging forwards) every so often by 10 pages.

Helen

I'm glad I don't have this one. Yet anyway.

[robko]

Originally Posted by Angemon

Son of a *****! I usually get the updates 4 weeks after release, hence why i started to side load them, i hadn't even got 2.10 yet. I put my Aura HD down last Wednesday. Picked it up again today and i was greeted with a tile on the home screen saying "What's new in 3.1.1?" (i tapped the tile and the changelog said "New in 2.10", but the device info states 3.1.1 761bo66420, 11/12/13). No beyond the book yet though .

Kobo has a wee bit of an issue bothering to update their changelog notes, so the "proper" update will show 2.10 notes in the "What's new in 3.1.1" -- if you device info says you have 3.1.1 it did update properly.
Beyond the book is very hit and miss in terms of what books actually have it. I've only seen it in one so far (Dune omnibus), so it's probably there in the firmware for you but you haven't stumbled across a book with it yet.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by robko

Beyond the book is very hit and miss in terms of what books actually have it. I've only seen it in one so far (Dune omnibus), so it's probably there in the firmware for you but you haven't stumbled across a book with it yet.

And it is only on purchased kepubs.

[Angemon]

Originally Posted by davidfor

And it is only on purchased kepubs.

Yeah, i expected that. Most of my kobo bought books are in Portuguese, but damn it, not even Game of Thrones...

[Marc66]

Hello everyone,

I've downloaded a few books (Kobo epub) prior to the 3.1.1 update. How can I use the 'Beyond the book' new feature? I only see the icon for purchased book after the update.

Delete from Kobo Library and re download?

Thanks,

Marc

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Marc66

I've downloaded a few books (Kobo epub) prior to the 3.1.1 update. How can I use the 'Beyond the book' new feature? I only see the icon for purchased book after the update.

Delete from Kobo Library and re download?

"Beyond the book" only works for purchased kepubs. And it only works for books that Kobo has added some information to. Of the 60+ books I have bought, I think only three so far have it. It's possible that redownloading some of them might add it if Kobo has added the info since the last download.

[GeoffR]

Starting with firmware 3.1.0/3.1.1 every time I synced a "Get started: Add a book ..." tile would appear on my homescreen. I assumed it was one of those first-time-experience tiles that are supposed to go away once you have used them once, and it was a bit annoying that it kept comming back.

But today when I synced I got a new "Browse by category: ..." tile instead, so I guess these are not FTE tiles, but are sent by the server.

[samhy]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Starting with firmware 3.1.0/3.1.1 every time I synced a "Get started: Add a book ..." tile would appear on my homescreen. I assumed it was one of those first-time-experience tiles that are supposed to go away once you have used them once, and it was a bit annoying that it kept comming back.

But today when I synced I got a new "Browse by category: ..." tile instead, so I guess these are not FTE tiles, but are sent by the server.

I've had the same thing recently too.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Starting with firmware 3.1.0/3.1.1 every time I synced a "Get started: Add a book ..." tile would appear on my homescreen. I assumed it was one of those first-time-experience tiles that are supposed to go away once you have used them once, and it was a bit annoying that it kept comming back.

But today when I synced I got a new "Browse by category: ..." tile instead, so I guess these are not FTE tiles, but are sent by the server.

there are a lot people that wanted that type of search. I wonder if the Kobo Gods were listening?

regards

JAck

[davidfor]

Unfortunately, the "Browse by category" tile is for the shop. I am sure Kobo said it was an FTE tile, but it has reappeared a few times for me as well.