how do I export my Kobo books

Zepherious · 05-29-2010, 01:48 PM

Hi,

My family got me a Kobo reader for mothers day and I have been trying to find out more information about it. The one thing that I cannot find is how to export the books on my Kobo to my computer. I have downloaded Calibre, but am lost how to do it there (if it's even possible) and am looking into SQLite Expert, but I am thinking that that will not export but rather give me a list of the books.

Please help

Newbie Kobo user

sunami88 · 05-29-2010, 02:09 PM

If you're looking at getting the 100 classics off the reader, as far as I know you can't do that. I remember reading that to delete them you have to do a factory reset - this is to be addressed in the phantom firmware update.

Surely though, all those books are public domain and could be found here? That is, if you were looking at reading them on the computer/another device.

Zepherious · 05-29-2010, 02:26 PM

Actually I downloaded 3 books (2 purchased and 1 free) from the Kobo website onto my reader and I am trying to figure out how to get those from the Kobo to my computer. Maybe I am missing something on the kobo website and I can get them directly from it?

My purpose for this is that I want to backup my content so that if something happened to the Kobo I would have that content for another eReader.

Thanks

sunami88 · 05-29-2010, 02:33 PM

When you log into the Kobo webiste, login, and then click on "LIBRARY" near the top right.

This will bring you to the books you've purchased, and should let you download them as an ePUB. I say should because every time I click on a download link in Chrome it downloads a "URLLink.acsm" file. In a more supported browser your ePUB should just be saved to the hard drive.

Let me know if that works, I'm a noobie too :P .

EDIT:
Y'know what, even in the dreaded Internet Explorer it just downloads that file... Strange.

EDIT2:
Ah, thank you wallcraft haha.

wallcraft · 05-29-2010, 02:43 PM

As sunami88 says, it may be easiest to redownload them to your PC. First install desktop Adobe Digital Editions and then downloads the ebooks in a web browser. Usually, this automatically opens ADE which downloads the actual ePub for you. Under Windows, the ebooks end up in My Documents\My Digital Editions. If you originally used desktop ADE to get the ebooks to your Kobo, the epubs should already be in this directory from the first download.

If you get a naked .acsm file from your browser, open it with ADE (e.g. right click on it and select ADE) and you should get the actual ePub. The .acsm file is a "permission slip" to download the actual epub from Adobe's servers.

05-29-2010, 01:48 PM	#1
Zepherious Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	how do I export my Kobo books Hi, My family got me a Kobo reader for mothers day and I have been trying to find out more information about it. The one thing that I cannot find is how to export the books on my Kobo to my computer. I have downloaded Calibre, but am lost how to do it there (if it's even possible) and am looking into SQLite Expert, but I am thinking that that will not export but rather give me a list of the books. Please help Newbie Kobo user

05-29-2010, 02:09 PM	#2
sunami88 Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 1434 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo	If you're looking at getting the 100 classics off the reader, as far as I know you can't do that. I remember reading that to delete them you have to do a factory reset - this is to be addressed in the phantom firmware update. Surely though, all those books are public domain and could be found here? That is, if you were looking at reading them on the computer/another device. Last edited by sunami88; 05-29-2010 at 02:17 PM.

05-29-2010, 02:33 PM	#4
sunami88 Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 1434 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo	When you log into the Kobo webiste, login, and then click on "LIBRARY" near the top right. This will bring you to the books you've purchased, and should let you download them as an ePUB. I say should because every time I click on a download link in Chrome it downloads a "URLLink.acsm" file. In a more supported browser your ePUB should just be saved to the hard drive. Let me know if that works, I'm a noobie too :P . EDIT: Y'know what, even in the dreaded Internet Explorer it just downloads that file... Strange. EDIT2: Ah, thank you wallcraft haha. Last edited by sunami88; 05-29-2010 at 02:44 PM.

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05-29-2010, 02:26 PM	#3
Zepherious Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	Actually I downloaded 3 books (2 purchased and 1 free) from the Kobo website onto my reader and I am trying to figure out how to get those from the Kobo to my computer. Maybe I am missing something on the kobo website and I can get them directly from it? My purpose for this is that I want to backup my content so that if something happened to the Kobo I would have that content for another eReader. Thanks

05-29-2010, 02:43 PM	#5
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	As sunami88 says, it may be easiest to redownload them to your PC. First install desktop Adobe Digital Editions and then downloads the ebooks in a web browser. Usually, this automatically opens ADE which downloads the actual ePub for you. Under Windows, the ebooks end up in My Documents\My Digital Editions. If you originally used desktop ADE to get the ebooks to your Kobo, the epubs should already be in this directory from the first download. If you get a naked .acsm file from your browser, open it with ADE (e.g. right click on it and select ADE) and you should get the actual ePub. The .acsm file is a "permission slip" to download the actual epub from Adobe's servers.

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