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Old 05-19-2017, 06:19 AM   #1231
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In general, on the reader UI, go to Library/Books. Towards the upper right you will see "Page X of Y". Multiply the number of books in the first page by Y; this will give you a rough number.

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Hi John,

Your reply amazes me a bit. Because I literally described step by step exactly what I did. It took a lot of space to do so but I did it in order to avoid the confusion that you now speak of. I told exactly step by step what I did and what assumptions it was based upon.

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Sometimes less is more, especially when mixing opinions with requests for help?

With your step by step, you ended with:

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... how does one know if one has put in several hunderds of books without being foreced to meticulously count them all one by one?
If you use the steps I suggested you can get an exact count of the books on the reader; you do not need to count them one by one.*

Also, on the "old" home screen, when you side load books, a tile appears on the home screen saying how many ebooks were added; I don't know what the new home screen does.

* You can get to the last page by swiping backwards on page one** (you can also click on the "of" and enter the last page number). You may also need to apply some UI filters. To see the number of books sideloaded in a session:

1) use the steps I outlined to get the current count, call it A
2) sideload your books
3) Again use the steps I outlined to get the new count, call it B

The number of new sideloaded books is B - A.

** I am using an older firmware.
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Old 05-19-2017, 07:55 AM   #1232
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Hi John,

Your reply amazes me a bit. Because I literally described step by step exactly what I did. It took a lot of space to do so but I did it in order to avoid the confusion that you now speak of. I told exactly step by step what I did and what assumptions it was based upon.
If you want to see how many books there are on your device, tap the three dots are the top-right of the book list. Then select "Manage downloads". That shows the number of books on the device in a few categories. This is also available through the Settings.
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On the new home screen, when you sideload, does it add a tile saying how many books were added?
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Old 05-19-2017, 09:52 AM   #1234
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On the new home screen, when you sideload, does it add a tile saying how many books were added?
No. The only indication is that the covers in the My Books tile will change to three of the new books.

And I'm impressed with the algorithm to choose those three covers. Someone has managed to code it to pick the three worst covers and put the most embarrassing one on top.
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Old 05-19-2017, 09:54 AM   #1235
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On the new home screen, when you sideload, does it add a tile saying how many books were added?
It doesn't show how many books, just the number overall. It does show the last 3 books (although 2 of the covers are truncated) under the My Books tiles.

oops, crossed with davidfor's comment.
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Old 05-19-2017, 10:04 AM   #1236
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Also, on the "old" home screen, when you side load books, a tile appears on the home screen saying how many ebooks were added; I don't know what the new home screen does.

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Oops. Looking at this again, the tile wasn't from the most recent sideload? Maybe if you dismiss it before you sideload it would be for the most recent sideload?

And again, this was for the old home screen and old firmware.
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Old 05-19-2017, 11:54 AM   #1237
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Why doesn't someone in this field do the same when it comes to E-Readers? It's clear that there are a lot of people for whom this E-Reader holds no secrets. Wouldn't be a great thing if someone wrote a "Manual for E-Reader Dummies" which didn't concentrate on selling books but on entering existing books, manuals and documents? Wouldn't that be a great idea?
I read what you write here and maybe I won't help you very much, but problem is, there is many options for reader devices software wise.

For example, I don't use nickel at all (software you're struggling with is called nickel). I use koreader and it has file manager, not book manager (nickel has only book manager, i.e. what troubles you).

This is just one suggestion, that you maybe try to go koreader way. It looks like you understand files, folders, things like this better that pretty complicated way nickel works.
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Old 05-19-2017, 09:19 PM   #1238
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Have I understood that this device can be in bathtub with you and you dunk it and it's fine or is it more like slash safe? Anyone use it in pool?
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Old 05-19-2017, 09:25 PM   #1239
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So, a lot more than a "dunk".
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So, a lot more than a "dunk".
On the other hand, bath water probably isn't the best thing going for the screen. Likewise chlorine.
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Old 05-20-2017, 09:32 AM   #1241
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And I'm impressed with the algorithm to choose those three covers. Someone has managed to code it to pick the three worst covers and put the most embarrassing one on top.
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Old 05-23-2017, 07:15 PM   #1242
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OK, due to some unforeseen things getting in the way it's only this past evening that I was able to use Calibre, both to erase a bunch of books my wife appeared not to want as to add a bunch she did want. All went flawlessly and the books appeared immediately after the "black period" that occurred after logging the Reader off the computer.

I am always careful in being overly optimistic but as for now I have the impression that Calibre solved the aforementioned problems. Too bad I had to go the Kobe and then Adobe route, this feels a lot more reliable.

Thanks again to all for your great help, and I'm sorry if I appeared somewhat scatterbrained. I just wasn't prepared for all these complications when I bought something which I more or less expected to be just as accessible as an external harddisk.
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Old 05-25-2017, 04:50 AM   #1243
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I read what you write here and maybe I won't help you very much, but problem is, there is many options for reader devices software wise.

For example, I don't use nickel at all (software you're struggling with is called nickel). I use koreader and it has file manager, not book manager (nickel has only book manager, i.e. what troubles you).

This is just one suggestion, that you maybe try to go koreader way. It looks like you understand files, folders, things like this better that pretty complicated way nickel works.

Thanks Alan, I just checked koreader but if I'm not mistaken it's an operating system for the Reader, not a file manager for the computer. Sounds sort of scary in case something goes wrong with the installation. In any case I would first need to have the correct Kobo software at hand in case something goes woring so that I could reinstall the original firmware.
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Thanks Alan, I just checked koreader but if I'm not mistaken it's an operating system for the Reader, not a file manager for the computer.
It is just another software for reading ebooks.

Firmware is something completely different. You still would have firmware untouched (unless you start messing somehow with hidden system partition, which you usually don't see at all).

Also, nickel works on top of firmware, but when you do firmware upgrades, you usually update just nickel, or some very small part of firmware. But, this depends on actual firmware upgrade, recently Kobo went for 32bit image.

So, just look at it like having more than one reading software. I have 3 on my device (nickel I don't use at all, koreader I use and CoolReader, for just in case). You also would need to install one more software, KSM, to help you manage which reader you want to use.

It is not that complicated to install KSM, but you need to read instructions in KSM thread. Instructions are detailed and good. After that, installing koreader is just putting one directory (with all subdirectories, of course) in one exact location on your device. After that within KSM you choose which reader you want to use (koreader or nickel).

There could be a bit of learning, but not too much.
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Old 05-25-2017, 03:04 PM   #1245
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Thanks very much Alan. It's good to know that these things exist. As for now my wife, being the owner and user of the Reader seems to be perfectly content (she always has problems using her laptop so there's no previous knowledge to get in the way) and my only task is to manage getting stuff onto and from her Reader for her. As it seems that Calibre is perfect for this I think that I'll stick with "Don't fix it if it ain't broke".

But I've registered your recommandations so whenever the need arises I've got something extra to try out. If I were the user I'd most certainly prefer the Koreader as mentioned by you, but I ain't. I'm more into stuff like photography, radio and satellite communication, international politics and modern history. Not much of a reader or movie buff.
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