Kobo Clara HD

[i_m_sherlocked]

Originally Posted by sentaro

Thanks David, this would probably be a little OT, but, does the same apply to the Aura H2O (need to choose between those two, this one being a bit larger)?
thx again

Only the Aura H2O2 has overdrive integration. Public library integration did influence my device purchase, so you might want to take that into consideration. I use ADE-then-Calibre for harder to find books that happen to be a/v at the library.

[John F]

Originally Posted by i_m_sherlocked

Only the Aura H2O2 has overdrive integration. Public library integration did influence my device purchase, so you might want to take that into consideration. I use ADE-then-Calibre for harder to find books that happen to be a/v at the library.

Maybe I missed the context, but I believe all the currently shipping Kobo readers with a firmware upgrade have Overdrive integration.

[i_m_sherlocked]

that's correct. the currently shipping kobo aura H2O is a 2nd edition. @sentaro was asking btwn clara HD and H2O. i just wanted to make sure they knew what they were talking about.

[sentaro]

Originally Posted by i_m_sherlocked

Only the Aura H2O2 has overdrive integration. Public library integration did influence my device purchase, so you might want to take that into consideration. I use ADE-then-Calibre for harder to find books that happen to be a/v at the library.

Quite interesting, on the rakuten website the overdrive Help article applies to both Aura H2O and Aura H2O Edition 2. It looks like, however, stores are only selling the "edition 2" device (at least in Italy).

Thank you so much for your advice that led me to verify that I am covered by a public library ebook program.

[Uschiekid]

Originally Posted by sentaro

Quite interesting, on the rakuten website the overdrive Help article applies to both Aura H2O and Aura H2O Edition 2. It looks like, however, stores are only selling the "edition 2" device (at least in Italy).

Thank you so much for your advice that led me to verify that I am covered by a public library ebook program.

Check which countries overdrive is supported for, I don't think Italy is one (I mean when using a Kobo for direct access....of course with ADE it is fine)

[RobertJSawyer]

I just bought a Kobo Clara HD, and it does not have the light-bleed issue (and I'm quite picky about displays; if it was there, I'd see it). It's fine both in regular mode and with the night-mode hack at all brightness levels (nor does it have any of the bright pinpricks of light that have bedeviled some other Kobos of other types that I've seen). I bought this in Canada from Indigo.ca, placing the order on Black Friday (23 November 2018).

Perhaps they've got a new batch with this fixed at the manufacturing level. I'm X-ing out the last three digits of my serial number, but you might look in stores for one that's near to or higher than this number (the number is on the unopened box; you don't have to open the box to find it): N249880258XXX.

Lovely device, by the way.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer

[...]you might look in stores for one that's near to or higher than this number (the number is on the unopened box; you don't have to open the box to find it): N249880258XXX.



Lovely device, by the way.

My Clara’s SN starts with N2498400... (so a lot lower number) and it did have the light issue. Just confirming this hypothesis could be plausible.

Indeed a lovely device!

[ps67]

Originally Posted by sentaro

Quite interesting, on the rakuten website the overdrive Help article applies to both Aura H2O and Aura H2O Edition 2. It looks like, however, stores are only selling the "edition 2" device (at least in Italy).

Thank you so much for your advice that led me to verify that I am covered by a public library ebook program.

If You want to borrow eBooks from Italian libraries:

https://www.medialibrary.it/

You need ADE, of course.

Newbie Question: (tried to find myself)
Just got a Clara HD thru Walmart, and my screensaver (when Not using Cover as screensaver) is a hideous 'Walmart eBooks / Kobo'
For privacy (and since I use for Pocket too), i'd like to have different default (or ideally several rotating.. but anything's better than the Walmart one!).
Thanks for any help. I'm comfortable with some hacking.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by Dougr33

Newbie Question: (tried to find myself)
Just got a Clara HD thru Walmart, and my screensaver (when Not using Cover as screensaver) is a hideous 'Walmart eBooks / Kobo'
For privacy (and since I use for Pocket too), i'd like to have different default (or ideally several rotating.. but anything's better than the Walmart one!).
Thanks for any help. I'm comfortable with some hacking.

There are ~two~ three options as far as I know:

1. You can change your affiliate from WalMart (or whatever it is) to “kobo” (or other) in the Affiliates file in the .kobo folder of your Clara (hidden folder in Linux/Mac OS). That gets rid of the Walmart logo. You’ll have the cover of the most recently opened (not finished) book or Pocket article as screen saver.

2. You can install an add-on to use custom screen savers: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=255238

3. Or both

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

There are ~two~ three options as far as I know:

1. You can change your affiliate from WalMart (or whatever it is) to “kobo” (or other) in the Affiliates file in the .kobo folder of your Clara (hidden folder in Linux/Mac OS). That gets rid of the Walmart logo. You’ll have the cover of the most recently opened (not finished) book or Pocket article as screen saver.

2. You can install an add-on to use custom screen savers: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=255238

3. Or both

Thanks! "1." was very helpful. Wrestling with "2.", but hope to get it working. Thanks again.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

There are ~two~ three options as far as I know:

1. You can change your affiliate from WalMart (or whatever it is) to “kobo” (or other) in the Affiliates file in the .kobo folder of your Clara... You’ll have the cover of the most recently opened (not finished) book or Pocket article as screen saver.

2. You can install an add-on to use custom screen savers: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=255238

Originally Posted by Dougr33

Thanks! "1." was very helpful. Wrestling with "2.", but hope to get it working. Thanks again.

Having used option 1 on my Aura and option 2 on my Nook, I've found using your current book's cover to be preferable to any custom screensaver I might use.

I find I ultimately get tired of whatever images I chose, whereas the cover of my current book hearkens back to reading paper books.

Just my $0.02 of advice. Take it for exactly what it's worth.

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Having used option 1 on my Aura and option 2 on my Nook, I've found using your current book's cover to be preferable to any custom screensaver I might use.

I find I ultimately get tired of whatever images I chose, whereas the cover of my current book hearkens back to reading paper books.

Just my $0.02 of advice. Take it for exactly what it's worth.

Adding my $0.02 costs me nearly twice that much in local currency, but it's totally worth it. With only one fully functional hand these days, dead tree books are not for me anymore, so having the covers display on my H2O2 makes it look more like a book, imo.

[dominus]

Hi!
I cannot find any way to add/edit/organize collections from pc. Calibre with plugins is not successfull with Clara. Any ideas?

Originally Posted by dominus

Hi!
I cannot find any way to add/edit/organize collections from pc. Calibre with plugins is not successfull with Clara. Any ideas?

What exactly is not working? I had no issues creating and maintaining more than a dozen collections on my Clara via Calibre with the help of the Kobo Utilities plugin