Google Drive!

mdovell · 06-28-2023, 05:06 PM

Low and behold I saw it added today. So I checked it out and it's a bit mixed. PDF's seem to work fine
Mobi seems to work fine

doc and docx don't seem to work at all?!?
Excel (calc) nothing

Maybe it's me but it would be a great to modify some of this in google docs.

I still have to test the back and forth if it can add material as that would be a huge gain. I mean I guess it's good but generally if you want a document to go back and forth you don't automatically put it as pdf. Now if it's just one way notes that might be good.

Cootey · 06-30-2023, 01:32 AM

Google Drive is intended to work like Dropbox as a cloud repository for ebooks you can access on your Kobo. So only Kobo supported ebook formats will work.

Books: EPUB, EPUB2, EPUB3 (Note: Kobo Original and Kobo Wi Fi does not support EPUB3), PDF, FlePub and MOBI
Documents: PDF
Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and TIFF
Text: TXT, HTML, and RTF
Comic Books: CBZ and CBR

Google Drive works like an online method to sideload books. You won’t have access to the Google suite of editing apps, etc.

prom king · 07-06-2023, 03:39 AM

Wow, I did not know they added Google Drive. I must check it.

theducks · 07-06-2023, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prom king

Wow, I did not know they added Google Drive. I must check it.

Just remember: GD and Calibre don't mix.
Not a problem if you don't use Calibre with your books.

JSWolf · 07-06-2023, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Just remember: GD and Calibre don't mix.
Not a problem if you don't use Calibre with your books.

You can do a Save to disk and save to where Google Drive syncs on your computer.

prom king · 07-07-2023, 03:44 AM

Well, I don't see Google Drive on the menu. Only Dropbox

Cactus Chef · 07-07-2023, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prom king

Well, I don't see Google Drive on the menu. Only Dropbox

Depends on your Kobo model. I think it's only been pushed out to the recent ones (i.e. Sage, Elipsa, etc).

JSWolf · 07-07-2023, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Depends on your Kobo model. I think it's only been pushed out to the recent ones (i.e. Sage, Elipsa, etc).

Not all of the recent ones. Google Drive is not available on the Libra 2.

jackie_w · 07-07-2023, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prom king

Well, I don't see Google Drive on the menu. Only Dropbox

The Google Drive feature is available for Elipsa 2E, Elipsa, Sage and Forma.

Your Reader info says you have a Forma so you should already have it. My Forma certainly does, on the [More] menu.

prom king · 07-08-2023, 05:11 AM

Ok, I see it now. I usually don't allow Kobo to update because it erases all the books I have on the device and replaces them with the ones from Dropbox, which it did this time as well, but at least I now have GD.

JSWolf · 07-08-2023, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prom king

Ok, I see it now. I usually don't allow Kobo to update because it erases all the books I have on the device and replaces them with the ones from Dropbox, which it did this time as well, but at least I now have GD.

You do have something very odd going on. When you next do an update, keep WiFi off. Firmware updates do not wipe-out your eBooks on a Kobo.

prom king · 07-08-2023, 08:13 AM

The update doesn't but the so-called syncing does, and during the update it also syncs.

ab78727 · 07-10-2023, 04:47 PM

The export to Google Drive on the original Elisa doesn't seem to work. It takes a long time to upload, even more than it did with Dropbox, and the uploaded file often is 0-bytes or truncated/damaged so that it can not be opened by regular PDF readers. Hopefully they'll fix this - I was pretty happy the Google Drive option came out as I no longer wanted to 'freeload' on Dropbox but this is disappointing.

aceflor · 09-21-2023, 03:05 AM

Posted a request to enable Google drive on a Libra 2 but realized that it would not work through the classic menu anyway.

06-28-2023, 05:06 PM	#1
mdovell Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 3168 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle DX	Google Drive! Low and behold I saw it added today. So I checked it out and it's a bit mixed. PDF's seem to work fine Mobi seems to work fine doc and docx don't seem to work at all?!? Excel (calc) nothing Maybe it's me but it would be a great to modify some of this in google docs. I still have to test the back and forth if it can add material as that would be a huge gain. I mean I guess it's good but generally if you want a document to go back and forth you don't automatically put it as pdf. Now if it's just one way notes that might be good.

09-21-2023, 03:05 AM	#14
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	Posted a request to enable Google drive on a Libra 2 but realized that it would not work through the classic menu anyway. Last edited by aceflor; 09-21-2023 at 09:04 AM. Reason: Not needed anymore

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06-30-2023, 01:32 AM	#2
Cootey Absentminded Reader Posts: 1,324 Karma: 7387565 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: Kobo Mini, Libra Colour & Elipsa; Kindle Paperwhite 3 & 4; iOS apps	Google Drive is intended to work like Dropbox as a cloud repository for ebooks you can access on your Kobo. So only Kobo supported ebook formats will work. Books: EPUB, EPUB2, EPUB3 (Note: Kobo Original and Kobo Wi Fi does not support EPUB3), PDF, FlePub and MOBI Documents: PDF Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and TIFF Text: TXT, HTML, and RTF Comic Books: CBZ and CBR Google Drive works like an online method to sideload books. You won’t have access to the Google suite of editing apps, etc.

07-06-2023, 03:39 AM	#3
prom king Sloshed Posts: 66 Karma: 2112464 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Forma, Sony PRS-500	Wow, I did not know they added Google Drive. I must check it.

07-07-2023, 03:44 AM	#6
prom king Sloshed Posts: 66 Karma: 2112464 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Forma, Sony PRS-500	Well, I don't see Google Drive on the menu. Only Dropbox

07-08-2023, 05:11 AM	#10
prom king Sloshed Posts: 66 Karma: 2112464 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Forma, Sony PRS-500	Ok, I see it now. I usually don't allow Kobo to update because it erases all the books I have on the device and replaces them with the ones from Dropbox, which it did this time as well, but at least I now have GD.

07-08-2023, 08:13 AM	#12
prom king Sloshed Posts: 66 Karma: 2112464 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Forma, Sony PRS-500	The update doesn't but the so-called syncing does, and during the update it also syncs.

07-10-2023, 04:47 PM	#13
ab78727 Connoisseur Posts: 80 Karma: 597268 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: USA Device: reMarkable-Paper-Pro Pixel-Tablet Pocketbook-PB743	The export to Google Drive on the original Elisa doesn't seem to work. It takes a long time to upload, even more than it did with Dropbox, and the uploaded file often is 0-bytes or truncated/damaged so that it can not be opened by regular PDF readers. Hopefully they'll fix this - I was pretty happy the Google Drive option came out as I no longer wanted to 'freeload' on Dropbox but this is disappointing.

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