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arspr · 11-04-2013, 05:50 PM

Highlights remain AFTER deleting the book

Product: Aura HD
Firmware: 2.8.1. (b2c05cda0e, 9/20/2013)
Plugins: ???
File types: epubs (I haven't tested on kepubs and it's late)
Sideloaded or from Kobobooks: Loaded through Calibre
On external SD: No
Steps to reproduce:

Open any epub.
Highlight any text.
Within the Kobo device, delete the epub. (So nobody can say it's Calibre's fault).
Reload the epub (or a modified epub version as it was my case) through Calibre.
Open it.
Voilà. You have your previous annotations. More or less, because maybe you made highlights in order to fix typos, like I did, so the new old book is not the same anymore...
If I delete a book, I delete the book, ALL the book. The next book with the same name/author or whatever can be a complete different edition. Keeping the annotations (highlights at least) is just pointless. And in addition, I suppose they spend internal storage (big or small it doesn't matter) that I'm losing!!!

Current result: Outdated highlights, pointless use of internal storage
Workaround: None that I know but deleting highlights BEFORE deleting the ebook. And that can be a PITA because there's no "Delete All" option... (Ideas are welcomed)

11-04-2013, 05:50 PM	#314
arspr Dead account. Bye Posts: 587 Karma: 668244 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Highlights remain AFTER deleting the book Product: Aura HD Firmware: 2.8.1. (b2c05cda0e, 9/20/2013) Plugins: ??? File types: epubs (I haven't tested on kepubs and it's late) Sideloaded or from Kobobooks: Loaded through Calibre On external SD: No Steps to reproduce: Open any epub. Highlight any text. Within the Kobo device, delete the epub. (So nobody can say it's Calibre's fault). Reload the epub (or a modified epub version as it was my case) through Calibre. Open it. Voilà. You have your previous annotations. More or less, because maybe you made highlights in order to fix typos, like I did, so the new old book is not the same anymore... If I delete a book, I delete the book, ALL the book. The next book with the same name/author or whatever can be a complete different edition. Keeping the annotations (highlights at least) is just pointless. And in addition, I suppose they spend internal storage (big or small it doesn't matter) that I'm losing!!! Current result: Outdated highlights, pointless use of internal storage Workaround: None that I know but deleting highlights BEFORE deleting the ebook. And that can be a PITA because there's no "Delete All" option... (Ideas are welcomed)