Glo Is this website legit?

Amalthia · 06-22-2014, 03:50 AM

Hi,

I just bought a Kobo Glo and I was looking into seeing if I could email my ebooks from Calibre to my Kobo and I ran across this website: http://sendtokobo.com/

Only, I'm not sure if the Kobo devices come with an unique email address? I haven't seen anyone really mention that feature in any of the reviews I read.

I'd appreciate any and all help.

Best Regards,
Amalthia

eschwartz · 06-22-2014, 04:12 AM

I doubt it's anything official. It looks like you have to install something on your Kobo.

Googling it got me this thread on MR: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=209684

Possibly the fourth poster finally got the mentioned side project up and running?

pdurrant · 06-22-2014, 04:48 AM

Bear in mind that anything you send to your Kobo goes via this third-party's servers and can be read/copied by them. And while I've no idea if it does, the installed app could easily send your Kobo's DRM keys back to the same third-party.

Meaning that they could get access to decrypted copies of all the ebooks sent through their service.

This is probably just me being a bit paranoid.

PeterT · 06-22-2014, 06:57 AM

Looking through the scripts etc that are installed, I don't see anything that would concern me; it does look like an interesting idea that would appear to be quite useful.

It will only supports writing to the internal storage of the Kobo, and not to any external storage on the device.

I'll try installing it later on and see how it goes.

PeterT · 06-22-2014, 07:20 AM

Hmmm. That did not go so well on my Kobo Touch! Had to do a factory reset.

I guess it might be a good idea to ask at that website what F/W versions they do support!

Amalthia · 06-22-2014, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Hmmm. That did not go so well on my Kobo Touch! Had to do a factory reset.

I guess it might be a good idea to ask at that website what F/W versions they do support!

Hi,

thanks for testing and letting me know how it turned out. It sounds like I may stick to using my Calibre content server to access my collection from my device.

Thanks for your help!
Amalthia

Sharkus · 06-23-2014, 03:45 PM

I can certainly say that this service is not affiliated with Kobo.

Anak · 06-23-2014, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Bear in mind that anything you send to your Kobo goes via this third-party's servers and can be read/copied by them. And while I've no idea if it does, the installed app could easily send your Kobo's DRM keys back to the same third-party.

Meaning that they could get access to decrypted copies of all the ebooks sent through their service.

This is probably just me being a bit paranoid.

This service only sends books by email no DRM keys.

06-22-2014, 03:50 AM	#1
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,162 Karma: 32196 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	Is this website legit? Hi, I just bought a Kobo Glo and I was looking into seeing if I could email my ebooks from Calibre to my Kobo and I ran across this website: http://sendtokobo.com/ Only, I'm not sure if the Kobo devices come with an unique email address? I haven't seen anyone really mention that feature in any of the reviews I read. I'd appreciate any and all help. Best Regards, Amalthia

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I doubt it's anything official. It looks like you have to install something on your Kobo. Googling it got me this thread on MR: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=209684 Possibly the fourth poster finally got the mentioned side project up and running?

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,964 Karma: 307500000 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Bear in mind that anything you send to your Kobo goes via this third-party's servers and can be read/copied by them. And while I've no idea if it does, the installed app could easily send your Kobo's DRM keys back to the same third-party. Meaning that they could get access to decrypted copies of all the ebooks sent through their service. This is probably just me being a bit paranoid.

06-22-2014, 06:57 AM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,485 Karma: 74358018 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Looking through the scripts etc that are installed, I don't see anything that would concern me; it does look like an interesting idea that would appear to be quite useful. It will only supports writing to the internal storage of the Kobo, and not to any external storage on the device. I'll try installing it later on and see how it goes.

06-22-2014, 07:20 AM	#5
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,485 Karma: 74358018 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Hmmm. That did not go so well on my Kobo Touch! Had to do a factory reset. I guess it might be a good idea to ask at that website what F/W versions they do support!

06-23-2014, 03:45 PM	#7
Sharkus Evangelist Posts: 444 Karma: 2269648 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo: Original, WiFi, Touch, Aura, Aura H20, MiniGloHD ;) iOS app	I can certainly say that this service is not affiliated with Kobo.

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