Migrating from Kobo to Koreader

JVT038 · 01-31-2022, 03:26 PM

Hi!
So I want to start using Koreader, instead of the default Kobo OS.
I would like to migrate / export all the reading statistics from Kobo to Koreader. I have over 900 hours of reading, and tons of annotations and everything, so I would like to export and import this into Koreader.
Is this possible? If yes, how would I achieve this?

I have a Kobo Clara HD, if that's important.

With kind regards,

NiLuJe · 01-31-2022, 07:50 PM

Technically, yes, although I'm not quite sure anyone's ever done it (or at least publicly bragged about it ;p).

Since, admittedly, you're not going to re-read (much) of your old stuff, you can do what I did: just leave it alone, and periodically sync the stats from KOReader to Nickel.

I do that mostly for Calibre's sake (tracking read books), with this particular Python script, which you can run from within KOReader (requires my KoboStuff Python distribution).

Progress state is the only thing I'm interested in, but one could probably poke at more stuff.

JVT038 · 02-01-2022, 03:17 PM

Would it be possible to change the script, so that the data goes the other way? Instead of from Koreader to Kobo, from Kobo to Koreader? Your solution isn't the solution I'm looking for.

NiLuJe · 02-01-2022, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Technically, yes, although I'm not quite sure anyone's ever done it (or at least publicly bragged about it ;p).

Left as an exercise to the reader, because this is moderately non-trivial and finicky. The calibre Kobo driver would probably be the best documentation for this sort of thing.

01-31-2022, 03:26 PM	#1
JVT038 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Migrating from Kobo to Koreader Hi! So I want to start using Koreader, instead of the default Kobo OS. I would like to migrate / export all the reading statistics from Kobo to Koreader. I have over 900 hours of reading, and tons of annotations and everything, so I would like to export and import this into Koreader. Is this possible? If yes, how would I achieve this? I have a Kobo Clara HD, if that's important. With kind regards,

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01-31-2022, 07:50 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,497 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Technically, yes, although I'm not quite sure anyone's ever done it (or at least publicly bragged about it ;p). Since, admittedly, you're not going to re-read (much) of your old stuff, you can do what I did: just leave it alone, and periodically sync the stats from KOReader to Nickel. I do that mostly for Calibre's sake (tracking read books), with this particular Python script, which you can run from within KOReader (requires my KoboStuff Python distribution). Progress state is the only thing I'm interested in, but one could probably poke at more stuff.

02-01-2022, 03:17 PM	#3
JVT038 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Would it be possible to change the script, so that the data goes the other way? Instead of from Koreader to Kobo, from Kobo to Koreader? Your solution isn't the solution I'm looking for.

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