Touch Unable to load more books to Kobo, not a full memory

mccabejess · 09-30-2011, 01:21 PM

I have two kobo touch in my house. My mom's has only 426 mb out of 1400 mb used on her reader and yet it will not allow me to add more books through calibre. I have tried methods I read on other forum discussions such as disabling my antivirus, and disabling the meta data writer (very frustrating as I can not longer self title my books) and I still can not add more books. If I try adding through Adobe Digital Editions I still can not add books. What is frustrating is the books will show that they have transferred from calibre, and sometimes the file will be shown in the memory of the reader, but when I turn the book on there are none of the books that said had transferred. I know this is not the problem with the individual kobo as when it started doing this we thought it was the kobo and bought a brand new one and the same thing happened. It seems to happen after about 50 pages of books are on the kobo (250 books) I only have 46 pages of books on my kobo and can still transfer books but I can not get any on my mom's kobo. Very frustrated!! Does anyone else know why this is? All help much appreciated.

The Terminator · 09-30-2011, 02:11 PM

Can you download books from the Kobo store? Try a few free books like H.G Wells or Alexandre Dumas.

Have you tried side-loading through Windows explorer?
You can try this by opening "Computer" and one of the option should be somthing like (j)Koboereader open that and make a folder called "side-loaded" and copy and past or drag and drop the books onto it that way. That might work.

I'm not sure if Kobo limits how many books you can side-load to save room for books you buy from them.

PeterT · 09-30-2011, 02:35 PM

Have you tried opening a support ticket with Kobo? This actually sounds more like a corrupted database OR a bad book that is preventing others being added.

eMail: help@kobobooks.com

http://www.kobobooks.com/help
http://getsatisfaction.com/kobo
http://kobo.zendesk.com/home

are all viable means to get in touch with Kobo and ask for support.

Latch · 09-30-2011, 03:07 PM

Part of me wonders if she'll even notice, with 400+ MB worth of books already on there. Perhaps once she's gone through all those book already loaded, in approx 9 years or so, then you can look into it further

The Terminator · 09-30-2011, 03:28 PM

In reply to Latch's post:

Those books could be biography's, then they have lot's of photo's in them and some take up to 40m a piece, which equals only 10 books.

mccabejess · 09-30-2011, 03:45 PM

I will try the side loading. I have opened a ticket with kobo and am waiting for response. They have told me before that they do not recommend using calibre, but its the only program I have that will convert rar, lit, mobi, pdf etc to epub, as well as remove the drm. I will try the side loading and see what I come up with. Thanks!

mccabejess · 09-30-2011, 03:45 PM

Oh and in response to how long it takes to read we average 25- 30 books a month in this house so it doesn't take that long lol

Latch · 09-30-2011, 03:47 PM

Yes, I'm well aware that it could also be one single 426 MB book, but I was just making a small joke based on the average ebook file size.

PeterT · 09-30-2011, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mccabejess

They have told me before that they do not recommend using calibre, but its the only program I have that will convert rar, lit, mobi, pdf etc to epub, as well as remove the drm.

The problem I have with that statement from Kobo help desk is that ALL that calibre is doing is copying the ePub to the Kobo; the exact same way as copying a file via Explorer or ADE does.

calibre as far as adding books to an e-Reader is doing NOTHING SPECIAL!

klontj · 09-30-2011, 04:08 PM

I am having the exact same problem. See my post - Problem Sideloading Epubs. This occurs with both the 1.9.10 and 1.9.11 firmwares. I have done four factory resets and can initially load up to 3 books which show up in my library after resetting. After that I can transfer epubs directly or using Calibre. I can see that they are in the correct Kobo directly - but they never show up in my library. After ejecting properly, the Kobo goes into an extended processing content for up to several hours and then goes into a sleep mode. When I get to Kobo to come out of sleep mode (no easy trick) the books are not in my Library. My Kobo is now freezing in sleep mode and I have to use the paperclip method to wake up. If you check this forum, you'll see that a number of people are having the same problem. Alll of the epubs that I read work well on my Sony PRS-950 ereader. I am disgusted and ready to return my Kobo which I used to like.

The Terminator · 09-30-2011, 04:43 PM

Ya that's weird about the Calibre comment.

taming · 10-02-2011, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Terminator

Ya that's weird about the Calibre comment.

I'm betting someone went off script with that remark. Tim Legge, who does the Kobo plug-in, has been a valued member of the beta group since its inception and one of the earlier user manuals cited Calibre by name several times as various how-tos were discussed.

There was a Calibre bug fix for the Kobo plug-in in the last update.

timlegge · 10-03-2011, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mccabejess

I will try the side loading. I have opened a ticket with kobo and am waiting for response. They have told me before that they do not recommend using calibre, but its the only program I have that will convert rar, lit, mobi, pdf etc to epub, as well as remove the drm. I will try the side loading and see what I come up with. Thanks!

Did you try sideloading? Did it work? If not take a look at the following:

1) Verify the date and time on your computer and on the kobo (including the timezone)
2) Run calibre in debug mode (there is an option on the preferences menu I believe) and try transferring the book and post the debug log
3) Perform a factory reset

porandos · 10-10-2011, 06:59 AM

I have the same issue: I can't upload more than 1 book a time. I used Adobe Digital Editions only (as one of the books was DRM protected). I uploaded 2 ePubs - 1 DRMed, 1 not protected. After ejecting USB device Kobo went to processing content. It stuck on 9 % for a good couple of minutes. I turned it off, turned it back on - the books didn't appear in the library. Connected USB again, the files were on the device but Kobo didn't show them in library. I removed both files, uploaded just one book - succeeded - processing content took less than a minute, book appeared in the Library.Uuploaded the other book - it worked as well.

Concluding - Kobo Touch has a hard time processing more than 1 book uploaded a time. It's not Calibre related.

timlegge · 10-10-2011, 07:09 AM

Are you connected directly to the computer or through a USB hub or extension cable? The touch seems to like the direct connection best

09-30-2011, 01:21 PM	#1
mccabejess Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	Unable to load more books to Kobo, not a full memory I have two kobo touch in my house. My mom's has only 426 mb out of 1400 mb used on her reader and yet it will not allow me to add more books through calibre. I have tried methods I read on other forum discussions such as disabling my antivirus, and disabling the meta data writer (very frustrating as I can not longer self title my books) and I still can not add more books. If I try adding through Adobe Digital Editions I still can not add books. What is frustrating is the books will show that they have transferred from calibre, and sometimes the file will be shown in the memory of the reader, but when I turn the book on there are none of the books that said had transferred. I know this is not the problem with the individual kobo as when it started doing this we thought it was the kobo and bought a brand new one and the same thing happened. It seems to happen after about 50 pages of books are on the kobo (250 books) I only have 46 pages of books on my kobo and can still transfer books but I can not get any on my mom's kobo. Very frustrated!! Does anyone else know why this is? All help much appreciated.

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09-30-2011, 02:11 PM	#2
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Can you download books from the Kobo store? Try a few free books like H.G Wells or Alexandre Dumas. Have you tried side-loading through Windows explorer? You can try this by opening "Computer" and one of the option should be somthing like (j)Koboereader open that and make a folder called "side-loaded" and copy and past or drag and drop the books onto it that way. That might work. I'm not sure if Kobo limits how many books you can side-load to save room for books you buy from them.

09-30-2011, 02:35 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,624 Karma: 74358024 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Have you tried opening a support ticket with Kobo? This actually sounds more like a corrupted database OR a bad book that is preventing others being added. eMail: help@kobobooks.com http://www.kobobooks.com/help http://getsatisfaction.com/kobo http://kobo.zendesk.com/home are all viable means to get in touch with Kobo and ask for support.

09-30-2011, 03:07 PM	#4
Latch Porcupine Tree fan Posts: 139 Karma: 357322 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: Kobo Touch	Part of me wonders if she'll even notice, with 400+ MB worth of books already on there. Perhaps once she's gone through all those book already loaded, in approx 9 years or so, then you can look into it further

09-30-2011, 03:28 PM	#5
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	In reply to Latch's post: Those books could be biography's, then they have lot's of photo's in them and some take up to 40m a piece, which equals only 10 books.

09-30-2011, 03:45 PM	#6
mccabejess Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	I will try the side loading. I have opened a ticket with kobo and am waiting for response. They have told me before that they do not recommend using calibre, but its the only program I have that will convert rar, lit, mobi, pdf etc to epub, as well as remove the drm. I will try the side loading and see what I come up with. Thanks!

09-30-2011, 03:47 PM	#8
Latch Porcupine Tree fan Posts: 139 Karma: 357322 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: Kobo Touch	Yes, I'm well aware that it could also be one single 426 MB book, but I was just making a small joke based on the average ebook file size.

09-30-2011, 04:08 PM	#10
klontj Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kindle 3 / nook color	I am having the exact same problem. See my post - Problem Sideloading Epubs. This occurs with both the 1.9.10 and 1.9.11 firmwares. I have done four factory resets and can initially load up to 3 books which show up in my library after resetting. After that I can transfer epubs directly or using Calibre. I can see that they are in the correct Kobo directly - but they never show up in my library. After ejecting properly, the Kobo goes into an extended processing content for up to several hours and then goes into a sleep mode. When I get to Kobo to come out of sleep mode (no easy trick) the books are not in my Library. My Kobo is now freezing in sleep mode and I have to use the paperclip method to wake up. If you check this forum, you'll see that a number of people are having the same problem. Alll of the epubs that I read work well on my Sony PRS-950 ereader. I am disgusted and ready to return my Kobo which I used to like.

09-30-2011, 04:43 PM	#11
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Ya that's weird about the Calibre comment.

10-10-2011, 06:59 AM	#14
porandos Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Sony PRS600, iRex DR1000S	I have the same issue: I can't upload more than 1 book a time. I used Adobe Digital Editions only (as one of the books was DRM protected). I uploaded 2 ePubs - 1 DRMed, 1 not protected. After ejecting USB device Kobo went to processing content. It stuck on 9 % for a good couple of minutes. I turned it off, turned it back on - the books didn't appear in the library. Connected USB again, the files were on the device but Kobo didn't show them in library. I removed both files, uploaded just one book - succeeded - processing content took less than a minute, book appeared in the Library.Uuploaded the other book - it worked as well. Concluding - Kobo Touch has a hard time processing more than 1 book uploaded a time. It's not Calibre related.

10-10-2011, 07:09 AM	#15
timlegge Addict Posts: 305 Karma: 78651 Join Date: May 2010 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Device: Kobo, Kobo Wifi, Kobo Touch	Are you connected directly to the computer or through a USB hub or extension cable? The touch seems to like the direct connection best

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