I did not know how toīrowse the web with the Kobo. How I could connect to book sources on the web. Were simply ignored, wherever I put them. Success, but no indication of the reason(s) for failure. So having read in various places that a Kobo can be seen as a USBĭrive, on which ebooks can be copied, I tried as reported above without Not yet identified, it will not detect my Kobo when it is connected to the computer I use to improve some of the ebooks, but for some reason that I have My question was motivated by the fact that I wanted to transfer ebooksįrom my Linux computer to my Kobo eReader. If you are only interested in the result, and the technique to transferĮbooks to your Kobo without any specific software, simply jump to the So, get second confirmation if that info is critical for your purpose. This is personnal experiment, not anything I read anywhere. I am giving details, so that you know my experimentalĮvidence. I did not explore the precise boundaries of what can work and what will I did some more experimenting on my own, and finally succeeded, though One way to make visible epub files copied directly on the Kobo file system is to use the Kobo browser once afterwards to download an epub file from the web. KOBOeReader/.kobo/kepub/ where KOBOeReader is the directory the Kobo file system is mounted on. In particular I tried the only directory already containg epub files which is I am interpreting it as mounted, but I am not sure.Īdded a day later: I tried to copy epub files or directories containing epub files in various places on my kobo reader. Actually I am not sure what connected means in the e-reader Have a problem getting Calibre detecting that my Kobo reader isĬonnected. Software like Calibre, but I am a bit short on time and right now I I am aware that the simpler solution is to do it with existing Should I do something on the Kobo reader after I disconnect, so that the new epub files are taken into account? Where in the file system should they be copied ?Īre there constraints on the file (or directory) names to be used ?Īre there other constraints I did not think of ? So my question is: what are the constraints to be respected whenĪdding new ebooks in the Kobo file system, i.e. My guess is that the files have to be put in a specific place, but Iĭid not dare start disturbing too much the file system without knowing ![]() Using various formats for file names, just in case. Included some epub files in this directory and in a subdirectory, (usually, but not /dev/sdc1) on some directory, (some of ?) the content of the Kobo readerīecomes accessible as a 3.2GB file system.įollowing the suggestion of Sekhemty's answer to another question, Iĭid create a directory at the top-level of this file system, and Indeed I can connect my Kobo to the Linux PC, and then by mounting /dev/sdc Which files can be copied directly by the PC. Kobo with a USB cable so that it appears to the PC as a USB drive, on What I understood is that one can connect the I read in several places that one can copy epub book files directly on I wish to load some free epub books on my reader. I am running Linux (Mageia 5), and I own a Kobo Glo HD.
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