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[beccaelizabeth]

I bought an eink ereader to read epubs on for longer
it took me two hours to figure out how to put Frankenstein on it
and as far as I can tell the only way to make it work
is to sign in to an account
which syncs everything
so the makers are watching you read
which I didnt anticipate and do not want.

might be sending it back.

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[mecurtin]

which one are you using? I have a kobo that I run with Calibre.

[beccaelizabeth]

kobo
don't have calibre, just dropped a file in it

[mecurtin]

managing such a device without calibre is a mistake imho. File-dropping doesn't work unless you do it through kobo's interface, and that ties you to them in ways you already know you don't like.

Let me know if you have problems getting calibre or setting it up.

having read bits of faq and watched a video

[beccaelizabeth]

there's a lot of features in calibre I think I'm not understanding yet
like it keeps mentioning a content server to access your books from anywhere, but that sounds like same thing I did not want

whole topic is more complicated than expected, many buttons, much being connected

Re: having read bits of faq and watched a video

[mecurtin]

I have no idea what this content server thing might be.

I set up my calibre on my desktop computer. I made a folder on my D: drive called "Calibre Library" (or maybe it did), and that's where I save my AO3 downloads, Project Gutenberg books, etc.

When I buy a book from Kobo it shows up on my device automatically, but NOT in the folder on my computer, I have to DL it from kobo.com to do so.

For something from Gutenberg or AO3, I save it to my Calibre Library folder, then open Calibre. I then have to "Add Books" to bring it into the Calibre window, and from there I can upload it to my plugged-in device.

Does this make sense from what you're trying to do?