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Thanks to Singlesculler...for confirming my suspicions at least in part.
The problem we are having is in the sync function when loading Kobo
Give an attaboy to Singlesculler for posting on this solution.
THANK YOU!!!!
STEP BY STEP:
I did this with an empty PB Kobo library so you may need to delete Kobo if you have problems. Redownload from app world which gives you version 1.0. Next check for available updates to PB OS on your controlscreen. It should indicate an available update with current Kobo. Update. Then:
1) log into your Kobo account via your web browser on PC or Mac(?)
2) Find your way to the "I Am Reading" page in your account. (Bookmark Issue is discussed more later
in this thread)
3) Select all of the books in this section and delete them. (This will only delete the bookmarks and not your purchased books.)
4) Now open your PB Kobo app. If you had books there they may well dissapear. However the spinning wheel should go away shortly.
5) Go to the Book Store in your PB Kobo app.
6) Navigate to your purchased books. I used the Purchased Books page in my account on PC browser as reference.
7) Becasue you already purchased this book the "Buy" button should display as "Download" button since these buttons are tied the purchased books list in your account.
8) Redownload your backs. PITA to have to due individually I know.
9) When you are done close the PB Kobo app.
10) If you have the PC/Mac desktop app launch it while you are online.
11) Your desktop should sync with what is on your PB.
12) Relaunch Kobo app.
With luck and a lot of screwing around on our part you should be up and running. (????)
PLEASE THANK simglesculler FOR THIS!
...I was so close but he/she(?) really is the one who made this possible. I simply had no clue where the bookmarks were actually being stored.Last edited by JaredPress; 11-15-11 at 08:36 PM.
11-15-11 11:40 AM - So far this solution has been stable for me. I have opened both my descktop and playbooks versions of Kobo....opened books closed them and relaunched the apps.
Hopefully this will stick...
I also went to Kobo on Facebook and posted this ...giving Singlesculler the credit.
If this works for you please go to facebook and post as well. If we beat them to at least a temp solution crackberry forum users should get the credit.
I dont have a landline and dont want to use up cell time if possible so if any of you find this a succesful fic and have a landline please call Kobo support and pass this on. It has been over a bloody week and a lot of users are suffering...maybe we should throw them all a bone
11-15-11 12:12 PM - Launch playbook Kobo and go to store. Find your book and the buy button should appear as a download button since buy/download is reflected in your purchase history.
What I did was log into my account in the browser...went to purchased page and used that as a reference while navigating to purchased books on the PB.
Download your books to Playbook and after that launch the PC Kobo app. It should sync up with what you have on the playbook.
Hope this works for you?
BTW Siglesculler originally posted in the "Kobo Problems???" thread. If this helps you guys zip over there and hit the the thank you button on that post. Well deserved and should be given the credit.
11-15-11 12:42 PM - Yes it's on the "I'm reading page". If you remove all your books from there you can go to "Trash" and reselect the books... seems to be working too though I have one book that seems to have "mysteriously" been removed from the ebook library to be bought on their site. So my Kobo app on the PB keeps trying to refresh my list on just that one damn book.
Weird thing is: the PC version of the app can still download the book, it's in my list of read books and I can get at the book info from there... But if I try and find the book on their site through the browser it's not there.Last edited by Gortoth666; 11-15-11 at 04:25 PM.
11-15-11 04:22 PM - You are more than welcome...be sure to give singlesculler a thumbs up. It was figuring out where the bookmarks were stored that finally did it. I got so close but that was the missing piece of the puzzle.Great work! I really missed my ereading life on the Playbook! I considered buying a dedicated ereader (maybe a Kindle, eh?) but it is back just in time. I had bought 6 books just before it disappeared.
Yeah I too thought about buying a reader I was so frustrated11-15-11 08:27 PM - I can state that a book (books) can make this process a no go. I've bought the first Abarat book from Clive Barker just a few weeks ago. Now after this little outage and reinstalling of my library I find out now that the book has been deleted from their website.
It still shows up on the "I'm Reading" tab where clicking on it gives me the detailed info of the book. Removing this particular book from the list makes the syncing on the PlayBook complete.
My PC and laptop can both download this book just fine. As soon as my PlayBook tries to get this book into my library it goes into spinning wheel mode again.
I've asked the "great" people @Kobo by e-mail what's up with that and if they see a fix/refund for that particular book so that I can buy another version of it.... Which I don't really want to do because it actually matches the cover of the 2nd book that I bought.. But luckily, it's still not 24 hours ago... But I think it might take longer for them to give a reaction on my question.
I hope they fix this/get this straightened out so that, maybe, just maybe, they might be able to make some more money of me... I still love my Kindle DX tbh, but having to get a credit card only for that is a no go for me.... Amazon should give the option to use PayPal too. :'(11-16-11 09:55 AM
