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Kobo tablet not turning on8/14/2023 ![]() ![]() It's relatively easy to find, but it adds another step to the process. Once on the Arc 10HD you need to go into a collection, open the menu, and select import content. What you need to do is copy the file over to your Kobo (it shows up as a USB device, so I was happy enough to use Google's Android File Transfer tool). But adding your own content is a little trickier, but is possible. Naturally any item you buy or download from the Kobo Store will be added to the default collection, ready for sorting. Items have to be moved individually there's no drag and drop between collections (you drag the item to a hot area in the status bar and are presented with a dialog box, changing the mode of operation from direct to indirect control) and after a few days of using it, I was surprised that I was still being offered the 'Learn to Add to Collection' as a main menu option. So if you have a collection of books from the 'Warrior Cats' series, you can add the Wikipedia page to the collection, and it will show up for easier access. Calling up the 'share' button from a number of Android applications and you'll find that you can 'share items' into the Kobo collections system. From here you can sort books into your own collections for easier access and discovery.Ĭollections are not limited to books or video files. The default collection is 'Books' and simply shows all the books that are on your Arc 10HD, and you can organise these by title, author, or in order of when they were opened. These collections can be opened up to browse your own content. While it's nowhere near the level of skeumorphism that you used to find on the Apple bookshelf app, the stark nature of the columns with text rotated ninety degrees puts me in mind of a minimalist bookshelf. The home screen of the Arc 10HD is a three pane affair, with a desktop for shortcuts and widgets on the left hand screen, the central screen listing the new content on your device (with a few recommendations mixed into the timeline), and on the right hand screen you have your collections. Neither should it be a surprise that Kobo have put the software focus on reading. Once you start reading on the Kobo, you are not going to be interrupted by the hardware if you don't want to be. ![]() Bluetooth will be turned off, notifications can be hidden, sounds will not play, and you can decide if Wi-Fi should disconnect as well. Kobo's 'Reading Mode' will essentially hang a digital 'do not disturb' sign over the Android OS. Naturally the video player hides all the UI chrome and controls when playing back video, but it's in the book reading app where they have added an interesting feature. Keeping the consumption experience as clean as possible is one of the successful bits of design put in place by Kobo. The regular Android controls are shows on the capacitive screen as required, which means they can be tucked away out of sight when reading a book or watching a film. Apart from the Kobo logo and the front facing camera, Kobo have kept the front of the device smooth and unblemished. Discussion of DRM removal is allowed for books you have purchased legally but please note that legal requirements for DRM vary by region.Glass covers the front of the device, with the soft-touch coating on the back of the device reaching around to frame the screen. Please use direct links.ĭRM & Piracy - We do not allow links or names of sites that distribute pirated material or any encouragement of piracy. No affiliate links - Recommendations are great but when they come with an affiliate link, they are less trustworthy and lead to spam. This is not a buy/sell/trade sub, no selling will be allowed. No book promotions or selling - general Kobo sales/promotions are allowed but if you are looking to promote your book, try r/ebooks, r/freeebooks or similar. No hateful or offensive submissions will be allowed. Keep it Kobo related - we are here to discuss all things Kobo related, comparisons are fine but discussions of other ereaders or ebooks in general are better suited to other subsīe respectful - argue the point, not the person. Welcome to the new and improved Kobo Reddit Rules Anything and everything about the Kobo eReader. ![]()
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