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program to add e-books in sence reader

may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome

Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.

Pagnell said:
Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.
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ePub, the HTC reader supports the ePub format (don't know if it supports other formats as well). As of now only Freda supports this format. In addition, the HTC eReader support DRM protected ePub books (I have to test this out yet, but the device can be activated using the adobe server)

ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.

mick1475 said:
ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.
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I second that also, but I think we just have to wait till someone is going to write a program for this. At this moment, there's a little work-around described here. This works very well, but is a bit cumbersome.
BTW, there is some interfacing possible with Adobe Digital Editions. When there is a active sync connection, one can activate the HD2 with this PC program and there is a possibility to copy books to the HD2. However the books copied to the device don't show up in the ereader tab.
On the 2.05 test rom there was a directory "Program Files/HTC Reader" in which there was a subdirectory "manifest". This name is also used by Adobe Digital Edition for its library.
(Not that this is of any use right now, but maybe someone can figure out how the HTC reader interfaces with Adobe Dig. Ed or for that matter, any other pc reader/manager)

btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.

irakliontevza said:
may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome
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looking for this kind of app too

How to make e book visible in sense
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
tboy2000 said:
btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.
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mughal90 said:
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
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it wont do this automagically. There's a database which holds all the books, unfortunately there's no tool available on WM to add new books.
I'll publish one soon.
EDIT: wont publish mine, as one has already been published.

ebook indexer
Try with this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663

So it doesn't read PDFs? Might have been worth using if it did so I'll stick to Allreader, any EPUB books I have can be easily converted to HTML.

calibre does a great job of converting to Epub

OT: Is there a way how make eReader read different character page correctly? I cannot read all Czech characters correctly, only some of them.

Hi all.
If you're looking for an application to import other e-books in the new Sense e-reader tab, please look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632517

Sorry for a stupid question but what is this new sense reader. I dont see it in my phone.I have the latest 1.66 ROM.

Thank you for this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663
It really helped!

Now more then ever this tool helps really. Thank You for this

[Fix] Facebook in HTC Album

There is nothing wrong with eitheryour HD2 or Facebook; the problem is with a particular tweak that I find irrevocabley pernicious across my phones! It ALWAYS causes my ELF, Diamond, and HD2 to behave erratically and without adding the alleged performance boost everyone is convinced it does!
I have tried it, it caused my album to lose the ability to load Facebook photos, fixed that, recreate the problem and saw the same result, and finally fixed it again!
NOTE:Most of our tweaking apps apply this legacy em3.w tweak mindlessly to our wm6.x systems.
The fix is simple:
After you have applied all your performance tweaks, go into your registry and:
1. Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\FATFS
2. Change the DWORD value "CacheSize" to 0
3. Reboot
4. Launch Album, goto Facebook albums, load your favorite one, browse the pics
5. Rejoice!
Cheers
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Go into your registry

Or you just download the hotfix at the official HTC site....

Hi shirreer,
thanks a lot for this, unfortunately this seems not to be the problem I'm facing. This Reg is on 0 already.
I've been using a lot of Manila versions (currently 20142924)
But also 2011 and 2012 had the same issue.
Maybe its the FacebookSDK build in the ROMS I used so far. Dutty once issued an different one, but with this album works, but contacts doesn't any more....
Thanks although.

Oh hey, that works nicely. Guess there is such a thing as too many tweaks. Heh! Don't generally use the feature, but it's nice to have it working anyway.

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Or you just download the hotfix at the official HTC site....
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Do you know if this hotfix is available somewhere for custom ROMS? Anyone extracted it from the official one?
Edit: I found the files from the hotfix and installed them, no change (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5989296&postcount=12)

I don't have a Leo, but this fix works for me on my Raphael & Rhodium: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=268518&d=1263662460
It simply creates a folder called "PINET_ROM" in the root of your device. The FacebookSDK.dll is hard-coded to look for Flash Storage there, but for some reason, the driver that's supposed to create the folder (OEM_FLASHDRV_1.DLL) doesn't mount the drive properly (or something like that). So this should get the online Album working. Also, make sure these registry keys are set so that you see the option to view FB Albums for linked contacts:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]
"EnableOnlineAlbum"=dword:1
"Facebook.Disable"=dword:0
(The latter value shouldn't actually be there at all)
The downside here, of course, is that the Facebook Online Album cache is going to take up quite a bit of storage on your device, but for you Leo users, I assume that's not a big deal, right?

Captain_Throwback said:
I don't have a Leo, but this fix works for me on my Raphael & Rhodium: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=268518&d=1263662460
It simply creates a folder called "PINET_ROM" in the root of your device. The FacebookSDK.dll is hard-coded to look for Flash Storage there, but for some reason, the driver that's supposed to create the folder (OEM_FLASHDRV_1.DLL) doesn't mount the drive properly (or something like that). So this should get the online Album working. Also, make sure these registry keys are set so that you see the option to view FB Albums for linked contacts:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]
"EnableOnlineAlbum"=dword:1
"Facebook.Disable"=dword:0
(The latter value shouldn't actually be there at all)
The downside here, of course, is that the Facebook Online Album cache is going to take up quite a bit of storage on your device, but for you Leo users, I assume that's not a big deal, right?
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Hi Captain_Throwback!
I cannot believe it, as my Reg-Key on my TD2 Rom (Yin.09) was anyhow correct, I followed your advice and created the directory via Resco Explorer on my Root of the phone...and it really works....simly as that, just createa dir, I still cannot believe it....
THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!

Hi.
I've the same problem.
But i can't create the directory in the root. It says that's impossible.
I've resco explorer.
Can you help me?

nothing...
i can't resolve.
help me

I dont seem to have a problem loading any friends albums anywhere, in the app, in the htc albums or where ever.
THE problem i have is, i cant get my own album to load in the fb app normaly .....
I can see my wall and all that, but when i go to my album tab to tag or whatever, in the fb app, it just sits there loading forever.
The only way i can get it to load, is by adding the fb app to rotate i bsb tweaks and rotating the app to landscape and they show. It wont load any thumbnails though.

masdan said:
Hi.
I've the same problem.
But i can't create the directory in the root. It says that's impossible.
I've resco explorer.
Can you help me?
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You don't have to create the directory. That's what the CAB I linked to does for you. Just install it.
carhigh said:
I dont seem to have a problem loading any friends albums anywhere, in the app, in the htc albums or where ever.
THE problem i have is, i cant get my own album to load in the fb app normaly .....
I can see my wall and all that, but when i go to my album tab to tag or whatever, in the fb app, it just sits there loading forever.
The only way i can get it to load, is by adding the fb app to rotate i bsb tweaks and rotating the app to landscape and they show. It wont load any thumbnails though.
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The Facebook app is an entirely different animal - that's an MS app. You'll have to search around to find fixes for that issue. My response relates only to the Sense online Album integration.

i've tried to install the cab, but appear the message : impossible to install "t-back..."
why??

masdan said:
i've tried to install the cab, but appear the message : impossible to install "t-back..."
why??
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I don't know. That doesn't make any sense. The CAB doesn't even contain any files, so there's no reason it shouldn't install. There's also no reason you shouldn't be able to create a directory. I assume you have an HD2? Can you provide your device ROM info, Manila version, etc? The best to allow people to help is to provide all those details.

Yes I've an HD2.
The rom version is 1.66.408.1
Manila 2.5.xxx
Radio 2.06.51.07

masdan said:
Yes I've an HD2.
The rom version is 1.66.408.1
Manila 2.5.xxx
Radio 2.06.51.07
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If it's not letting you create the folder, that likely means the Flash Drive is actually working, so I don't think you need this fix. Do you not get pictures when you go to Facebook Online Album?

When i go to create the folder, a message appear: impossible to cerate folder, the folder already exists.
When i go on facebook on line album... i see nothing (only the list of my friend)
when i touch on refresh (on a friend's name) appear the message: the customer doesn't have an album to visualize

masdan said:
When i go to create the folder, a message appear: impossible to cerate folder, the folder already exists.
When i go on facebook on line album... i see nothing (only the list of my friend)
when i touch on refresh (on a friend's name) appear the message: the customer doesn't have an album to visualize
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The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? I can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.

Captain_Throwback said:
The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize? in what it consists?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? YESI can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. in both ways I visualize nothing.
From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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masdan said:
Captain_Throwback said:
The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize? in what it consists?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? YESI can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. in both ways I visualize nothing.
From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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See excerpt from the OP below. Have you tried this?
shirreer said:
.....it caused my album to lose the ability to load Facebook photos, fixed that, recreate the problem and saw the same result, and finally fixed it again!
The fix is simple:
After you have applied all your performance tweaks, go into your registry and:
1. Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\FATFS
2. Change the DWORD value "CacheSize" to 0
3. Reboot
4. Launch Album, goto Facebook albums, load your favorite one, browse the pics
5. Rejoice!
Cheers
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sorry i've already tried the tweak in the first post, but nothing, the value of DWORD is already on"0"

[Q] Own Kindle-Books on Phone

Is there any method (without sideload books with TouchXplorer in the Kindle-folder) to add own books to the Kindle-App?

nop i've been searching all day.

If you have a Kindle account on Amazon.com, you would go to the Manage Your Kindle page and add your phone to the list of authorized devices. Make sure you have the Kindle app loaded on you WP7 phone. If you dont have a kindle account, you can set one up on that page and start your reading experience.
I have already done this on my Focus and it is working fine, in addition to my Real Kindle.
Frank K

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If you have a Kindle account on Amazon.com, you would go to the Manage Your Kindle page and add your phone to the list of authorized devices. Make sure you have the Kindle app loaded on you WP7 phone. If you dont have a kindle account, you can set one up on that page and start your reading experience.
I have already done this on my Focus and it is working fine, in addition to my Real Kindle.
Frank K
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I think ur missing the point. I presume the OP wants his own ebooks which he's got from other sources to be available within the Kindle App. I'd also like this feature.

I believe I did miss the point. I am not aware of anyway to move others books into the reader. If the file manager works, try that but I believe that Kindle uses their own format for their books and non Kindle books may not work.
Keep us updated.

Kindle book sideload instructions
nvr mind you wanted to do it without sideloading Alternatively, you can email books to your Kindle for free through a Wi-Fi connection by emailing the .Mobi file format to [email protected] (replacing youraccount with your actual kindle account name).
This only works if you own an actual kindle as well. which is a bummer
I use sideloading and that works fine for me

The problem in your point ist that you need a "real" Kindle to have this mail-adress. I've no Kindle, I'm using the Kindle-WP7-App and Kindle for PC only. So I've no @free.kindle.com - adress.

Sideload a book with TouchXplorer
For everybody don't know how to sideload books: load the ebook (from gutenberg.org for example) in .mobi and mail it to yourself. Then download the attachment and try to open it. After that copy the .mobi-files with TouchXplorer or Advanced Explorer from "My Device/ApplicationData/Volatile/EmailAttachments/Attachments..." to "My Device/Applications/Data/48195FB4-...-...-...-.../Data/IsolatedStorage/kindle". But this process does only work, if you tried to open the file. If you don't WP7 won't copy the files in "EmailAttachments"; I don't know, if the "number" of the Kindle-folder is the same everytime.

Elerador said:
For everybody don't know how to sideload books: load the ebook (from gutenberg.org for example) in .mobi and mail it to yourself. Then download the attachment and try to open it. After that copy the .mobi-files with TouchXplorer from "My Device/ApplicationData/Volatile/EmailAttachments/Attachments..." to "My Device/Applications/Data/48195FB4-...-...-...-.../Data/IsolatedStorage/kindle". But this process does only work, if you tried to open the file. If you don't WP7 won't copy the files in "EmailAttachments"; I don't know, if the "number" of the Kindle-folder is the same everytime.
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I knew this ...
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I was about to ask
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Elerador said:
For everybody don't know how to sideload books: load the ebook (from gutenberg.org for example) in .mobi and mail it to yourself. Then download the attachment and try to open it. After that copy the .mobi-files with TouchXplorer from "My Device/ApplicationData/Volatile/EmailAttachments/Attachments..." to "My Device/Applications/Data/48195FB4-...-...-...-.../Data/IsolatedStorage/kindle". But this process does only work, if you tried to open the file. If you don't WP7 won't copy the files in "EmailAttachments"; I don't know, if the "number" of the Kindle-folder is the same everytime.
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Thanks for the tip and it works. However when I do this method the Cover Art for the book is incorrect and instead the first Picture in the book is being shown instead. Any tips to correct?

Elerador said:
For everybody don't know how to sideload books: load the ebook (from gutenberg.org for example) in .mobi and mail it to yourself. Then download the attachment and try to open it. After that copy the .mobi-files with TouchXplorer from "My Device/ApplicationData/Volatile/EmailAttachments/Attachments..." to "My Device/Applications/Data/48195FB4-...-...-...-.../Data/IsolatedStorage/kindle". But this process does only work, if you tried to open the file. If you don't WP7 won't copy the files in "EmailAttachments"; I don't know, if the "number" of the Kindle-folder is the same everytime.
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Great stuff, clear instructions, thanks!

No, sorry. For this you gotta edit the .mobi files.

why don't you all just use Freda which is a free ebook app that allows you to read ebooks that you got from other sources well aslong as they are DRM free

I like the Kindle-App much more, but that's subjective.

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Elerador said:
For everybody don't know how to sideload books: load the ebook (from gutenberg.org for example) in .mobi and mail it to yourself. Then download the attachment and try to open it. After that copy the .mobi-files with TouchXplorer or Advanced Explorer from "My Device/ApplicationData/Volatile/EmailAttachments/Attachments..." to "My Device/Applications/Data/48195FB4-...-...-...-.../Data/IsolatedStorage/kindle". But this process does only work, if you tried to open the file. If you don't WP7 won't copy the files in "EmailAttachments"; I don't know, if the "number" of the Kindle-folder is the same everytime.
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Now im in the same folder and trying to delete the nameofbook.mobi file from the kindle folder using touchxplorer and i get an error
"Unable to delete file {0}"

Deleting Error
mayfly007 said:
Now im in the same folder and trying to delete the nameofbook.mobi file from the kindle folder using touchxplorer and i get an error
"Unable to delete file {0}"
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Yeah, but that's a problem with Windows Phone 7. TouchXplorer and Advanced Explorer can't do this. But the easy thing is: Reinstall the Kindle-App. If you do this, the whole folder will be removed. But if you do this, you gotta recopy all of your books.

Elerador said:
Yeah, but that's a problem with Windows Phone 7. TouchXplorer and Advanced Explorer can't do this. But the easy thing is: Reinstall the Kindle-App. If you do this, the whole folder will be removed. But if you do this, you gotta recopy all of your books.
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Thanks. Done

timi22666 said:
why don't you all just use Freda which is a free ebook app that allows you to read ebooks that you got from other sources well aslong as they are DRM free
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Thanks for mentioning Freda! Two points to note:
1) Freda reads EPUB (also TXT and HTML) formats, but doesn't handle MOBI. So if you have an existing MOBI/Kindle book collection, you'll need to use various technical tricks to convert it into DRM free EPUB format.
2) There is a new version of Freda coming onto the MarketPlace in a few days, which offers some GUI and stability fixes, and performance improvements. Though I admit the thing still does look a bit like an engineering prototype .

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Jim Chapman said:
Thanks for mentioning Freda! Two points to note:
1) Freda reads EPUB (also TXT and HTML) formats, but doesn't handle MOBI. So if you have an existing MOBI/Kindle book collection, you'll need to use various technical tricks to convert it into DRM free EPUB format.
2) There is a new version of Freda coming onto the MarketPlace in a few days, which offers some GUI and stability fixes, and performance improvements. Though I admit the thing still does look a bit like an engineering prototype .
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After the update, I'll test it again. If it's better then the old (the actual) version, I'll use it.

[Req] Ebook by samsung electronics

I managed to download the ebook reader from this link
zune://navigate/?appID=b90a5d54-601d-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
but now I cannot find a way to side load my books. if anyone has any idea please help. if you want I can also upload the xap file.
thank you
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the program is located under Applications/Data/B90A5D54-601D-E011-9264-00237DE2DB9E
I then went to Data/isolatedStore and found the 2 books that came with the program, but when I copy my books they do not appear when I launch the program. Then I downloaded a free book from kobo, through the software, and a new folder "Digital Editions" was created with the book I downloaded.
I copied my books in that folder but still nothing. BUT, when I changed the title of one of my books to the title to the one I downloaded, it appeared in the software under the photo and title of the downloaded book, but opened my book. a small victory but not enough...
BTW it was a epub book, not pdf, I still haven't managed to open pdfs, although this program supports pdf.
in IsolatedStore, there is a file EBookstorage.xml and a EBooksettings.xml that I havent managed to copy to my computer to check what is inside; I believe that the solution lies in there. But maybe not...
for every book there is a corresponding image file, so maybe the only thing needed is the image file of the book cover...
I am using this app on a HD2 NODO rooted (Thanks Yuki) without any other problems.
if anyone can help, I would appreciate it. it will be great to have just one app to read both epub and pdf.

managed to sideload books
jardan said:
I managed to download the ebook reader from this link
zune://navigate/?appID=b90a5d54-601d-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
but now I cannot find a way to side load my books. if anyone has any idea please help. if you want I can also upload the xap file.
thank you
Update:
the program is located under Applications/Data/B90A5D54-601D-E011-9264-00237DE2DB9E
I then went to Data/isolatedStore and found the 2 books that came with the program, but when I copy my books they do not appear when I launch the program. Then I downloaded a free book from kobo, through the software, and a new folder "Digital Editions" was created with the book I downloaded.
I copied my books in that folder but still nothing. BUT, when I changed the title of one of my books to the title to the one I downloaded, it appeared in the software under the photo and title of the downloaded book, but opened my book. a small victory but not enough...
BTW it was a epub book, not pdf, I still haven't managed to open pdfs, although this program supports pdf.
in IsolatedStore, there is a file EBookstorage.xml and a EBooksettings.xml that I havent managed to copy to my computer to check what is inside; I believe that the solution lies in there. But maybe not...
for every book there is a corresponding image file, so maybe the only thing needed is the image file of the book cover...
I am using this app on a HD2 NODO rooted (Thanks Yuki) without any other problems.
if anyone can help, I would appreciate it. it will be great to have just one app to read both epub and pdf.
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the app uses epub.
you need the epub and the cover image
name the books accordingly.
use isostorespy to access the isolated storage. on the root of the applications youll find the epubs(marked as unknown file, as well as some jpegs of cover art. you also find an xml file - bookstorage.xml
copy bookstorage.xml to pc and add entries for your new book. the epub and cover art must be dumped in the app iso storage root.
edit the xml to include your books... this what i did to mine
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Books>
<Book>
<ID>6</ID>
<Title>Passion</Title>
<Author>Lauren Kate</Author>
<BookmarkPath>6Bookmark.xml</BookmarkPath>
<ScrapPath>6Scrap.xml</ScrapPath>
<Category>99</Category>
<PurchaseType>0</PurchaseType>
<EPubSize>0</EPubSize>
<KoboContentType>0</KoboContentType>
<KoboContentID>00000006</KoboContentID>
<KoboUserID></KoboUserID>
<KoboUserKey></KoboUserKey>
<ACSMFilePath></ACSMFilePath>
<Publisher>Lauren Kate Books</Publisher>
<CoverImage>Passion.jpg</CoverImage>
<Description></Description>
<FilePath>\Applications\Data\b90a5d54-601d-e011-9264-00237de2db9e\Data\IsolatedStore\Passion.epub</FilePath>
<ISBN>00000006</ISBN>
<ReadStatus>Close</ReadStatus>
<TotalPage>0</TotalPage>
<CurrentReadPage>0</CurrentReadPage>
<LastReadTime>0</LastReadTime>
<IsFavorite>False</IsFavorite>
<ImageUrl />
</Book>
the part above should be merged with the bookstorage.xml
if you notice
id = 6 (because this is the 6th book i add. in the beginning there will be 2 default books so youll start by adding book no3 = id=3
bookmarkpath = (id#)Bookmark.xml ---> example if id is 3 = 3Bookmark.xml
ScrapPath = (id#)Scrap.xml -----> example if id is 3 = 3Scrap.xml
author, publisher and title is self explanatory......
other values leave blank or default as pasted above
this is ****ing unorganized... gonna make a video later... and i hope i can finish coding the uploader soon so that we dont have to do all the ****e above. pardon my french....

thanks. I just saw your answer, sorry for that. I will try it tomorrow. If you finished coding, please tell me. I am really interested in having this program working properly.
thanks

Samsung ebook
I know this is an old thread, but could you post the samsung ebook .xap?

Sounds a lot of effort - try Bookviser
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[Q] App for RSS reader where each post is a PDF file

Alright, so this use is very specific and I'd be surprised if there is an app that could do what I need but I'm going to try anyway.
I have a RSS feed where each new article has a PDF attachment - in fact, the RSS feed is to get this particular periodical which is released in the PDF format.
I've tried a couple of RSS readers and they sync the new post but not the PDF file. I want to be able to download PDF files from the reader and either read it in the reader or open it using another PDF reader.
Are there any RSS readers which can download attachments?

I don't know about Metro-style apps, but the built in RSS feature of IE can do file download links. It's not the best of interfaces (by a considerable margin), though. Outlook's reader may suit you better except it's not available for RT.

GoodDayToDie said:
I don't know about Metro-style apps, but the built in RSS feature of IE can do file download links. It's not the best of interfaces (by a considerable margin), though. Outlook's reader may suit you better except it's not available for RT.
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I didn't know that IE had an RSS feature. I'll check that out. Thanks!

GoodDayToDie said:
I don't know about Metro-style apps, but the built in RSS feature of IE can do file download links. It's not the best of interfaces (by a considerable margin), though. Outlook's reader may suit you better except it's not available for RT.
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Thanks! This worked out fine. I was able to subscribe to the RSS feed and select "Download attached files" in the options. This worked perfectly for me.
The non-touchiness (did I just make up a word?) is an issue but once I had the setup, I don't ever need to look at the feed itself. I can just look at the folder where files are downloaded and other stuff happens in the background.
Thanks again!
One more question though - is there a way to specify the location of the downloaded attachments in IE? By default, it stores attachments in /temp/Internet/ ... blah. I was able to pin this folder to the start menu for easy access but it would be nice to tell IE where to store the attachments.
Any help here would be appreciated.

You're welcome! I'm glad that worked out for you. Yeah, IE has actually had an RSS/ATOM feed reader since version 7, but it's gotten more and more hidden with each release (back in IE7, you could select options like having it play a sound when a feed was discovered, for example). IE10 has improved the reader a bit, but it's still kind of hidden.
I didn't find a way to specify where to deliver the downloaded files, sadly. The best option I know of is to use a directory symbolic link so that when IE thinks it's writing to the temp folder, it's actually writing to a more accessible location that you selected. However, setting up one of these requires using an admin command line, and carries some risk of messing things up. If you would like to do so anyhow, specify the full paths to your temp folder (where the downloads are going now) and the folder you want to put them in instead, and I'll give you a simple script to make it happen if possible, or at least tell you what you would need to do.

Thanks for the offer! Let me dig around a little bit more and if all else fails, I'll come back to you