07-25-2013, 07:52 AM | #526 | ||
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Kobo adds "kobo hack styles" (yes, that how Kobo calls it) to the original epub file obtained from the publisher and calls that epub a kepub. These additional styles can break the intended layout formatting set by the publisher and make the actual output unpredicatable and uncontrolable. But this varies from kepub to kepub and you never can tell beforehand which kepubs might be affected with this issue. If a original, publisher epub has no blank lines between paragraphs the kepub can either end up with blank lines between paragraphs or without. Roll the dice… Why can other ereader manufacturers offer device specific features/settings that can be enabled or disabled by the user without affecting the layout of an epub? Features like text alignment, ligatures, hyphenation, font styles, social media features (FaceBook, Twitter) etc. Features that are identical or similar to the ones that Kobo devices offer but all features work with the original epub (and independed of the actual book store that sold it.) Maybe Kobos development team can answer that. Last edited by Anak; 07-25-2013 at 08:13 AM. |
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07-25-2013, 10:06 AM | #527 | |
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My experience of comparing the epub and kepub versions of books I have bought from Kobo is that they are generally displayed the same. For most, if the kepub looks ugly, the epub is just as bad. I have few that the kepub looks worse. For at least one, I am fairly sure they were different versions of the same book. I suspect that a crappy version was supplied to Kobo for conversion to kepub. But a cleaned up version is was later made available for the epub but not supplied to Kobo. Or Kobo hadn't done the conversion again. And I have at least one where the kepub is the good looking version. |
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07-27-2013, 08:36 PM | #528 |
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I used the kindle for years and last week I Finally reiceve my aura. I loved, for reading manga is perfect.
But I what I really miss is that on the kindle I could see how many pages are in the book, not just in the chapter along with how many hours (in chapters and in all book) I still have to finish. I know if I want to see the real page numbers I just have to change kepub to epub. But I really like to see how many hours I still have to finish and you can only see this in kepub sorry for the broken english, I'm from brazil. I hope kobo will come with a solution for this I also loved that you can add new fonts, and customize margins and all =D |
07-27-2013, 08:47 PM | #529 |
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@juliana000: See Wikipedia, new translation options, and many other tweaks to nickel and look at the FullBookPageNumbers option.
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07-28-2013, 02:21 PM | #530 | |
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07-28-2013, 04:24 PM | #532 |
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08-18-2013, 08:17 AM | #533 |
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I love the Espresso color. Hope the new e-reader will retain this color and have more colors to choose from.
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08-20-2013, 03:22 PM | #534 |
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I'm coming rather late to this party, but here is my 2 cents (and worth every penny).
I have owned many readers from original Irex models, Sony, Kindle, B&N and others. I was very excited at the prospect of a relatively hi-res eink screen and smooth back lighting. So I was an early adopter of the Kobo Aura and received mine in late April. The display and size were fantastic, font capabilities (while secondary for me) were excellent. To date I had never had such a crisp and evenly lighted screen for my ebook needs. I loved the technology. Unfortunately I found all the social networking features and the menu system not to my liking. Also the Kobobooks Website was painful to navigate and had few customization capabilities. Also, when using Calibre sideloaded ebooks kept falling out of the Aura collections. So I had a GREAT ereader with a weak infrastructure. I tried to overlook the latter for almost 4 months. But eventually the arcology wore me down. I sold it last week. This was my experience. YMMV. |
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08-20-2013, 05:20 PM | #536 |
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I have gone back to the Paperwhite - for the time being. I am hopeful that a new PW is on the horizon using the same display as the Kobo Aura. Hopefully Kindle has also addressed the tech that they use to channel the light across the screen.
I converted to the Kobo Aura both for the impeccable eink / back light combination, but also to escape the clutches of Amazon. But I was miserable in the Kobo ecosystem. Rats. |
08-20-2013, 09:29 PM | #537 | |
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Since the Aura's release I've been a regular lurker here, soaking up info on it in the hopes that one day I'd get my hands on one locally (at full price I wanted to be able to try it in person first) which I've seen no sign of yet in San Diego. Also the stories of how difficult it was for folks to communicate with Kobo regarding their orders made me hesitant to order from them. I've skimmed through the Aura User's Guide already, can't hardly wait for it to arrive. Also hoping to get a nice coupon code from Kobo's latest contest for a pricey new book I've got my eye on; 3 e-mail addresses and the best was only 20%, Dan it! Last edited by MarciaCat; 08-20-2013 at 09:35 PM. |
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08-20-2013, 09:43 PM | #538 |
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Hi MarciaCat - I'm sure you will be delighted with the Aura. It is really the best display and backlight on the market.
I participate in the Kobo contests too. I just received a 25% coupon. But the coupons are only for the books Kobo has identified in the campaign. There have been a few relatively new releases, so it's certainly worth checking! Regards, Alex |
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08-21-2013, 08:07 AM | #540 |
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@MarciaCat: I hope you'll like it as much as I do
If the social features are not your thing either, you can turn them off. |
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