After sending a PM to JCKobo, I received the following from Kobo Customer Care
"We apologize for the fact that the quality of 'Bellwether' was less than satisfactory. We will be happy to provide you with a refund for the book since the numerous typos distracted you from enjoying the book (no matter how funny those typos may have been). While Kobo strives to make sure each ebook is a high quality product, we do depend on the publisher of the ebook to check it for spelling mistakes and such. We will inform the publisher, Random House, that they have provided us with a poor quality book and ask them to resubmit a more rigorously edited file. However, there is no way to guarantee how long this process may take which is why we will provide you with a refund shortly.
As for the desktop app malfunctioning, our development team is aware of the problem and we will be implementing an update for the desktop app later this week. For now, your best option is to continue to use ADE."
Cool! It's nice to have my concerns addressed (thanks JCKobo). Maybe next time I won't have to turn to a public forum to get this to happen.
Looking forward to the next update.