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tecweston · 04-03-2011, 10:42 AM

Hi everyone, this is my first post as I am the owner of a new Kobo.

I've been using my iPod touch to read ebooks the last few months, specifically the Kindle app because I think it's the easiest to use and most aesthetically pleasing, and I also love the way the account is set up, so that all your purchases are stored on the Amazon.com servers and you simply download any book you've already purchased and archive it when you're done. I also love the automatic syncing of bookmarks.

But on Friday I was at my local Borders, which is closing, and saw a bunch of Kobos on sale for $50, so I picked one up thinking it would be the cheapest ereader I'd probably be able to find for quite some time.

It recommends you connect it to your computer before doing anything, but I was at my fiancee's house for the weekend and decided to go ahead and set it up without using a computer. I connected it to my Borders.com account and everything worked well. I could open the Borders ebooks app on my iPod touch and purchase books, then update my library on my Kobo and everything downloaded right to it. I even checked out an ebook from my local library and downloaded it onto the ebook using my fiancee's computer.

But today I got back home and hooked it up to my computer, and downloaded the Kobo desktop app. It deleted all my Borders books from my Kobo and I can't figure out how to get them back. I can still download ebooks to my iPod touch via the Borders iPod touch app, but they will not show up on my Kobo.

Also, does anyone know of a DRM-free ebooks store that will work with Kobo? If I buy Kobo books now and then later switch to a Kindle, all my Kobo books will be useless, right? I'd prefer to buy in a format that works across all platforms.

And finally, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get free previews of books to download onto the Kobo. Does Kobobooks.com even offer free previews of books? Borders.com does, but of course all my Borders.com books were deleted automatically off my Kobo when I connected it to my computer.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

04-03-2011, 10:42 AM	#1
tecweston Comic book artist Posts: 553 Karma: 1760679 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Detroit Device: Nook Glowlight, iPad, iPhone	New to Kobo and having problems Hi everyone, this is my first post as I am the owner of a new Kobo. I've been using my iPod touch to read ebooks the last few months, specifically the Kindle app because I think it's the easiest to use and most aesthetically pleasing, and I also love the way the account is set up, so that all your purchases are stored on the Amazon.com servers and you simply download any book you've already purchased and archive it when you're done. I also love the automatic syncing of bookmarks. But on Friday I was at my local Borders, which is closing, and saw a bunch of Kobos on sale for $50, so I picked one up thinking it would be the cheapest ereader I'd probably be able to find for quite some time. It recommends you connect it to your computer before doing anything, but I was at my fiancee's house for the weekend and decided to go ahead and set it up without using a computer. I connected it to my Borders.com account and everything worked well. I could open the Borders ebooks app on my iPod touch and purchase books, then update my library on my Kobo and everything downloaded right to it. I even checked out an ebook from my local library and downloaded it onto the ebook using my fiancee's computer. But today I got back home and hooked it up to my computer, and downloaded the Kobo desktop app. It deleted all my Borders books from my Kobo and I can't figure out how to get them back. I can still download ebooks to my iPod touch via the Borders iPod touch app, but they will not show up on my Kobo. Also, does anyone know of a DRM-free ebooks store that will work with Kobo? If I buy Kobo books now and then later switch to a Kindle, all my Kobo books will be useless, right? I'd prefer to buy in a format that works across all platforms. And finally, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get free previews of books to download onto the Kobo. Does Kobobooks.com even offer free previews of books? Borders.com does, but of course all my Borders.com books were deleted automatically off my Kobo when I connected it to my computer. Thanks for any help you can give me. Last edited by tecweston; 04-03-2011 at 10:44 AM.