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Monty01 · 06-25-2011, 04:58 PM

I connected my KOBO to my PC with the USB cable and copied the KOBO files onto an external hardrive.

I then tried to read my "free" books on the computer. I assume the books are in the kepub file and the file name is numerical and not the title of the book.

When I used ADE (Adobe Digital Edition), it would show the book title, author and chapters, but nothing else.

When I tried to use Calibre, the title was unknown and when opened showed a metadata opf file and an unknown file.

I then read that to make the file readable as an epub, I needed to add .zip to the numerical file name. I did that and unzipped the file. This then gave me another file named OEBPS, which I assume is a book. I tried again to open with both ADE and Calibre and got nowhere.

Since these "free" books are in the public domain and I could download them from Gutenberg, I don't think DRM (Digital Rights Management) should be an issue here.

If someone could help me figure out how to read these files on my PC I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks.

06-25-2011, 04:58 PM	#1
Monty01 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: KOBO	Problems: Copy\Read I connected my KOBO to my PC with the USB cable and copied the KOBO files onto an external hardrive. I then tried to read my "free" books on the computer. I assume the books are in the kepub file and the file name is numerical and not the title of the book. When I used ADE (Adobe Digital Edition), it would show the book title, author and chapters, but nothing else. When I tried to use Calibre, the title was unknown and when opened showed a metadata opf file and an unknown file. I then read that to make the file readable as an epub, I needed to add .zip to the numerical file name. I did that and unzipped the file. This then gave me another file named OEBPS, which I assume is a book. I tried again to open with both ADE and Calibre and got nowhere. Since these "free" books are in the public domain and I could download them from Gutenberg, I don't think DRM (Digital Rights Management) should be an issue here. If someone could help me figure out how to read these files on my PC I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.