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actiss · 07-26-2011, 08:01 PM

Does the Kobo store modify ePubs from the publisher?

This may sound like a bizzare question, but a discussion from the Tor forums regarding the Wheel of Time ePubs made me curious regarding Kobo.

This is the passage in question from the publisher:

"My advice, if you really want a nice e-edition? Don't go with the Amazon version (I know, I know: if you own a Kindle, you're kinda locked into the Amazon store. But that's a bigger conversation about open formats and device agnosticism). Of all the other retailers who have The Eye of the World available (B&N, Sony, etc.), Sony is the best-looking; they take our file as-is, and don't alter or convert it at all."

Link here: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2009/11/whe...shing-schedule

Granted this statement was from a couple of years ago, but it made me wonder if Kobo does any sort of modification to the files once they receive it from the publisher.

07-26-2011, 08:01 PM	#1
actiss Member Posts: 15 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	Does the Kobo store modify ePubs from the publisher? Does the Kobo store modify ePubs from the publisher? This may sound like a bizzare question, but a discussion from the Tor forums regarding the Wheel of Time ePubs made me curious regarding Kobo. This is the passage in question from the publisher: "My advice, if you really want a nice e-edition? Don't go with the Amazon version (I know, I know: if you own a Kindle, you're kinda locked into the Amazon store. But that's a bigger conversation about open formats and device agnosticism). Of all the other retailers who have The Eye of the World available (B&N, Sony, etc.), Sony is the best-looking; they take our file as-is, and don't alter or convert it at all." Link here: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2009/11/whe...shing-schedule Granted this statement was from a couple of years ago, but it made me wonder if Kobo does any sort of modification to the files once they receive it from the publisher.