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Originally Posted by cyvros
I don't think it's really short-sighted as such. After all, how many other e-readers offer this service? It could be a point of differentiation, but my guess is that it would require them to build new and reasonably hefty infrastructure so that it wouldn't break down at inopportune moments. After all, there's no point rolling out an awesome new service if it just craps up and everyone bags you out for teething problems.
The only way I can see it working is if they basically do what Google Music does. ......
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I don't really see the need for Kobo to have a definitive copy or have to load your ebook to their servers if the only data you need in order to keep books in sync is the filename/identifier for the ebook and how far they have read in said book. The various devices would run an app that would query the DB for that single record and write to it when it needs to be synced.. This way there is no legal problems for Kobo. All they have is a DB filled with 2 field records. Pretty lite if you ask me.