[Prestidigitweeze]

Success! Due to the incredibly shoddy way the official sleepcover was packaged and sent (crude crumpled secondhand box and trashcan-extracted plastic wrapper unworthy of ebay sellers) -- and the condition it was in when I received it (weathered spine, and box with flaps fallen off and no shrinkwrap), Kobo has agreed to take back the original case and credit my account.

Perhaps there's a Noreve, Cover-up or othersuch case in my future.

Note to others: My case was sent from somewhere in California, supposedly by a "Kobo partner." Hope this wasn't symptomatic of the Rakuten market.