Thread: Book with no EPUB download option
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Old 01-16-2014, 08:58 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
Interesting. If this is true, then the issue isn't because of ADE not handling EPUB3 files, because ADE isn't needed for books without DRM, and Lynx Lynx stated that the book she experienced the issue with was a DRM free book from O'Reilly.
From what I can see the kepub version of the book is stored on Kobo's servers, but when you download the epub version from the website it comes from the publisher's site (if DRM-free) or from Adobe's servers if it has DRM.

So the reason that some books are not available for download could just be that the publisher hasn't provided access to the book on their servers, or hasn't provided authorization to dowload from Adobe's servers.

Out of over 150 books I have purchased from Kobo there was just one that didn't have a website download option available immediately, and that was a new release book that I bought on the day of release. The website download option for that book appeared a few days later, but in the meantime I could still download the kepub version direct to my device.
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