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Old 02-01-2014, 09:41 PM   #15
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh View Post
Doesn't Kobo already know what we have on our devices? It seems unmistakeable to me that, every time I sync my Kobo, my recommendations are updated to reflect any new books I've sideloaded — either other books by the same author, or other non-fiction books on the same subject. These usually aren't recent releases or current top-sellers, so I can't believe it's a coincidence over and over again. How could Kobo do that without reading the books database to see what I have?
They don't have to know as long as it is the device itself that looks up those recommendations. If they don't cache that info on the servers, and aren't pushing it to the device, then they never know what sideloaded books you have -- but your device does know.
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