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Originally Posted by kiwipippa
I have been a heavy kobo purchaser for years and have never come across this until today. I'm buying from a New Zealand account so perhaps the publishers always make the epub available.
Anyway, today I have bought a book, went to download it and struck exactly the situation you show above. And there appears to be no way of knowing before you purchase unless you download a preview (which is just an extra hassle I think). Interestingly, it is a New Zealand published book as well.
This is a bad move on kobo's part - and I've logged a ticket to see what they say (although I'm sure many others have). Their website should clearly state the formats up front.
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Was it a recently published book? Everything I've checked with a publication date of March 2014 onward (and maybe some of February as well) has been kepub only. Granted, I've been checking only one particular publisher, Crossway.org; Crossway sells the same books in epub format from their site (and DRM-free, from what I can tell) so it has to be Kobo just being a butt. It is so aggravating. (I hate their apps, and I can't get the obok-thingy to work for me so I'm pretty much stuck.
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