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Originally Posted by Claude_C
Hi,
I recently got an Aura DH.
I stumbled upon an info that you can convert an Epub to Kepub in Calibre (with the right extension) and get the Reading Stats button on the Kobo, like a Kepub bought on the Kobo Store.
But it doesn't seem to be possible anymore (firmware upgrade?)
Do any of you knows how to get that cool option back ?
Thanks.
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The author of the plugin stated in a post they were worried about retaliation from Kobo if they continued to find a work around. I love how some people like to rewrite history instead of telling the truth. My post on the matter was removed by a moderator and I got a warning because I don't think sucking up to large corporations is the right thing to do. Kobo staff use this forum often and you can find some of their posts here which has caused an unhealthy relationship with staff of this site, developers, and the corporations.
The developer stated they did not want to turn this into an "us vs them" situation so he decided not to work on reading stats anymore for sideloaded epubs. This is why I have not upgraded my Glo in years, am still using the last Glo firmware build before 2.9, the last Extended driver that supported that build, and no longer buy Kobo books.
Basically the dev has decided to do Kobo's job fixing what should be part of these devices, supposedly for free out of the goodness of his heart, but also adheres to Kobo's demands. I won't speculate why but remind people what "Adblock Plus" did for Google's money.
Being Android developer myself and working with the Android community, I find it disgusting how the eReader community bows down to the mega corporations, while those of us over at XDA choose to support the people instead. The development community for ebooks is very different and every time I read their posts here they seems more and more like a corporate slave and less like a random guy trying to improve on what a corporation has messed up in their never ending drive for profits.
Kobo doesn't want sideloaded epubs to be convenient because they want you buying their books. Ironically, being able to sideload books is the only reason why Kobo became successful as their major competitors make it very difficult. It appears now that Kobo is successful they are trying to do the same thing as those other competitors and have somehow convinced the development community here not to interfere. The forum moderators enjoy having direct access to developers from mega corporations posting on their site, so they have no problem censoring anyone who is against the will of the corporation.
FYI: Kobo pretends they don't, but they have built in spyware analytics tracking every thing you do on your device, from how long it takes you to turn the pages, what books are sideloaded, when you read, etc. A while back it was discussed here how to remove the spyware by another poster, but the post was quickly removed by the mods for an unknown reason. You can still find out how on other development community websites that don't bow down to the corporations.
@jgoguen This is an "Us vs Them"; it always has been. If it isn't then why make the plugin in the first place, why not just suggest on the Kobo forums the fixes you have made and they will add them to the official software? If were all one big happy family, there should be no problems with that route; correct? Make the commitment or don't; there is no fine line somewhere in the middle; you're either in the fight or your not.