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Old 08-16-2014, 07:02 AM   #375
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Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
So, what else could they mean by "Kobo eBooks"?
Simple, all ebooks bought in the Kobo shop because the don't limit this feature to one or a few file formats and Kobo doesn't mention a 'special kind of epub' in the list of supported file formats: Kobos proprietary epub, the kepub.
I could go a step further by saying every item bought in the Kobo shop and stored on Kobos servers. As you can't upload non-Kobo bought books it is clear that those can not be synced.

Supported file formats eBooks: EPUB, PDF, and MOBI.
Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF.
Text: TXT, HTML, XHTML, and RTF.
Comic Books: CBZ and CBR.

Based on the list above I would expect that syncing of epub, pdf and mobi files are automatically synced. Because these are types (formats) of ebooks.

BTW, I do understand your point but Kobo should state this more clearly.
Now they are very cryptic or creative with words to avoid to mention what they should have mentioned very clearly: syncing between devices is only supported for our own proprietary format. But that format is not on the list.

I don't blame them for advertising with a statement as "Automatic synchronization between Kobo devices." as long I can read in the product details or fine print that this exclusively and only applies to only one specific file format.

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