Recently I downloaded the Kobo desktop app and made only two Japanese ebook purchases (and two freebies) on the Japanese Kobo store. From what I've read here on Mobile Read, I know where the downloaded kepub files are supposed to appear on the PC (BTW I don't own any ereaders).
My problem is that when I purchased the ebooks on the Desktop app, the only files I see on Documents/MyDigitalEditions...are nothing. No kepub or epub or even a pdf file. And when I checked out C:/Users/[Name]/AppData/Local/Kobo/KobDesktopEdition/kepub, there are only blank files that can't be opened with any program or software; Calibre won't even accept them (oh, this also includes the free ebooks).
I can however perfectly view the books on the desktop app. So when I checked out my library on the Japanese Kobo website it turns out that only the free ebooks are
Adobe DRM epub (of which I then opened it with ADE with success) but the other two are left blank with no specification of what their formats are.
I've deleted one ebook (a purchased one), found it on my Purchased list on the Kobo website, bookmarked it and synced my account from the desktop app to have it downloaded again, but the kepub file still didn't appear, only the blank file.
Could someone help me figure this out and view them as epub files on my PC? I'm completely new in the world of ereading so please tell me in full details of what I did wrong here or what I'm not understanding. PS I run on Windows.