Thread: Transfer from Kobo Touch to Kindle App
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Old 09-07-2014, 05:19 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by dande13 View Post
I really am missing something!!

When I right click on the book>add to Library, I get the message "The following books are virtual and cannot be added to the calibre library"
No, you are not missing anything. The books you have on the device are kepubs downloaded from Kobo's servers. While a kepub is basically an epub with some extra tags, they use different DRM method. Adding these to calibre is pointless as it has no way to handle these books. It can't open them to read, and putting them back on the device doesn't work. But, there is a DRM removal method out there called "obok".

The best way to handle these books is to go to the Kobo web site and your library. This will list all of these books. For most of them, there will be a download link. Some will have "Download epub" which means the books do not have DRM. The rest will probably have "Adobe DRM". You will need ADE to download these books. Before these can be added to calibre, the DRM needs to be removed. For this, search for "apprentice alf".

Once the books are in calibre, you should be able to convert them to the appropriate format send them to the Kindle app. I don't use this, so I am not completely sure how to do this.
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