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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Sorry, but that is not always the case. I've seen a number of eBooks that don't have blackberry listed that are downloading as ePub.
Try this one since it's free (have to be set for the United States). It does not show Blackberry as one of the devices yet it is downloadable as a true DRM free ePub.
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...s-chapters-1-4 |
Yeah, open drm free epubs are an exception to the Blackberry rule.
When the Blackberry logo is present then the ebook is an ade drm-epub
. There is a post in this thread (many hundereds of posts ago) with all the details of Kobo's ebooks types. You can also use the preview button.
SH
From post 7233:
"Here is fast way to identify the type of ebook on Kobo's new website:
1) For ade epubs: Go to the 'Read this On' section located on the bottom right corner of the ebook page. If the 'Read this On' has Blackberry then it is an epub (full line: DESKTOP, eREADERS, ANDROID, TABLETS, IOS, BLACKBERRY, WINDOWS). Check via the preview button in your library to verify ade epub; I will skip this step though.
2) For kepub or an open epub: If Blackberry is absent from the 'Read this On' section , (full line: DESKTOP, eREADERS, ANDROID, TABLETS, IOS, WINDOWS) then it is a very good chance it is a kepub or an open epub. Click on the preview button and goto your library. As GeoffR has indicated, if the download option is Epub (DRM-free), then you have an open epub. If there is no download option, then you have an kepub.
3) For PDFs: the 'Read this On' section is blank then it is likely a pdf. There is no preview button for pdfs. Check with Kobo CS before purchasing. I don't as I know that it is a pdf.
For Kobo, these three steps are unnecessary and we should not have to resort to a preview button (personally, I do not want a preview button), instead tell us up front on the main page what format we are about to purchase."