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Old 09-29-2014, 10:46 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx View Post
I'm thinking that now that [deleted]'s a Calibre plugin it means that the need for ADE (or in my case, Sony Reader for PC) is eliminated.

All one has to do is open Kobo Desktop Reader (so the kepub drops into it), import it Calibre via the [deleted] plugin, and then use Rev.Bob's plugin for tidyups.
Sorry, but no. That won't work like you think.

There are a few problems. The first problem is that obok will not list DRM free kepub. So you have to try to find them in the mess that is Kobo kepub. Then there is the fact thatt he formatting is changed from the original ePub. It's different when it's a kepub and it's again different after you use Modify ePub to remove the kepub crud. I've tested this in both ADE and Calibre's viewer.

Kepub modifies things too much and we don't get back to what the ePub should be. So you get an ePub that's not right when all is done without having to modify the code to try to fi what the kepub process screwed up.

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