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Originally Posted by ottdmk
A couple of thoughts on all this:
So Kobo gets a book. The metadata states the book is DRM-free EPUB-3. What's Kobo supposed to do with this book?
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Convert it to a format that works best for Kobo devices/apps, and provide a link to the original drm-free epub3 so the publisher's/author's wishes to provide a drm-free epub are honored. That way people without Kobo devices (or with OSes that can't run their Desktop software) can retrieve the file and put it on a device of their choice -- as the publisher/author intended them to be able to do..
Either that, or do whatever they heck they want AS LONG AS THEY clearly indicate that this DRM-Free epub is ONLY being sold/provided for use with Kobo devices/apps or with their Windows/OSX Desktop Software.
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Originally Posted by ottdmk
Kobo appears to have taken the conservative position of not offering EPUB-3 for download/sideload. A perfectly legitimate position, albeit one that's inconvenient for those of us around here who tend more towards the power-user side of the scale.
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I agree. It
IS a legitimate position. But only
IF this position is made perfectly clear BEFORE a purchase. And as long as they don't provide a pretty blue button beside the DRM-Free EPUB3 books in my library that
DOES imply I can download/sideload them (until I click it and get a 404 error of course).
The non-power-users are never going to see the download button for the DRM-free ePUB3 to get confused by in the first place. They're going to sync their new books to their device/app and go about their business.