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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Which part are you saying they can't do? They already convert the epub3 to a proprietary format available to their own devices and apps (kepub). And links to download/sideload epub3's (ascm to fulfill with drm or the epub itself if drm-free) are provided by Google Play Books all the time. I've retrieved several epub3s from them. So why is it not feasible for Kobo to provide such a link? Especially when you agree that the "non-power-user" will probably never see/use such a download/sideload option anyway.
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Simply because it's been decided that it's not worth the risk exposure. True. it's most likely that more advanced users would take advantage, but it's not guaranteed. Why risk the hassle, help-desk hours and reversed credit-card charges?
Secondly: what could Kobo convert it to? kepub is, to a certain extent, EPUB-3 compliant. RMSDK is not. Without doing extensive verification work on each individual file, how do you work out what can be converted and what can't? And if you allow downloads of the content, you (Kobo) possibly end up offering content that you can't sideload to your own reading devices.
I find it interesting that Google offers epub3 downloads. I wonder if they're counting on the fact that most epub3s are mislabeled? Might be that they don't think they'll run into any problems. (GPB is partially EPUB3 compliant as I understand things (possibly by converting the files to an intermediary HTML) and there are certainly a fair number of third-party EPUB3 readers in the Play Store.)
Still, if Google is willing to do it, it boils down to Google deciding that the risks involved are acceptable. And what's acceptable to Google may not be acceptable to others, due to any number of factors.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Except that when you add the preview/sample for that book to your library (like I did before purchasing), it lists "DRM-Free EPUB" as the download option. Which brings us right back to muddy again.
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Now, that's a screwup. Hope you've reported that. (I've verified it for myself.)
Still, it doesn't change the fact that if you look at the main page for the book, before you even add a preview, there is no Download options entry. Which is a perfectly clear indication that the book is not available in that manner.
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I reported it. CS chose not to address the non-working button at all. They just told me to sync the book to some apparently imaginary Kobo device that I'd already clearly told them I didn't own.
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Oh, you did?
This post gave me the impression that you didn't bother. My apologies.