[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Alpha o

Any way to get rid of the dictionaries permanently? I don't use them. Desktop keeps downloading them. I haven't synced the Glo.

You can select what dictionaries you want. So, don't select any. This is on the languages page of the settings.

Can you sort out what you want to see in the store? I do not want to see any romances or fiction best sellers. I do not want a book club. I usually do how-to books and sci-fi.
There are non-fiction books on the best seller list so a non-fiction list would be OK. I can figure out on my own what to read.

You can search and there are categories you can go through. But I don't use the shop on the device enough to see how configurable it is or if it changes depending on what you do.

If you use wifi, can you change the search engine? I refuse to use Google.

You can set any page you want as the home page.

I got the Glo to accept and use Adobe DRM. I loaded the Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders in. It opens. That came from O'Reilly Press.
I tried a freebie recipe which had DRM. Can you get that into Calibre or do I sideload it via the card?

I am looking at 2 books I want, but will wait until next week to get. Both are probably protected by some sort of DRM. Where do I back these up so Kobo can't accidentally delete? I do read the same book over quite a few times.

To get a DRM protected book into calibre, you need to strip the DRM. There are tools that will do this including plugins for calibre. For Adobe DRM, see https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/. For Kobo, search for "obok drm".