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user2178319 · 05-13-2015, 08:21 AM

This is all amazing feedback. Thank you so much. I have to admit though, I'm still a bit uncertain about one issue, so please bear with me:

Lets assume that the publisher (not me) wants to upload the books to Kobo and sell directly from it's website. The feedback so far indicates that Kobo will automatically convert epubs to kepubs. However, the Kobo guidelines say that epubs use the Adobe DRM and kepubs use the Kobo DRM. If you go to the Kobo store and look at the publication info on most/all of the books for sale, they all say they "Download options:EPUB2 (Adobe DRM)" or "Download options:EPUB3 (Adobe DRM)", which leads me to assume that Kobo doesn't automatically convert epubs to kepubs when they're uploaded.

I don't know if there's a question embedded in this follow up, but if anyone can shed some light on whether Kobo does convert to kepub that would be amazing.

05-13-2015, 08:21 AM	#11
user2178319 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Kobo	This is all amazing feedback. Thank you so much. I have to admit though, I'm still a bit uncertain about one issue, so please bear with me: Lets assume that the publisher (not me) wants to upload the books to Kobo and sell directly from it's website. The feedback so far indicates that Kobo will automatically convert epubs to kepubs. However, the Kobo guidelines say that epubs use the Adobe DRM and kepubs use the Kobo DRM. If you go to the Kobo store and look at the publication info on most/all of the books for sale, they all say they "Download options:EPUB2 (Adobe DRM)" or "Download options:EPUB3 (Adobe DRM)", which leads me to assume that Kobo doesn't automatically convert epubs to kepubs when they're uploaded. I don't know if there's a question embedded in this follow up, but if anyone can shed some light on whether Kobo does convert to kepub that would be amazing.