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Originally Posted by xor_
I found out that it's probably choking on some bad formatting, and have adjusted by running everything through calibre first. I learned to jump through hoops because of a weakness in Kobo's software design. I shouldn't have to do that. And, notabene, that was the same set of books I had used before on a Nook and a Kindle without any comparable delay.
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While I'd agree that Kobo's error checking is about as useful as a screendoor on a submarine, any commercially produced epubs should pass Flightcrew and/or epubcheck without major errors. For non-commercial epubs, I'll allow a bit of leniency though many of them are more standards compliant than many of the commercial epubs. I have not found an epub that validated with no major errors
and caused my Kobo reader to hang during processing.
As for the vast pool of pirated ebooks converted from ghod alone knows what format to epub? I tend to feel that if I am going to read a book, I should be paying the author whether directly or through the library system. I will admit that I have no qualms about writing authors to comment on a book whether in a positive or negative fashion. I've learned to be careful with phrasing -- suggesting to an author that, in my not so humble opinion, their literary output indicates they should be pursuing another line of endeavour such as dog catcher seems to be considered as a vicious attack.
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force"
Often attributed to Dorothy Parker. Dorothy Parker occupies a similar position as Oscar Wilde in that much of what is attributed to them originated with others.