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Originally Posted by davidfor
You did get an epub. One of the things that is being discussed in this thread is how to download that epub. You also got a kepub, which is what Kobo uses for their devices and syncing.
I haven't seen any reports that Obok is not working for several months. As I suggested, check you have the latest version of Obok. If you do, report the error to the developers of Obok. Without being told there is a problem, there is no way they can fix it.
Someone stated that recently, maybe you, and it didn't agree with my memory. So, I went through the firmware looking for a message like that. There wasn't one. The closest was one about using the SD card for storage if needed. But, as the card is in the device, of course the device will do some management. Pull it out and the device can't touch it. And the device only touches files on the card it puts there. I does not touch sideloaded books except to allow you to read them. If there are non-book files on the device, they are COMPLETELY ignored.
So you removed the WiFi password and the next time you did something that needed WiFi, it asked for the password? Wow, how demanding of the system. I bet that when you didn't supply the password all it said was it couldn't do that function and kept letting you do unimportant things like, say, read a book.
I don't normally consider myself a fanboy of anything. The usual thing I consider myself is someone who uses tools to achieve a purpose. I choose the one that suits me the most. I generally make sure I understand what is going on. That way I can use those tools better. But, sometimes I do decide to not learn and treat it as a black-box.
The other thing is that if I have a problem and ask about it, I actually listen to the answer and try to act on it. And if I make a statement about how something works and someone demonstrates I am wrong, I accept that. I'll probably try and work out why I thought what I did, but that is related to trying to work out how it all works and use it better.
Now, I like calibre and know a lot about how it works and how to use it. I like my Kobo devices. And again, I know a lot about how they work and how to use it to best achieve what I want (just so you know, that is to be able to read). And I haven't seen anything else that would be better for me. If that makes me a fanboy, then I'll have to accept that. And while I assume you mean it as an insult, I can only take it as a compliment.
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You must not read much else then. I like news aggregators for tech headlines.
Slashdot and the Digital Reader have now posted it.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/0...%28Slashdot%29
http://the-digital-reader.com/2016/0...ibrary-update/
As for removing the wifi password, I have it memorized. I enter it every time I want to print from my phone. The phone has it, the printer doesn't.
All of the Android apps I have will function without any connection. The databases are downloaded to the memory, and so is the purchase key.
Dark sky sites for astronomy often have nothing. I'm partial to places where my carrier isn't. Same for birds and wildflowers.
If the book came down as a DRM free epub, it should have the file extension. Windows, Android and Linux should see the extension and any reader that reads epub should be able to open it.