Thread: New to Kobo (Aura One) from Sony. Some Quibbles.
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Old 11-27-2016, 06:41 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by SuzanneTF View Post
5) I use Calibre.com to manage my library of epubs. A few of the plugins I sometimes use are FanFicFare and Generate Cover. Both my Sony readers read such files flawlessly. However this Kobo doesn't want to recognize the generated covers when displaying thumbnails, tries to add page numbers, formats the books on the page oddly such as putting the top of the page way to close to the top edge of the screen, and turns two pages on most page turns so that I have to go back one. Why could a 3-5 year old device read these just fine but a new top of the line Kobo is confused?
You might want to check your formatting. By the sounds of it, you have customised the stylesheet you use with FFF to work with the Sony devices. You should revisit this to get the formatting how you want to see the books.

To pick some of the comments:

- For epubs, the device renders the first page of the book as the cover. If a cover image hasn't been embedded in the first page, then it won't be used.
- Page numbers are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Also, there are page numbers shown in the right margin. There is an option to turn the latter off.
- The Kobo epub renderer allows most of the screen to be used. If you don't like that, then add @page styles to increase the margin around the text. These are common in purchased books, and I normally strip them because I think they waste space on the screen. Yes, I want the text fairly close to the top of the screen.

The two page turning is something else. It seems to be either particular devices do this, or something about how people use the device. Some people seem to trigger double page turns when they tap and end up swiping instead. And other people are the other way round. I haven't heard of any particular issues with the Aura ONE.
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If I have missed something obvious, please correct me. Has the Kobo software evolved much over the years or do they focus more on their store and the hardware upgrades? I know that software/firmware updates can be deployed but don't know if they are pretty much "take it or leave it" once they complete development and release the devices for sale.
Kobo have made a lot of changes over the years in all parts of the software. A lot of the epub issues are to do with the Adobe RMSDK. But, the version of this they are using is years newer than that on the Sony's. If there are bugs in the software, Kobo do tend to fix them, but, they might not agree with you about what is a bug or how important it is. Some of the issues with the Overdrive interaction are because it is new and they are ironing out the issues. There will be changes in the next firmware release, but I don't know if they are the ones you want.
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