Thread: Best way to move books purchased from Kobo into Calibre?
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Old 04-28-2017, 02:57 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by GeoffR View Post
I don't know if there is a best way, it is just a matter of what you prefer.

The way I do it is to download the book from the Kobo website to my Linux computer using the web browser, and then import it to Calibre. (For DRM books Adobe Digital Editions is needed for downloading: the web browser downloads an .ascm file and automatically opens ADE to download the book itself. Older versions of ADE run okay in Wine on Linux, I use version 1.7.2 but if you are downloading from Google Play or OverDrive then you'd need version 2.0.1)

I think the advantage of doing it that way is that it's the same method for Kobo books as for other retailers of DRM-free or Adobe DRM ePubs, and also I get the publisher's original ePub rather than Kobo's KePub version.
I've got ADE 4.5 running almost perfectly under Codeweaver's latest Crossover version of Wine. What's the advantage of the epub as opposed to the kepub?
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