Thread: Converting from Kobo Desktop kepub to Kobo Aura Edition 2
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Old 09-18-2017, 08:31 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by yatesco View Post
Hi - newbie here.

I purchased a book from Kobo (David Walliam's The World's Worst Children) and I would like to manage it via Calibre.

What works:
- downloading the .epub into Adobe Digital Editions
- stripping the DRM from that epub
- adding that to Calibre (default configuration is 'Kobo')
- pushing that to my Kobo Auro Edition 2

HOWEVER, when I view it on the Kobo the images are split across multiple pages.

I suspect I haven't taught Calibre about the Kobo device I have as if I convert the book manually then it states the Kobo device has a resolution of 536x710 when the Kobo marketing page states it is 1024x768.
That suggests you have the wrong output profile. You probably have "Kobo Reader" selected on the "Page Setup" page of the conversion options. This downsizes images to 536x710. I usually recommend using the "Tablet" profile as that prevents resizing the images during the conversion. The Kobo firmware does a reasonable job of resizing images as they are displayed, but it also depends on how they are put in the book and their resolution. But, there should be a other output profiles for Kobo devices that are better suited for the Aura Edition 2.
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If I try adding the .kepub file directly then Calibre can't make head-nor-tail of it.
That means it has DRM. In the DRM tools, look for "Obok" to get around this. That will add the book as an epub, but it contains the kepub code. You can open the directory in calibre, copy the epub to a file with the extension "kepub" and then add that to calibre. The KoboTouch and KoboTouchExtended drivers can send this to the device.
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