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Originally Posted by sawdin2
1. I am building my library from scratch. I can purchase from Amazon, Kobo, Google, etc. and use Calibre if needed to convert into whatever format is required. I'll use DeDRM_tools_6.6.1 w/ Calibre as well.
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Pretty much what I do.
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Originally Posted by sawdin2
2. If I purchase books from KOBO, won't those books be in kepub format?
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The books that synchronize directly to your KA1 (either purchased or library loans) will be kepub (the file name will be a long string that looks like a GUID with no extension). You can use the obok plugin for calibre to import these from the Kobo Desktop App or you can download them from your acccount page using a web browser and then import those epub files into calibre (Kobo => My Account => My Books and click on the ... under actions.
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3. If using KA1 with native software, doesn't the file format have to be kepub?
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The KA1 has two renderers. One is Adobe's RMSDK which handles epubs and Adobe DRM. The other is based on the ACCESS NetFront BookReader EPUB Edition which is pretty much part of Readium now. It handles epub3 allowing for complex page layouts and Japanese text. The .kepub.epub file extension is used for epubs intended to be open by that renderer (.fxl.kepub.epub is also used for fixed layout epub3 ebooks). These books may have Kobo proprietary DRM which is where obok comes in. There have been some almost religious arguments over which renderer is better. I prefer epub for it's superior handling of typographic elements (kerning, ligatures, etc.) however I suspect that if you are not the type of person who goes "that page is using Garamond for headings", you probably won't notice many differences other than the popup footnotes when using kepub.
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4. For PDF's, I'll view those on a monitor, not the KA1 (or Oasis if I determine I like that better).
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For me, either my laptop or an iPad Pro are my preferred PDF devices. The bigger screen, faster processor and more memory make reading PDFs a much nicer experience.
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5. Excluding price, which seems to be very similar between most providers, which service is easiest to use? For Kindles, obviously Amazon. For KA1, would it be the Kobo store?
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I use Baen, Kobo and Amazon for most of my purchases. Kobo has the advantage that I can use WiFi to sync new purchases directly to my KA1 which is handy when I'm not at home and looking for a new read. Otherwise, my workflow is to purchase the ebook, download to my computer, import into calibre, massage the metadata, covers, etc., and then either USB to transfer to the ereader or calibre-server to allow downloading over the network.