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Old 09-04-2018, 07:44 PM   #7
jackie_w
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I don't see this being discussed very often, but if all you want to do is view any old epub on your PC/Mac in Kobo Desktop there is a way.

The instructions can be found in this Kobo documentation section 4. Sideloading for Testing Purposes

The relevant part is:
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Desktop
  1. Open the Kobo Desktop app.
  2. Make sure you have Adobe Digital Editions installed. If you do not wish to install ADE you can skip this step by creating a folder named "My Digital Editions" in your "My Documents" folder. On a Mac, the folder must be named "Digital Editions" instead.
  3. Select the My Books tab in Kobo Desktop and press CTRL+Shift+S on Windows or ⌘+SHIFT+S on a Mac. This will display any files in the “My Digital Editions” folder on your computer with the extension .epub
I just tried it and it seems to work but I've never had any use for it myself. Calibre does everything I need for managing books on several Kobo and Android devices.
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