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ururk · 12-30-2018, 02:08 PM

I'm awaiting receipt of a Kobo Forma, and this is my first introduction to an e-ink reader. Been wanting one for a while now, am tired of reading books on my iPhone tethered to a power brick

I had two questions that have been bugging me, with one I cannot answer until my Forma arrives.

1) I have a variety of e-books in different formats - have moved them all to calibre. Several were from the publishers own sites in html format (ie, Baen's free ebook library). I spent some time figuring out how to import in such a way to auto-generate a TOC using headings. Anyhow, I did some limited css editing to change the format a bit on some of them, but the formatting is all over the place.

Does Kobo render ePubs with your Kobo-specific settings on the device, or are the ePub styles used? Specifically, I prefer spaces between paragraphs, left justification. Or do I have to edit each e-book to strip out overriding styles?

2) I opted for the 8GB as I usually read one book at a time, and if I were to go on a trip would really only read two books at most. But I'm curious as to why people like to carry their entire library with them.

Thanks!

John

12-30-2018, 02:08 PM	#1
ururk Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2018 Device: Kobo Forma	Kobo ePub formatting and 'entire library' questions I'm awaiting receipt of a Kobo Forma, and this is my first introduction to an e-ink reader. Been wanting one for a while now, am tired of reading books on my iPhone tethered to a power brick I had two questions that have been bugging me, with one I cannot answer until my Forma arrives. 1) I have a variety of e-books in different formats - have moved them all to calibre. Several were from the publishers own sites in html format (ie, Baen's free ebook library). I spent some time figuring out how to import in such a way to auto-generate a TOC using headings. Anyhow, I did some limited css editing to change the format a bit on some of them, but the formatting is all over the place. Does Kobo render ePubs with your Kobo-specific settings on the device, or are the ePub styles used? Specifically, I prefer spaces between paragraphs, left justification. Or do I have to edit each e-book to strip out overriding styles? 2) I opted for the 8GB as I usually read one book at a time, and if I were to go on a trip would really only read two books at most. But I'm curious as to why people like to carry their entire library with them. Thanks! John Last edited by ururk; 12-30-2018 at 02:11 PM.