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Originally Posted by droopy
My dear mom bought me an 8GB Kobo Forma.
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Congrats! Kobo makes very nice readers. Do spend some time in the Kobo forum. The community is very active. Of course, it can be overwhelming to read too much before you have a reader in your hands.
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Originally Posted by maximus83
One tip that might save you a bit of time, it would've saved me time as a new Forma user: check out this thread on working with the .kepub ebook file format in Calibre and your Forma. The .kepub format is how you are going to get the best performance out of your Forma when using books that you purchase outside of Kobo. Calibre can 'auto-convert' epub books you have in your Calibre library to the .kepub format, makes it really easy. |
To auto-convert your ePubs to kepubs when sending them to the Forma, you'll need to add the Kobo Touch Extended driver (I believe). It is not a default behavior of Calibre, but it's very simple to do.
One nice thing is you don't have to take up space storing kepubs on your computer, when you're only ever going to use them on your Forma.
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Originally Posted by droopy
Good to hear that using kepub means a better experience than epub.
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Lots of people prefer kepub (I do myself). But some people prefer ePub. They each have advantages and disadvantages. What's nice about Kobo is that you as a user have the choice.