Thanks to davidfor’s suggestions, I thought to log out of Overdrive on my KA1 (I use my OD account to keep access to multiple libraries through Libby), and logged in via the library of the ebook I was trying to borrow.
As I suspected above, it is a problem with the ePub file itself. I’ve borrowed about eight books from that library today, either by browsing the library from within the Kobo store or from searching for the book directly. None had problems syncing to my KA1. In fact, I borrowed all the books from the series of the book in question (Michael Vey 1-4 & 6, they didn’t have book 5). All downloaded except book 1, again, plus now also book 2, which means the library has two ebooks with issues.
So unless you folks can think of a specific thing my KA1 is doing to snub these two particular ebooks, I’ll just email the library’s tech support and borrow them elsewhere. Thanks for all of your feedback.
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