Thread: Forma Almost ready to give up entirely on Forma
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Old 01-12-2021, 07:12 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by marst View Post
It's looking as if ADE is the only (quick) solution for now. I'd hoped that with the Kobo desktop program running and with the ereader connected (as recommended in some earlier comments in this thread), I'd be able to sync both of them pretty quickly and not have to rely on the Kobo's lousy wifi connectivity.

The sync still wouldn't occur. That wheel just spins and spins. After I cancel the sync I notice that there's at least one new book cover showing in My Books on the Kobo device—but the book isn't downloaded yet. A sync of the desktop program happens very fast. But the ereader device itself just won't play along. Baffling.
I would recommend not running ADE and the Kobo desktop application at the same time. They will both be trying to use the USB connection to the device and that might cause problems. They don't touch the same files, so there isn't any contention or risk that one will break what the other does. It is just the contention for the USB connection could cause issues.

But, do not run calibre and the Kobo desktop application at the same time. These do both access the database on the device. Running them together could cause problems. My usual suggestion it to disconnect the device between using them. That is probably not needed, but, there is enough going on that it is safer.
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So it's ADE for now, but I'm expecting I'll keep running into the problem of those particular books not supporting the Kobo's "flush left/rag right" control for whatever reason. Clearly the Calibre/DeDRM solution is the best approach...though I might end up just letting the Kobo go—I've put in way more time trying to get it to behave than should have been necessary. Boox, perhaps. I'll have to find out if Boox's native e-reader software has good enough typographic controls. There are reviews that dive into all the bells and whistles, the drawing features, etc., but not much about using the thing as an e-reader. Anyway, thanks to all who replied in this thread. I appreciate the time you put into those replies.
This as nothing to do with ADE. This is due to how the book is coded. It has coding in the HTML or the stylesheet that the epub renderer on the device (the Adobe RMSDK) cannot override to change the layout of the book. This can happen with kepubs, but, the kepub renderer is a little more brutal in how it does this so it is less noticeable. It's also possible that the processing that Kobo does when a book is added to the store to produce a kepub will change things to make allow more changes on the device.
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