Thread: Where to Buy Books for Kobo?
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Old 06-02-2021, 08:54 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by DaveLessnau View Post
Is this a matter of "six of one, half a dozen of the other?"
Pretty much. As you are already using calibre to get books to the Kindle, you can just keep doing the same: buy a book, add to calibre and then send to device. Calibre will handle the conversion. And you can add the DRM tools if that is an issue.

Buying from Kobo while using one of their ereaders has the same advantages as Amazon and a Kindle. They can be automatically downloaded to the device, and the reading status can be synced to other devices/apps from the same company.

If you do buy from Kobo and want to add the book to calibre, you have the choice of downloading the book via the Kobo desktop application and using the Obok plugin to add it to calibre. Or you can download the epub from the Kobo store. Books without DRM are downloaded directly and ADE is used for books with DRM.

I mainly buy from Kobo, but, that is largely because I am lazy. Buy the book, sync the device and start reading. I buy enough books from elsewhere, especially if they are cheaper or not available from Kobo, that getting them to my devices is a well practised act.
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