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Originally Posted by Deobulakenyo
From: https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/commen...ded_epubkepub/
"Got my sage today, but my Kobo pen has not arrived yet.
As I saw others have been able to use Microsoft Surface pens with their Elipsa devices, I am using one I had handy on the Sage and it works great in regular notetaking on Kobo store book files and it also works on the note taking app, but, in my experience thus far, notetaking does not work on any files sideloaded - regardless of epub or kepub formats.
I re-formatted the files via calibre into new epubs and new kepubs, but still could not take notes on any of these files.
Anyone else experiencing this or having success?
Update: Tested with PDF and writing notes on PDF works really well and smooth. I did a factory reset to see if it was the firmware that downloaded at the time I set up the device, but factory reset went back to that firmware (ver 4.29.18730 from 18 Oct) - not back to what was on the device when I received it. When I went to see if I could annotate a sideloaded kepub after this, the following popup came up (I saw this yesterday, but closed it without reading by accident)"
Can someone who has the sage test this? |
I am the one who posted this on Reddit.
Update:
I just got done with Kobo support. They assured me that it does work, but " third party books will still not be fully guaranteed since we didn't code them".
I told them to send me an epub/kepub file that they tested with then. They said they couldn't do that, but I could download a free ebook that is non-drm from the Kobo store.
I downloaded Pride and Prejudice, which is listed as DRM-FREE EPUB and the person I was working with agreed this should work. It didn't. As a comparison I sideloaded the epub and i downloaded a copy from the Kobo store via the cloud. Notetaking/markup worked great on the version downloaded via the cloud and, again, it failed 100% on the version downloaded and side loaded. On the side loaded version the pen would turn the page if i swiped it left/right, but no markup at all was able to be performed.
I have been told that my case has been transferred with an upper team so they can investigate more. Once they get an update, they will get back to me via e-mail.