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Old 11-16-2021, 09:26 PM   #11
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Device: Kobo Forma; Android tablet w/Mantano Reader
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Originally Posted by downeaster59 View Post
NeoReader cannot open DRM-protected eBooks. You could use Calibre (on your desktop or laptop) with a plug-in that can remove DRM. Then NeoReader could open the eBooks. The same would be true for any third party Android reader app you might install.
Thanks for your feedback about this.

I assumed it couldn't open those books but decided to try hoping against hope. I once used an Android app that could open Adobe-DRM protected books, at least those from Barnes and Noble. Then one day B&N changed its protection scheme and that was the end of that—forced back to using the Nook app.

I have a bunch of Kobo books and I suppose a person could always just use the Kobo app for Android. Only one problem: Both their Windows and Android apps are the crudest and worst designed I've ever seen—they make the Nook app look positively world-class. I assume Kobo leaves the app that way to keep its own tablets more attractive—the on-board software is at least semi-well designed. I hoped it might be possible to avoid going the calibre "route" as I did when I used a Samsung color tablet for all e-reading. I guess Calibre's in my future again...
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