[talaivan]

I just got an Elipsa and have been experimenting with using the pencil to annotate side-loaded ePub files. So far, this is what I have discovered. If you convert an ePub file to ePub 3 with Calibre (an option under ePub output), you can write on it on the Elipsa. If you convert it to a kePub file, with Calibre's output set to ePub 3, Calibre will produce a file that ends in kePub. You have to add .ePub at the end (e.g. book.kepub.epub) for the Elipsa to recognize it, but you cannot edit it with the pencil even though it was theoretically ePub 3. BUT if you take away the kepub from the file's name (book.kepub.epub -> book.epub), you can write on it with the pencil but the Elipsa will not include the kepub features (such as telling you how many pages remain in the chapter). Apparently, Elipsa only recognizes kepub files as special Kobo files if they end in kepub.epub, but such side loaded files cannot be edited with the pencil even if they are ePub 3. This is rather confusing, but at least you can edit ePub files with the pencil if you make them ePub 3 and forego the kepub features. I like the Elipsa a lot -- my only gripe is that out of its case it is tough to turn on and off with the tiny button on the side.