Thread: Need help understanding Kobo vs Pocketbook
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Old 11-17-2024, 02:56 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by pypeke View Post
Thanks. To clarify... (Still confused on #1-3.)

1. Do I WANT only ASCM files? I thought epubs were what I wanted to send to a Kobo.

2. If I get a book from Google or eBooks, then I want ASCM files? No other file formats? Then download Adobe ADE to my laptop and use my laptop to do something to the book before sending it to the eReader (PocketBook or Kobo)? Confused on this one.

3. PocketBook has built in ADE so nothing to do if I download a book directly to a PB device. If I use my laptop to download a book, then the book has to have something done to it with Adobe ADE before I send it to a PB device?

4. PocketBook uses epub2 and epub 3. I read that one of those allows for zooming in to maps, etc.

5. Nook uses epub.

6. Kobo uses epub and kepub.

7. Amazon uses KFX currently. (AZW3 for older books.)
Look at it this way. Download the file from wherever you want. If it has an ASCM extension, you need to open the ACSM file with ADE (Adobe Digital Editions) or something else that will handle the ACSM file (I believe there is a calibre plugin also). If you download an Epub, you are done.
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