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Old 01-08-2025, 02:03 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by meghane_e View Post
Rakuten.com (Kobo readers):
a) Requires Adobe Digital Editions application.
b) Buy and download from the rakuten.com website.
c) Open Adobe Digital Editions and import the .acsm file
i) Right-click for info on the file location and save the location.
d) Import EPUB into Calibre using the location above.
e) For Kindle reading:
i) Convert to AZW3 then back to EPUB.
ii) Open the book in the EPUB Editor and run the 'Epub Check' link or the 'bug' icon (same thing).
iii) Resolve issues here.
iv) Load file to amazon.com/sendtokindle
For me, I use the ACSM plugin for calibre to import DRMmed books directly into calibre. Non-DRMmed books will simply download the book file.

As for converting to AZW3 and then back to ePub? A useless step, IMNSHO. Run either the calibre editor with the epubcheck plugin or Sigil with the epubcheck plugin. calibre's bug check is not the same as epubcheck and misses many errors that epubcheck will catch. I've not had any issues sending a book to a Kindle using any of the Send to Kindle methods after the ePub passed epubcheck and I have checked that none of the ePub options were not supported by Amazon using Kindle Previewer. You may want to check HTML and CSS Tags Supported in Kindle Format 8 and Attributes and Tags Supported by Enhanced Typesetting. If nothing else, those pages are a great cure for insomnia.

And a quick reminder that Kindle format ebooks are only available from libraries in the USA.
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