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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
I also suspect the only reason Kobo recommends renaming the file is that they either don't know about or just don't acknowledge that the KEPUB format has been reverse engineered, so making true KEPUB files is possible with Calibre and kepubify. There's no reason to simply rename the file and accept the problems that go with it when you can convert your books properly.
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As far as I remember the box my KOBO came in said that it reads books in epub format.
Whether their ADE version is outdated or poorly implemented - I don’t care at all, and if they advice me to rename my files to .kepub.epub (which btw. is technically still an epub for any other device or software besides KOBO devices) and this doesn’t work either, then there’s something wrong beyond just being a user error on the customer’s part.
It’s simply not my business to have to acquire a PHD or know ANYTHING about using third party software in order to get a half decent experience on their devices.
It’s already too much that a simple customer has to search the web to find a site where KOBO kindly show you some hacks to circumvent their bugs and proprietary corporate decisions. Just read this e.g.
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https://github.com/kobolabs/epub-spec/issues/32
And if they then tell me to rename my files I don’t think I have to
’accept the problems that go with it’ and I don’t have to care about looking up some place else to find some tool that lets you
’convert your books properly’.
I don’t remember having seen this written on my KOBO’s box.
Just my 2 cents…