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John F
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
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"Using Kobo viewer" is not called conversion because it's not. Kobo ereaders have two reading applications, one is used for plain epubs and the other for kepubs. "Using Kobo viewer" basically tells your Kobo to use the kepub viewer.
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To expand on this a little, as I understand it...

I'm not sure what you want to call it (conversion, transformation, ...) but the epub that is received on the Kobo is changed when sent from calibre to a Kobo. The file extension change is what "tells" the Kobo to use the "Kobo viewer".
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