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DNSB · 09-09-2026, 02:44 PM

I've found no issues with Storygraph on my Kobo ereaders and my Kobo purchases.

OTOH, how are you managing to swap versions between the UK and US editions without taking some action on your part? If the copy you are reading was synced from Kobo, it is tied to the ebook ISBN. The US edition's ISBN-13 is 9780593803530 and the publisher is Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. The UK edition's ISBN-13 is 9781529452396 and the publisher is Quercus. If you downloaded and transferred the book using an .ascm file and either ADE, calibre's ACSM plugin or other tool, again the ability to see the other edition would not exist.

I bounced a query off Kobo and basically, they could see no path by which you could be switching between the two editions without some manual intervention involving connecting to both a North American and a UK library and borrowing from both. Heck, from personal experience, if the library edition has a different ISBN from the edition available through Kobo's store, you are not able to sync a copy to your Kobo ereader.

I would suggest you contacting Kobo's tech support since I could not supply your Kobo ID so that limited the amount of digging into the details of the loan that could be done.

09-09-2026, 02:44 PM	#63
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 54,367 Karma: 182161789 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I've found no issues with Storygraph on my Kobo ereaders and my Kobo purchases. OTOH, how are you managing to swap versions between the UK and US editions without taking some action on your part? If the copy you are reading was synced from Kobo, it is tied to the ebook ISBN. The US edition's ISBN-13 is 9780593803530 and the publisher is Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. The UK edition's ISBN-13 is 9781529452396 and the publisher is Quercus. If you downloaded and transferred the book using an .ascm file and either ADE, calibre's ACSM plugin or other tool, again the ability to see the other edition would not exist. I bounced a query off Kobo and basically, they could see no path by which you could be switching between the two editions without some manual intervention involving connecting to both a North American and a UK library and borrowing from both. Heck, from personal experience, if the library edition has a different ISBN from the edition available through Kobo's store, you are not able to sync a copy to your Kobo ereader. I would suggest you contacting Kobo's tech support since I could not supply your Kobo ID so that limited the amount of digging into the details of the loan that could be done. Last edited by DNSB; 09-09-2026 at 03:03 PM.