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Originally Posted by JCKobo
DRM free ePubs and PDFs you can just drag on to the drive - just make sure you eject it properly.
Books you buy from Kobo can be loaded using the Kobo desktop software that comes with the device.
For DRMd books that aren't from Kobo, like those you get from the library or you purchase from other retailers, you can use Adobe Digital Editions to copy the files over.
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This very simple instruction -- how to add your own ePub books or how to add DRMed ePub (such as library books) -- is not found anywhere in any instructions from Kobo. It would be helpful to have that somewhere reasonably prominent. I entirely understand the idea is to buy more books from Kobo ... but there is so much public domain stuff from Gutenberg that is NOT available for purchase from Kobo, to say nothing of the amazing user-generated library here at MobileRead, and the ability to borrow from the tax-payer paid for local library, it's a pity to leave new consumers to figure this out on their own.
I checked out the Kobo display at Chapters Manulife this morning and there was one fairly busy person working a stand with 8 live samples to play with. Three of us bought a unit who were playing and listening to the sales clerk.
(You had to give your first name to her, she went to a manager who got stock, then you went to a cash desk where the device was picked up and paid for it.)
Here's a clue as to how successful the Kobo might be -- and the "might be" is dependent on getting the consumer stuff right: the collective age, I'd guess, of the three of us was around 185; I was the youngest (!). The oldest chap was quite keen, asked all the expected questions, and was comfortable with plugging it into a computer to charge it. But the simple instruction of dragging your content onto the device -- the way you might manage photos from a camera -- won't be obvious to everyone. Why not a "mybooks" folder pre-installed?