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Old 06-03-2010, 08:55 PM   #1
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How are kobo books stored? - Technical

Hi

Has anyone looked at the format of how kobo books are stored in the database. Specifically how is the shortcover_page..FormattedPage field encoded.

I suspect that it is a compressed html file encoded in ascii.

I would like to be able to add a feature to calibre to allow you to backup the book to the hard drive. Preferably calibre could create a real epub out of it.

If I have to, I will look at saving the database rows to a files and zipping them as the book and allow them to be reimported that way but that is messy.

If you have any ideas feel free to shoot me a message at timlegge at gmail d0t com.

Tim
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