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dafrizz · 06-19-2010, 12:39 AM

Okay, I tried, but I somehow think someone doesn't want me to legally buy books...

I bought a Kobo from Angus&Robertson in Australia the other week. I exclusively run Ubuntu at home.

Today I thought I'll do the right thing and purchase a book. So I went to the Borders website (A&R was more expensive) and bought a book.

What I got was a download link. No biggie, downloaded Adobe Digital Editions, managed to get that to work under Ubuntu and downloaded the book.

1. Problem: ADE doesn't recognise my Kobo when plugged in. Hm. Transferred the epub file to my Kobo via calibre, no problem.

2. Problem: got the "locked" message trying to open the book. Hm. Tried using the linux version of the Kobo Desktop.

3. Problem: Kobo desktop doesn't show all the books on my Kobo, only 5 free books. Tried a sync, nothing changed. Managed to get hold of a windows computer, installed ADE and finally managed to unlock the purchased book

4. Problem: after all this, my "I'm reading" section is now empty (except for the new book), which also means all my bookmarks are gone. Oh joy, I now have to manually find and navigate to the pages in the books I was reading. Not a short task with the time it takes to turn pages.

Seriously, why bother buying books ? It would have taken me mere minutes to download the book "somewhere else" and get it onto my Kobo. This is not how you encourage people to do the right (legal) thing !

On a side note, I tried finding out how to strip the DRM from the book I bought so I could easily transfer it with calibre but no luck so far.

06-19-2010, 12:39 AM	#1
dafrizz Ultimate Player Posts: 59 Karma: 570 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo 1, Kobo Touch	Kobo, Ubuntu, DRM - problems everywhere Okay, I tried, but I somehow think someone doesn't want me to legally buy books... I bought a Kobo from Angus&Robertson in Australia the other week. I exclusively run Ubuntu at home. Today I thought I'll do the right thing and purchase a book. So I went to the Borders website (A&R was more expensive) and bought a book. What I got was a download link. No biggie, downloaded Adobe Digital Editions, managed to get that to work under Ubuntu and downloaded the book. 1. Problem: ADE doesn't recognise my Kobo when plugged in. Hm. Transferred the epub file to my Kobo via calibre, no problem. 2. Problem: got the "locked" message trying to open the book. Hm. Tried using the linux version of the Kobo Desktop. 3. Problem: Kobo desktop doesn't show all the books on my Kobo, only 5 free books. Tried a sync, nothing changed. Managed to get hold of a windows computer, installed ADE and finally managed to unlock the purchased book 4. Problem: after all this, my "I'm reading" section is now empty (except for the new book), which also means all my bookmarks are gone. Oh joy, I now have to manually find and navigate to the pages in the books I was reading. Not a short task with the time it takes to turn pages. Seriously, why bother buying books ? It would have taken me mere minutes to download the book "somewhere else" and get it onto my Kobo. This is not how you encourage people to do the right (legal) thing ! On a side note, I tried finding out how to strip the DRM from the book I bought so I could easily transfer it with calibre but no luck so far.