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taming · 11-19-2011, 05:22 PM

Actually, it appears that the publisher prepares the book's DRM and sends the "completed" files to the seller (in this case Kobo). Publishers cite the fact that they have to prepare books in so many different ways as one of the reason eBook prices are higher than folks think they should be.

That said, I am sure there are also situations in which Kobo adds the drm <shrug>.

Did the book transfer and open, does it act like other ADE books, or like a kepub? Kobo also has a division that does the work to turn a pBook into an eBook. We saw those folks in action when Giller Prize nominees that were not available that way had this done for them by Kobo. In any case, I would expect the CSS files etc to be kobo files.

11-19-2011, 05:22 PM	#6
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Actually, it appears that the publisher prepares the book's DRM and sends the "completed" files to the seller (in this case Kobo). Publishers cite the fact that they have to prepare books in so many different ways as one of the reason eBook prices are higher than folks think they should be. That said, I am sure there are also situations in which Kobo adds the drm <shrug>. Did the book transfer and open, does it act like other ADE books, or like a kepub? Kobo also has a division that does the work to turn a pBook into an eBook. We saw those folks in action when Giller Prize nominees that were not available that way had this done for them by Kobo. In any case, I would expect the CSS files etc to be kobo files. Last edited by taming; 11-19-2011 at 05:26 PM.