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Originally Posted by Sirtel

For this you need to remove the DRM and convert the book to kepub in Calibre.

I need to back up a bit to try understanding something: when I first bought the book and downloaded it from the Kobo site (if it matters, I log in via Rakuten Kobo and not Walmart), what exactly did I download? I'd like to understand why that book was different from what I got by downloading the .ACSM file and then transferring the book from ADE to the Kobo.

The book as originally downloaded months ago had all possible typographic controls available. It "honored" the Kobo's flush-left/ragged right setting. There was no need to remove DRM or open in Calibre for that to work. And now the control, while still accessible in the Kobo's internal software, just doesn't work in the book file. Why would these two versions of the same book be so different?