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Old 03-22-2014, 04:13 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
Kobo, at least in the beginning, not sure about now, made the kePub's themselves and often they are missing basic formatting such as italics and stuff (something lost in the conversion). When books like these are reported to Kobo they do nothing to make them better and even when they acknowledge a problem continue to offer them for sale. Some of the ePub's they sell also have screwed up formatting NOT from the publisher, but due to the way the books were handled by Kobo, or as they were known at the time Shortcovers. This has been verified through at least two publishers and it took Kobo over six months to fix titles after someone else, me, did the legwork with the publisher. The publisher re-sent the files within a week of being contacted. If I have any beefs with kePub it's those older books (& don't get me wrong it's not all older books, just some) and also the books they sell as kePub only, but don't tell you that ahead of time.


It's generally not an either or thing. Most books they sell get you both the ePub and kePub versions. The problem comes in when folks buy a book expecting both formats and only get kePub which they can't use without a Kobo device or app. Wasn't a huge deal with their old site as they told you if you got an ePub or not in the books details, but on the new site they don't do that. I personally usually prefer kePub's on my Aura HD, but still want to be able to download a regular ePub as well.
The Kobo internet site is identifying the format now. Using a browser for their online store (kobobooks.com from the US or use your local indie bookstore portal), find the book you want and there will be two buttons: BUY or PREVIEW. If you want to know the format before you buy it click "PREVIEW" rather than BUY. It puts a preview copy of the book in your MY LIBRARY page.

The LIBRARY page lists the titles of books you own and books you are previewing, it shows a button to download the EPUB version of the books, and for each one it lists:

Download Options: Adobe DRM EPUB
or
Download Options: EPUB (DRM-FREE)
or
if that message is missing, the book is a kePub only.

I only found 5 of my 130 odd books that do not have an ePub option and three of those are Manga. Most of the Manga I've seen are available in ePub though.
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