kobo annotation and non-Kobo files

carandol · 11-26-2011, 01:58 PM

I've just got a Kobo Touch, and have noticed that the Kobo's annotation tools don't work properly on epub files not downloaded from Kobo. I've loaded a lot of books on from my old reader using Calibre, and downloaded some from Feedbooks using the Kobo browser - with these files, I can highlight a word and then look it up in the dictionary or search for the word, but I don't get the little "handles" to extend the highlighting or add notes. These tools only seem to appear for books downloaded from Kobo. The manual says the tools don't work on PDFs, but doesn't say they only work on "official" Kobo files. Anyone else noticed this, and know a way round it? It's rather annoying to find that one of the most useful tools on the Kobo doesn't work on any of my existing ebooks!

Suzanna · 11-26-2011, 02:54 PM

Have you updated to the latest firmware (1.9.14) that was released a couple of days ago? I can confirm that annotations (and multiple bookmarks!) now work on non-Kobo books on the Touch.

carandol · 11-26-2011, 03:15 PM

Oo, no I hadn't! Thanks! :-)

11-26-2011, 01:58 PM	#1
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	kobo annotation and non-Kobo files I've just got a Kobo Touch, and have noticed that the Kobo's annotation tools don't work properly on epub files not downloaded from Kobo. I've loaded a lot of books on from my old reader using Calibre, and downloaded some from Feedbooks using the Kobo browser - with these files, I can highlight a word and then look it up in the dictionary or search for the word, but I don't get the little "handles" to extend the highlighting or add notes. These tools only seem to appear for books downloaded from Kobo. The manual says the tools don't work on PDFs, but doesn't say they only work on "official" Kobo files. Anyone else noticed this, and know a way round it? It's rather annoying to find that one of the most useful tools on the Kobo doesn't work on any of my existing ebooks!

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11-26-2011, 02:54 PM	#2
Suzanna Living in the past Posts: 432 Karma: 6011289 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Arc	Have you updated to the latest firmware (1.9.14) that was released a couple of days ago? I can confirm that annotations (and multiple bookmarks!) now work on non-Kobo books on the Touch.

11-26-2011, 03:15 PM	#3
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Oo, no I hadn't! Thanks! :-)

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