Do I have to convert to kepub?

[Kamikuza]

The lad won a Kobo Sage from the local library by writing a book report...I have a Kindle so it's all new to me.

Do I NEED to convert to kepub when I sideload files?

I've converted via Calibre and an online app, and then sideloaded those two and the original epub... they all worked fine and looked identical to me

...sorry if this is in the wrong sub

[bluepeter]

No, you don't. Epub will work fine on a Kobo. Some people (like me) prefer to use kepub for one reason or another (e.g., pop-up footnote previews), but it's not obligatory.

[JSWolf]

For most books, I prefer ePub because the typesetting is better and you get a better looking reading experience.

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by bluepeter

No, you don't. Epub will work fine on a Kobo. Some people (like me) prefer to use kepub for one reason or another (e.g., pop-up footnote previews), but it's not obligatory.

Thanks!

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

For most books, I prefer ePub because the typesetting is better and you get a better looking reading experience.

Do you use hyphens in the CSS or HyphenateThis through Calibre?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

Do you use hyphens in the CSS or HyphenateThis through Calibre?

ePub on Kobo supports hyphenation. However, there are some better hyphenations dictionaries at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=252405 which you can install and get better hyphenation.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

The lad won a Kobo Sage from the local library by writing a book report...I have a Kindle so it's all new to me.

Do I NEED to convert to kepub when I sideload files?

I've converted via Calibre and an online app, and then sideloaded those two and the original epub... they all worked fine and looked identical to me

...sorry if this is in the wrong sub

I started with kepub on Kobo, but now I only use epub. There are pluses and minuses to each format, depending on POV, and conversion between is simple.

No online app needed. Avoid as they are dodgy.

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

ePub on Kobo supports hyphenation. However, there are some better hyphenations dictionaries at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=252405 which you can install and get better hyphenation.

Interesting, thanks!

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by Quoth

I started with kepub on Kobo, but now I only use epub. There are pluses and minuses to each format, depending on POV, and conversion between is simple.

No online app needed. Avoid as they are dodgy.

Thanks!

Makes my life easier, and I doubt he'll notice anyway

[bluepeter]

There's a wiki article about kepub that you might find helpful.

[Pajamaman]

I use kepub for books with very complex layouts, like footnotes. If not, epub is fine. If you're moving books over from a kindle, I think that will be the hard part.

[Daniel Jackson]

I like kepubs for the better reading statistics. It will show the estimated remaining reading time for the current and for the next chapter. It helps me to decide if I have enough time to read another chapter.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by bluepeter

There's a wiki article about kepub that you might find helpful.

Some of that is outated and just plain wrong.

Positive: KePub (sideloaded):

• Quicker to respond to page turn gestures (especially tap gesture)
• Faster text selection (e.g. when highlighting large areas of text)
• Images are dithered with a random pattern (so the grayscale looks much smoother.)
• Shows number of minutes of reading left until end of chapter
• Shows title of ebook in the header (negative for some people)

All of the above list is no correct any longer. Things have changed since this was written.

• ePub has headers & footers and shows the title of the book and the chapter.
• Images are not better.
• The difference between ePub & KePub for page turns is no longer noticeably faster.
• Text selection is no longer better in KePub then it was. That's been fixed with ePub.
• The minutes are usually wrong anyway be it KePub or ePub. So using that is worthless.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Daniel Jackson

I like kepubs for the better reading statistics. It will show the estimated remaining reading time for the current and for the next chapter. It helps me to decide if I have enough time to read another chapter.

If you read ePub, you get used to how ADE page numbers work and you can decide if you may have time to finish the chapter. The time remaining isn't accurate so it's not worth using.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Some of that is outated and just plain wrong.

All of the above list is no correct any longer. Things have changed since this was written.

• Text selection is no longer better in KePub then it was. That's been fixed with ePub.

Minor nit with the above comment is that if you need to select past the bottom of a page, kepub allows that while epub limits you to the current page.