Titles which didn't transition to Kobo

phaeton · 04-27-2014, 08:07 PM

I'm curious what titles didn't migrate to Kobo for other people. When I made the transfer the site indicated 165 out of 169 would and four would not. The four which didn't were:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
The Constitution of the United States, 1787
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books

Bizarrely, I realized that I had 170 books with Sony and the fifth missing title was Jane Erye. Did anyone else experience public domain books not transitioning or Kobo's count being less than accurate?

luvduchovny · 04-28-2014, 12:58 PM

For me the ones that didn't transfer over were mostly free reads that Sony had and I guess Kobo did not. I guess a few public domains where in the mix; and an author who you can buy most places, just not Kobo. (Actually the author has retained ownership of his works and his self publishing them now; but doesn't matter since I've read them all and still have them on my computer and reader anyway).

4691mls · 04-28-2014, 10:54 PM

I had only 2 out of 90+ books that didn't transfer. One was a book by Len Deighton, which I think had actually stopped being available on the Sony site a while back, and is not available at all on Kobo.

The other was a Jane Austen compilation, and Kobo does not have the same edition.

04-27-2014, 08:07 PM	#1
phaeton Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	Titles which didn't transition to Kobo I'm curious what titles didn't migrate to Kobo for other people. When I made the transfer the site indicated 165 out of 169 would and four would not. The four which didn't were: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave The Constitution of the United States, 1787 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books Bizarrely, I realized that I had 170 books with Sony and the fifth missing title was Jane Erye. Did anyone else experience public domain books not transitioning or Kobo's count being less than accurate?

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04-28-2014, 12:58 PM	#2
luvduchovny Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 137186 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500, PRS-600, PRS-650, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	For me the ones that didn't transfer over were mostly free reads that Sony had and I guess Kobo did not. I guess a few public domains where in the mix; and an author who you can buy most places, just not Kobo. (Actually the author has retained ownership of his works and his self publishing them now; but doesn't matter since I've read them all and still have them on my computer and reader anyway).

04-28-2014, 10:54 PM	#3
4691mls Wizard Posts: 2,776 Karma: 30081762 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US Device: ALL DEVICES ARE STOCK: Kobo Clara, Tolino Shine 2, Sony PRS-T3, T1	I had only 2 out of 90+ books that didn't transfer. One was a book by Len Deighton, which I think had actually stopped being available on the Sony site a while back, and is not available at all on Kobo. The other was a Jane Austen compilation, and Kobo does not have the same edition.