Merging iTunes books to KoboGlo

Paula081205 · 05-11-2014, 06:42 AM

HELP
I have just received a koboglo and I love it BUT I had an iTunes account shared with my husband (his email) and have personalised my kobo with my email. Am I able to merge my books of my iTunes account onto the kobo without having to change to his email?

I am not very technical so please be PATIENT

Cheers

icantbebothered · 05-11-2014, 06:57 AM

Is this technically related to kindles? Try http://mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=247

NiLuJe · 05-11-2014, 10:30 AM

Yup, moved to the appropriate forum

. (And CamelCased the title, because I'm weird like that).

OT: Hi, Kobo people, it's (one of) your friendly neighbourhood Kindle mods! [Come to the dark side, we have cookies!].

danicca · 05-11-2014, 12:04 PM

I'm under impression that ibooks can only be read on apple devices.

filmo · 05-11-2014, 01:12 PM

I'm sorry you think your a book I am most certainly not a book.

eschwartz · 05-11-2014, 02:35 PM

danicca is correct. Apple does not allow iBooks to be used on any devices other than iDevices.

That alone is not so uncommon. All Most distributors use DRM to limit the devices a book may be read on (this is a demand of many publishers though some do opt out), but... The DRM on Kobo books, Amazon books, Nook books Google books, can all be broken, thus allowing you to read your purchases freely; however, Apple seems to spend more money protecting iBooks than licensing content

and the iTunes tools were abandoned in disgust with the rationale that overall, few people actually buy books from Apple.

Now you know, you can avoid buying books in iBooks and any future purcases you make can be read on any device you want (sometimes with help from Apprentice Alf's tools --google him).

PeterT · 05-11-2014, 03:41 PM

One also has to be careful in that some eBooks make use of epub3 features and even IF DRM is removed (or not present in the first place), not all readers grok the features the same way. (While I realize the same is true for ePub2 features, I believe it is even worse for ePub3).

DNSB · 05-11-2014, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

One also has to be careful in that some eBooks make use of epub3 features and even IF DRM is removed (or not present in the first place), not all readers grok the features the same way. (While I realize the same is true for ePub2 features, I believe it is even worse for ePub3).

From the epub3 books I've seen so far, unlike epub2 where most publishers seem to have standardized on the subset of features they use, epub3 ebooks are all over the map in terms of feature usage making for some odd reading experiences.

Regards,
David

05-11-2014, 06:42 AM	#1
Paula081205 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: kobo glo	Merging iTunes books to KoboGlo HELP I have just received a koboglo and I love it BUT I had an iTunes account shared with my husband (his email) and have personalised my kobo with my email. Am I able to merge my books of my iTunes account onto the kobo without having to change to his email? I am not very technical so please be PATIENT Cheers

05-11-2014, 10:30 AM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yup, moved to the appropriate forum . (And CamelCased the title, because I'm weird like that). OT: Hi, Kobo people, it's (one of) your friendly neighbourhood Kindle mods! [Come to the dark side, we have cookies!]. Last edited by NiLuJe; 05-11-2014 at 12:18 PM.

05-11-2014, 02:35 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	danicca is correct. Apple does not allow iBooks to be used on any devices other than iDevices. That alone is not so uncommon. All Most distributors use DRM to limit the devices a book may be read on (this is a demand of many publishers though some do opt out), but... The DRM on Kobo books, Amazon books, Nook books Google books, can all be broken, thus allowing you to read your purchases freely; however, Apple seems to spend more money protecting iBooks than licensing content and the iTunes tools were abandoned in disgust with the rationale that overall, few people actually buy books from Apple. Now you know, you can avoid buying books in iBooks and any future purcases you make can be read on any device you want (sometimes with help from Apprentice Alf's tools --google him). Last edited by eschwartz; 05-11-2014 at 02:40 PM.

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05-11-2014, 06:57 AM	#2
icantbebothered Penguin Posts: 1,017 Karma: 4742434 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1	Is this technically related to kindles? Try http://mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=247

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danicca Addict Posts: 279 Karma: 517736 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: kindle	I'm under impression that ibooks can only be read on apple devices.

05-11-2014, 01:12 PM	#5
filmo Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 1077205 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Sony T1, Kobo Mini	I'm sorry you think your a book I am most certainly not a book.

05-11-2014, 03:41 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,442 Karma: 78880114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	One also has to be careful in that some eBooks make use of epub3 features and even IF DRM is removed (or not present in the first place), not all readers grok the features the same way. (While I realize the same is true for ePub2 features, I believe it is even worse for ePub3).