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We used to be able to take a screwed-up kePub file by changing the extension from kePub to epub, then import it into Calibre and convert it to kePub to clean it up. If I remember correctly we could even import kePubs and convert them from kePub to kePub. Surely Calibre could automate the process you describe if it doesn't do it already.
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Unfortunately, your common sense runs into the issue that epub3 ebooks may not display properly in an epub2 renderer. The cookbook I recently downloaded is a fine example of an epub3 fixed layout ebook. What Jon and I agree on is that all too many epub3 ebooks make no use of epub3 features so calling them epub3s is like lipstick on a pig. My personal preference would be for Kobo to allow downloading a .epub either with or without Adobe's ADEPT DRM with the warning that this ebook may display like <expletive deleted> unless you are using an epub3 compatible program to view it. Caveat emptor. Unfortunately this runs into the number of people who would download the ebook, try to open it in, say, ADE 2.0 and scream for a refund. |
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A Kobo DRMed ebook is another kettle of fish since any modification requires removing the DRM which is not a topic for discussion in these forums. |
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«rant mode on» As for the code as it came from the publisher? Do we really need 4 p.xxxx classes with identical contents? Specifying widows and orphans in multiple spots? Forcing wide top, bottom, right and left margins? One of the reasons I got into editing my ebook collection was that, in my opinion, the average publisher at that time knew little about laying out ebooks nor did they seem concerned with any consistency -- nothing like reading a series where each book has it's own layout and style. That has changed to an extent but still not up to the average quality level of dead tree books. «rant mode off» Last edited by DNSB; 09-26-2014 at 12:01 PM. Reason: Corrected the usual fat fingered typos... |
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Where are eBooks download through Kobo Desktop stored on a Windows 7 system?
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AppData/Local/Kobo/Kobo Desktop/kepub
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Kobo definitely didn't start out like this and according to their About Us page aren't supposed to be doing this. Quote:
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They say they're going to fix it:
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The information about the ebooks is stored in a database (Kobo.sqlite) but the ebook files are stored separately. Makes it much less fun that trying to extract the 100 free books from the original Kobo or Kobo WiFi's database was.
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