Kobo messed up again!

[crich70]

I don't know what is up as far as compatibility. I looked over at Amazon and they do in fact have the same book for the same price there. So there must be some sort of compatible file for Amazon to be able to have it in Kindle format just as Kobo has it in their epub file.

[DiapDealer]

It's a bit of a PITA, but once I got in the habit of adding the preview of books I'm thinking about buying to my Kobo library -- and making sure it says "Download options: Adobe DRM EPUB" beside that book in my library, I've never bought a surprise kepub-only book since.

I went to buy Jasper Fforde's Eye of Zoltar this morning, and the missing "Download options: Adobe DRM EPUB" sent me straight to Google books to get a proper epub. Crisis averted. I'm not going to flip over a couple of extra mouse-clicks (even though I agree these kepub-only books should be clearly identified in the product description). With B&N starting to shut the door on downloading/sideloading, I'm not willing to dump another epub retailer over a situation that I can easily avoid.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by meeera

Since Kobo took on Sony's customer base a while back, I'm not so sure that that's true.

Yep, that's what I was going to mention. Now that Sony readers have direct access to the Kobo bookstore, they need to find a system to flag those books that won't work on straight ePub devices.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by HarryT

They are able to be viewed in ereaders: Kobo ereaders. You wouldn't expect to be able to view them on a Kindle, for example, would you?

But I would expect to be able to view them in a Sony Reader, since Sony Readers now have direct access to the Kobo Market.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

Kobo ereaders use different engines to render epubs and kepubs. The epub engine is based on Digital Editions and probably doesn't handle epub3 correctly. My guess is that Kobo decided from a customer service perspective to simply not allow downloads of books that aren't supported by their reader software.

If they want to do that, that's fine. But they have to flag the books as "KePub" or "ePub." That's the problem. Otherwise they have to make it clear the Kobo Bookstore is designed only for Kobo Readers -- and tell Sony Reader users to ignore their Kobo Bookstore app.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

Their reader software now includes Sony readers that were upgraded to use Kobo's store. I wonder if kepub only books are shown to Sony ereaders when shopping from the device.

They were in the past and I haven't seen any firmware upgrade to address the issue. Sony Reader users have already had issues with this.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by ottdmk

Kobo really should bring back the file type info.

That's the biggest issue right there. You're blind to what you're getting.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by crich70

I haven't been able to find the folder for some reason. I've looked in 'my documents' and in 'my programs' and so far I've found no sign of the book. I even looked round my desktop. So far nothing.

Kobo books are stored in Appdata/Local/Kobo/KDE/kepub folder. But they are in a Sqlite database file and cannot be loaded into Calibre without a certain tool.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

It kind of is Kobo's responsibility to tell us what it is we're buying, rather than leaving us to come up with some vague heuristic to guess it ourselves. They have definitely lost one sale from me, and if I ever get sold something I can't use, or can only use in some ugly compromised way (Mr PDF), they will lose a customer.

I've one Kobo purchase that won't even download to Kobo desktop. After the fact, I've noted that, indeed, "computer" is not included among the devices on the product page. Despite being an ordinary history book with text, not graphics, it can only be read on tablets, where it downloads as an entire chapter per "page." I've decided not to obsess about it and be more careful in the future.

Still frustrating for those folks that sideload everything. Kobo really should bring back the file type info.

You've got to sideload everything even to Kobo readers, AFAIC, given how bloated kepubs are. My Glo maxed out at fewer than 200 books when I attempted to download my Kobo library.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Kobo books are stored in Appdata/Local/Kobo/KDE/kepub folder. But they are in a Sqlite database file and cannot be loaded into Calibre without a certain tool.

Still not much help as I can't even find the Appdata folder.

[Apache]

Open Explorer and type %appdata%
aPACHE

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by crich70

Still not much help as I can't even find the Appdata folder.

Doesn't matter. You can't attack it that way, anyway. The file by itself wouldn't do you any good. The Sqlite database needs to be queried to get everything necessary (including the filename) for liberation to proceed.

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by crich70

Still not much help as I can't even find the Appdata folder.

I'm about to start organising my thoughts to explain where the App Data folder is ..... but in the meantime, is the book sitting in Kobo Desktop? (I'm presuming that you've got Kobo Desktop installed?)

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

I'm about to start organising my thoughts to explain where the App Data folder is ..... but in the meantime, is the book sitting in Kobo Desktop? (I'm presuming that you've got Kobo Desktop installed?)

Yep. I have it in the desktop app. Can't find it elsewhere though. Why must they make things so complicated?

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by crich70

Yep. I have it in the desktop app. Can't find it elsewhere though. Why must they make things so complicated?

Then things are looking up for you

Open Calibre, open the [deleted] plugin, look for the book in the listing and click. Voila