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				Has Kobo done away with ePub?
			 
			
			
			Every time I sideloaded from Calibre ePubs I get a message No  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Have you updated Calibre recently? There was a new update that syncs with the new Kobo firmware 4.37.21533.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Epubs are still supported.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Cootey Everything updated last week  when this started
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			I bought a book earlier today,  Isolate by L. E. Modesitt Jr. and downloaded a DRM-free ePub. But it had a bunch of Kobo formatting in it. Check the attached screenshot. It looks like a kepub to me.
		 
		
	
		
		
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			Does your Kobo say KOBO EPUB on My Books when you sideload it?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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		  Epub works as usual with the latest firmware.
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			I also bought the book and ran it through kepubify. It only made minor changes and left the Kobo span tags alone, so it definitely appears that the publisher pre-converted the file, since it's a direct download and not using ADE for DRM.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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 Note: the calibre plugin "Modify epub" can remove all these kobo spans.  | 
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 The Kobo spans were just weird. I wouldn't have even mentioned them if Barbara hadn't started this thread. Last edited by ZodWallop; 07-02-2023 at 01:58 PM.  | 
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