Looking to improve my Kobo Sage experience

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Claude_C

To import kepub on the Kobo?

Or do you mean to read the kepub in the web interface of Dropbox? (Not a good idea, I think.)

I don't think Dropbox can read kepub.

[Gone]

Originally Posted by DNSB

To read on the Kobo. The Kobo ereader does not know what a .kepub file is. You need the double extension to have it handled properly.

From Sideloading for Testing Purposes on the KoboLabs epub-spec site on Github.

OK, thanks. I'll try it, but I think I'll probably end up just connecting my Kobo to my computer.

I remember in the Kobo survey, one of the questions was about synching sideloaded ebooks. Looks like not many people wanted that, or they didn't (couldn't?) really want to add that.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Claude_C

I remember in the Kobo survey, one of the questions was about synching sideloaded ebooks. Looks like not many people wanted that, or they didn't (couldn't?) really want to add that.

I suspect that they don't really want to add that. From the explanation I got years back, under Canadian privacy laws, if you collect identifiable information about a user such as titles from sideloaded books, they would have to make that information accessible to the user. While having the user syncing sideloaded ebooks might constitute consent, I suspect Kobo would prefer not to open that can of worms.