Kobo & Netgalley come to an arrangement to allow eBook on Kobo Readers

[JSWolf]

https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...campaign=00003

NetGalley members can now send books straight to their Kobo. The new “Send to Kobo” feature lets you quickly send NetGalley EPUBs to your Kobo eReader or app—no downloads or cables needed.

[odamizu]

Any idea on what this means DRM-wise? Is Kobo locking down DRM in any way to satisfy Netgalley's DRM concerns/requirements? Is LCP being introduced?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by odamizu

Any idea on what this means DRM-wise? Is Kobo locking down DRM in any way to satisfy Netgalley's DRM concerns/requirements? Is LCP being introduced?

It could be that the eBook is being served from Kobo as kePub.

[lkmiller]

Send to Kobo from NetGalley puts the book in your Kobo library. You can then download it with their apps or ereaders. They are not, of course, available to download via ADE.

[Quoth]

NetGalley members can now send books straight to their Kobo. The new “Send to Kobo” feature lets you quickly send NetGalley EPUBs to your Kobo eReader or app—no downloads or cables needed.

That *IS* a download.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Quoth

That *IS* a download.

lol yeah....

[rkomar]

Originally Posted by Quoth

That *IS* a download.

Or maybe it is an upload. Depends on which end initiates it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rkomar

Or maybe it is an upload. Depends on which end initiates it.

Could be both if it's uploaded fro NetGalley and then download from Kobo.

[DNSB]

I suspect it is more like library loans which are fulfilled by Kobo. No need to have an upload from NetGalley.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I suspect it is more like library loans which are fulfilled by Kobo. No need to have an upload from NetGalley.

Which is great news because it means Kobo doesn't have to add in LCP support.

[lkmiller]

You do a bit of setting up at NetGalley to link your Kobo account. Then when you hit the Send to Kobo button, the book appears available for download on any Kobo app or ereader you're logged into. It is listed in your library on the Kobo website, but not available for download from there. These are yours to keep. Which is also true for the NetGalley books delivered via Send to Kindle. Unlike the Adobe DRM and now LCP DRM files which did and do expire after 55 days or whatever the publisher sets. The publisher has the option not to allow these various other methods.

I've used it for some books that were made available through the Hugo Voters packet. Much nicer to sync your Kobo than to deal with downloading via ADE which was the only previous option for Kobos with NetGalley.

[GRHE]

I tried to get a book sent to my Kobo only to find out that it was not possible. Not all books can be sent to Kobo. Official explanation is:

It is always at the publisher's discretion to enable/disable the available Reading Options for specific books (which can vary depending on file size, formatting, or because the file is a PDF, which Kobo expects to support later this year).

If the Send to Kobo button is not available for a particular book, we encourage you to download to your*NetGalley Shelf app*or access it in your*NetGalley Reader.

[lkmiller]

So in your case, which was it? Is it a pdf or did the publisher disallow it for that method? Was there a Send to Kindle or LCP download option? Or is that book only available through the NetGalley site/apps?

[GRHE]

I didn't bother with the book. The was a Kindle option

[Lavender]

Originally Posted by Quoth

That *IS* a download.

I hate this kind of advert nonsense that treats users as complete coma patients. We know wtf a download is.