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Old 08-31-2015, 07:30 PM   #31
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I also fail to see why it should matter whether you download the book from the browser or the device...
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The Kobo Aura I would avoid. It's far from rubbish, and it's nice and small, but its probably been the least successful of the Kobo readers, let down mostly by a poor screen. Kobo's one and only attempt at a capacitive touch screen ereader.
I have not had a problem with the capacitive touch screen on the Aura. Maybe the newer firmware versions fixed the early problems; I did read about poor response, but mine performs well.
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I have not had a problem with the capacitive touch screen on the Aura. Maybe the newer firmware versions fixed the early problems; I did read about poor response, but mine performs well.
I think the reference to "poor screen" is to quality of display of text on the screen. A lot of people state that it is no better than the Glo which uses an earlier version of the e-ink screen. The extra screen layer for capacitive touch is usually blamed for this.
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I have an Kobo Aura HD, great screen, just wish they had a light setting lower then 1% as i find that still to bright in a really dark bedroom while reading.
With my above average reading i do 3-4 weeks on a charge, and with above average i mean 120-150 books a year.
What makes it heavier is the cover, without it the weight is negligible. The only real peeve i have with Kobo is their flaky firmware, every 2 -3 months or some such out of the blue Calibre notices an error and does not want to sync with the reader any more, only a log out and log in fixes it, but that throws out your reading history for all none Kobo books, i wish they would include those in syncs, as i read many books, and often multiples, it is a bitch when he forgets what i was reading :-(
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Just FYI, there is a new Kobo Touch 2.0 coming out Sept 9. It's the competitor for the low-end Kindle and is reputed to cost 89.
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Yes, why wouldn't they?

Are you suggesting they would forensically analyze PDOCs for evidence that they once passed through the EPUB format, and randomly reject them for that reason?
And are you suggesting that such an attempt would be successful?
I'm suggesting that if there is not a valid ASIN that Amazon would not sync that eBook.
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Just FYI, there is a new Kobo Touch 2.0 coming out Sept 9. It's the competitor for the low-end Kindle and is reputed to cost 89.
It was accidentally put up on Chapters website. It's since been taken down.
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I'm suggesting that if there is not a valid ASIN that Amazon would not sync that eBook.
I have many converted epubs on my kindles, and they all sync just fine. Of course, I sent them to my Kindle using either the Send to Kindle app or I emailed them from Calibre, rather than plugging my device in and transferring them over USB.

I hear that there is a way to get books loaded using USB to sync as well, but I don't use that method so I don't know it.

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It was accidentally put up on Chapters website. It's since been taken down.
But we do know for a fact it is coming (and have known since the Glo HD was released).

How you ask? The packaging for the Kobo Glo HD case states it also fits the Touch 2.0.
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But we do know for a fact it is coming (and have known since the Glo HD was released).

How you ask? The packaging for the Kobo Glo HD case states it also fits the Touch 2.0.
In another thread it is said that the Touch 2.0 is coming on Sept. 9.

Since the Glo HD does not need an external light, will there be any light cases for the Touch 2.0? The Kindle Basic has no cover available for it with a light. Also Amazon did not build in the connectors for one of their light covers.
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In another thread it is said that the Touch 2.0 is coming on Sept. 9.

Since the Glo HD does not need an external light, will there be any light cases for the Touch 2.0? The Kindle Basic has no cover available for it with a light. Also Amazon did not build in the connectors for one of their light covers.
My post also says Sept 9.
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I'm suggesting that if there is not a valid ASIN that Amazon would not sync that eBook.
I'm sorry, could you run that by me again?

Why reason do you have to suspect that Amazon's Personal Documents intake service would generate invalid ASINs? I am pretty sure Amazon isn't very likely to make such stupidly obvious mistakes such as this, but if you have evidence to the contrary...
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My post also says Sept 9.
That's the post I was meaning.
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I'm sorry, could you run that by me again?

Why reason do you have to suspect that Amazon's Personal Documents intake service would generate invalid ASINs? I am pretty sure Amazon isn't very likely to make such stupidly obvious mistakes such as this, but if you have evidence to the contrary...
You buy an ePub format eBook. You use Calibre to convert to KF8. You side load onto your Kindle and your Kindle app on your phone. There isn't a valid ASIN. Will this eBook be synced between the Kindle and the app?
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I've sent quite a few books to my Kindles via Amazon using Send to Kindle and directly emailing them. These are books purchased from several sources and the few that have DRM have been removed.

I'm nervous about doing this on any kind of scale, and by scale I mean more than one every few weeks. I'm not sure I'm breaking any law doing this although I'm not sure I'm not, either. I suspect that I'm violating various terms of service.

Anyway that was mentioned a few times in this thread and I'm wondering if anyone feels that this is risky. I don't want to get in trouble with Amazon. I buy about 98% of my books from them.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Or is this even a proper question to ask here. And if it's not, please just delete it. But if it is I'd like to know what people think about it.

I should say that the majority of the books I send to my Kindle via Amazon's conversion are legitimately purchased somewhere.

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