Touch New to Kobo

7tywan · 08-27-2013, 08:10 AM

Hi all,

this is my first post on this forum, since I'm very new to e-reading and Kobo Touch, which I own for more than a month now.

The device is fantastic and I enjoy it everyday and everynight, but there are some "issues" (not sure I can define them as such, therefore the quotation marks) I'd like to share.

First, I bought an epub from a local bookstore (I'm in Italy) and I found impossible to change the default font (Bodoni, I guess: pretty heavy...), probably embedded in the file. I could not even change the size of the font.

Any clue on how to deal with that?

The second thing is that I bought a second epub, again from the same store, this time I had no problems at all with the fonts, but the formatting was not even: some pages showed only 3 lines of text while others were completely empty, in general the paragraphs were not spaced evenly...strangely (or not?), when I uploaded the file to the android tablet I have, all this formatting problems disappeared when opening the file with Aldiko (one of the most downloaded e-reading app for Android) and the book rendered perfectly on the 9" screen of the device, making the reading experience much better than on the Kobo...

How can I get the same reading quality on the Kobo? Is it a reader (e.g. software) limitation?

Does it mean that the rendering engine (if I might call it this way) of Aldiko is better than the Kobo? Or what?

Thanks in advance for all your answers!

meeera · 08-27-2013, 09:18 AM

Hi - welcome to the Kobo forums! If that epub isn't DRM-infested, you can put it into Calibre, and do an epub-to-epub conversion with font stripping options checked: Conversion prefs > Look & Feel > Filter Style information. Check the Calibre subforum and/or manual if you need detailed help.

Choices vary, but I generally choose to strip most formatting out of the ebooks I buy - fonts, spacing between paragraphs (I add a small indent), margins, etc. I also set the minimum line height to 110%.

I'm not sure what's happening with the second epub - that's not something I've seen in properly formatted epubs. If it's in the public domain, you can post the book here and ask for help.

7tywan · 08-27-2013, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by meeera

Hi - welcome to the Kobo forums!

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by meeera

If that epub isn't DRM-infested, you can put it into Calibre, and do an epub-to-epub conversion with font stripping options checked

I'll give it a try!

Quote:

Originally Posted by meeera

Choices vary, but I generally choose to strip most formatting out of the ebooks I buy - fonts, spacing between paragraphs (I add a small indent), margins, etc. I also set the minimum line height to 110%.

uhm...maybe taking out the paragraph spacing could help with the 2nd epub?

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Originally Posted by meeera

If it's in the public domain, you can post the book here and ask for help.

It is not: it's the first book of the serie "Library of the Dead" by Glenn Cooper.

jackastor · 08-27-2013, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7tywan

Hi all,

this is my first post on this forum, since I'm very new to e-reading and Kobo Touch, which I own for more than a month now.

The device is fantastic and I enjoy it everyday and everynight, but there are some "issues" (not sure I can define them as such, therefore the quotation marks) I'd like to share.

First, I bought an epub from a local bookstore (I'm in Italy) and I found impossible to change the default font (Bodoni, I guess: pretty heavy...), probably embedded in the file. I could not even change the size of the font.

Any clue on how to deal with that?

The second thing is that I bought a second epub, again from the same store, this time I had no problems at all with the fonts, but the formatting was not even: some pages showed only 3 lines of text while others were completely empty, in general the paragraphs were not spaced evenly...strangely (or not?), when I uploaded the file to the android tablet I have, all this formatting problems disappeared when opening the file with Aldiko (one of the most downloaded e-reading app for Android) and the book rendered perfectly on the 9" screen of the device, making the reading experience much better than on the Kobo...

How can I get the same reading quality on the Kobo? Is it a reader (e.g. software) limitation?

Does it mean that the rendering engine (if I might call it this way) of Aldiko is better than the Kobo? Or what?

Thanks in advance for all your answers!

Hey noticed you made reference to Author Glenn Cooper. can you advise as to what kind of author he is and what genre he writes?

thanks

Welcome aboard.

Regards

JAck

7tywan · 08-27-2013, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackastor

Hey noticed you made reference to Author Glenn Cooper. can you advise as to what kind of author he is and what genre he writes?

well, this serie (3 books) is plotted around an FBI officer as main character, so I would place these books in the crime/mistery stream.

jackastor · 08-27-2013, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7tywan

well, this serie (3 books) is plotted around an FBI officer as main character, so I would place these books in the crime/mistery stream.

Thanks I looked around and found all his books. And added them to my library.

Regards

Jack

LH07 · 08-28-2013, 01:34 AM

Hi can someone advise how I add a bookmark on kobo app, when I first used the zpp you could choose from coloured bookmarks but now I can't find that option. Can anyone help please

08-27-2013, 08:10 AM	#1
7tywan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 9794 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Kobo Touch	New to Kobo Hi all, this is my first post on this forum, since I'm very new to e-reading and Kobo Touch, which I own for more than a month now. The device is fantastic and I enjoy it everyday and everynight, but there are some "issues" (not sure I can define them as such, therefore the quotation marks) I'd like to share. First, I bought an epub from a local bookstore (I'm in Italy) and I found impossible to change the default font (Bodoni, I guess: pretty heavy...), probably embedded in the file. I could not even change the size of the font. Any clue on how to deal with that? The second thing is that I bought a second epub, again from the same store, this time I had no problems at all with the fonts, but the formatting was not even: some pages showed only 3 lines of text while others were completely empty, in general the paragraphs were not spaced evenly...strangely (or not?), when I uploaded the file to the android tablet I have, all this formatting problems disappeared when opening the file with Aldiko (one of the most downloaded e-reading app for Android) and the book rendered perfectly on the 9" screen of the device, making the reading experience much better than on the Kobo... How can I get the same reading quality on the Kobo? Is it a reader (e.g. software) limitation? Does it mean that the rendering engine (if I might call it this way) of Aldiko is better than the Kobo? Or what? Thanks in advance for all your answers!

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08-27-2013, 09:18 AM	#2
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,659 Karma: 66420972 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Hi - welcome to the Kobo forums! If that epub isn't DRM-infested, you can put it into Calibre, and do an epub-to-epub conversion with font stripping options checked: Conversion prefs > Look & Feel > Filter Style information. Check the Calibre subforum and/or manual if you need detailed help. Choices vary, but I generally choose to strip most formatting out of the ebooks I buy - fonts, spacing between paragraphs (I add a small indent), margins, etc. I also set the minimum line height to 110%. I'm not sure what's happening with the second epub - that's not something I've seen in properly formatted epubs. If it's in the public domain, you can post the book here and ask for help.

08-28-2013, 01:34 AM	#7
LH07 Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 475578 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: android tablet	Hi can someone advise how I add a bookmark on kobo app, when I first used the zpp you could choose from coloured bookmarks but now I can't find that option. Can anyone help please

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