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Old 02-13-2025, 05:23 AM   #16
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Yes, but not Barnes & Noble (USA and Nook only) or Apple (iThings only).

Sometimes also HumbleBundle, and they seem to use Kobo for fulfilment.
Only a handful of HumbleBundle book bundles have been fulfilled by Kobo. Most are done by HumbleBundle and are DRM free.
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Old 02-13-2025, 08:34 AM   #17
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mmm, if each ppl buy in a different website... which would be the way to read the books on a device? fight with each DRM? install apps? or there is a device which works fine with all this?

Maybe Kobo with the sync feature could works with the books of everyone...
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mmm, if each ppl buy in a different website... which would be the way to read the books on a device? fight with each DRM? install apps? or there is a device which works fine with all this?

Maybe Kobo with the sync feature could works with the books of everyone...
Not all books have DRM. Some of those sites sell only DRM-free books, others have some DRM-free books and some with DRM. Kobo and Pocketbook ereaders support epubs with Adobe DRM, which are sold by Kobo.com, Ebooks.com and Google Play.

That said, many of us do remove DRM from all our purchased ebooks. Not only for readability; we also want to make our own backups, and some of us like to edit the formatting.
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Right, make backups and be able to get the library ready to be used is nice.

So, instead look on a device which supports everything/everywhere, download them and remove DRM would be easier in order to have a device and share it?

I have not checked, but does the "sync" keeps from where are you reading? (syn from calibre, sync from amazon, sync from some place)
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So, instead look on a device which supports everything/everywhere, download them and remove DRM would be easier in order to have a device and share it?
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I have not checked, but does the "sync" keeps from where are you reading? (syn from calibre, sync from amazon, sync from some place)
Calibre (or calibre-web) doesn't sync reading positions. Kobo devices only sync reading positions for books purchased directly from the Kobo store (not sideloaded). Pocketbooks do sync reading positions for sideloaded books.
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Yes.

Calibre (or calibre-web) doesn't sync reading positions. Kobo devices only sync reading positions for books purchased directly from the Kobo store (not sideloaded). Pocketbooks do sync reading positions for sideloaded books.
Kobo sync with Calibre-web does actually sync reading positions.
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Kobo sync with Calibre-web does actually sync reading positions.
Hmm, on their github they said they don't (only read or unread).
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Hmm, on their github they said they don't (only read or unread).
Yeah, I think the web app will only display read or unread, but syncing to a Kobo will track the percent. Granted I don't have a second Kobo atm to test but it seems to. I can delete a book and redownload it and the place is the same which I don't think happens over USB.
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Yeah, I think the web app will only display read or unread, but syncing to a Kobo will track the percent. Granted I don't have a second Kobo atm to test but it seems to. I can delete a book and redownload it and the place is the same which I don't think happens over USB.
You can do it over USB too (with the Kobo Utilities plugin). It's just too cumbersome to connect to Calibre every time you want to sync reading positions between your Kobos.
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Using search can be quicker than sync, even on Kindle to Kindle.
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What do you means by using search?
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What do you means by using search?
To find your reading position when reading the same book on different devices, you can search for a word or a phrase you remember from the page where you left off.
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I usually from too much ones, still is nice to know it.

So, seems only Kobo and Pocketbooks is like the only options for share + handle sidebooks, only on my own I can be reading several books, is not easy to me remember where I was in each book, so be able to get the positions is nice for them :3
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