Ok - cbr, epub, pdf - anything else?

know-one · 07-10-2011, 08:15 PM

Besides going on the net - does Kobo read other formats than the ones mentionned in the thread title?
And will a future upgrade mean more formats?

My demands...or else we I will kill an hostage every hour on the hour...

I wish we could switch sides for cbr files and make them bigger.
Any possibility - besides having to change the cbr to a pdf?

Joe563 · 07-10-2011, 08:20 PM

Well, according to the Kobo website, the Touch supports the following file formats:

Books: EPUB, PDF and MOBI
Documents: PDF
Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF
Text: TXT, HTML and RTF
Comic Books: CBZ and CBR

DizzC · 07-10-2011, 08:21 PM

What other formats would you want supported anyways?

Also what do you mean by switch sides? You mean change the orientation from letter to landscape? And if by make the bigger you mean the ability to zoom in then that functionality is already there.

know-one · 07-10-2011, 08:25 PM

Yes, I meant change sides - sorry...

Gif? But not animated ones????

Atilla · 07-10-2011, 09:07 PM

The mobi support is not exactly working well.
On top of very long load times, there are plenty of formatting and display problems of this format.
The same mobi formatted books which work perfectly on my K3 are pain to use on Kobo touch.
It is best to convert every mobi book to epub and read it that way on the Kobo Touch.

EldRick · 07-10-2011, 10:49 PM

Totally agreed - the DeDRMed MOBI's I've tried have been pretty bad - like giant grey-scale fonts that can't be changed, or total failure, and very slow open times.

Images and particularly PDFs work well, unlike the K3 or Nook Touch.

know-one · 07-11-2011, 07:34 AM

Pdfs are fantastic! Totally agree with you on that one, 100%!

07-10-2011, 08:15 PM	#1
know-one Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 240112 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kOBO	Ok - cbr, epub, pdf - anything else? Besides going on the net - does Kobo read other formats than the ones mentionned in the thread title? And will a future upgrade mean more formats? My demands...or else we I will kill an hostage every hour on the hour... I wish we could switch sides for cbr files and make them bigger. Any possibility - besides having to change the cbr to a pdf?

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07-10-2011, 08:20 PM	#2
Joe563 Never spit into the wind. Posts: 328 Karma: 23499 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: New Westminster, BC Device: Kobo Original, Kobo Touch, Kobo Android(smartphone & tablet)	Well, according to the Kobo website, the Touch supports the following file formats: Books: EPUB, PDF and MOBI Documents: PDF Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF Text: TXT, HTML and RTF Comic Books: CBZ and CBR

07-10-2011, 08:21 PM	#3
DizzC Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 53669 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta Device: Kobo Touch	What other formats would you want supported anyways? Also what do you mean by switch sides? You mean change the orientation from letter to landscape? And if by make the bigger you mean the ability to zoom in then that functionality is already there.

07-10-2011, 08:25 PM	#4
know-one Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 240112 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kOBO	Yes, I meant change sides - sorry... Gif? But not animated ones????

07-10-2011, 09:07 PM	#5
Atilla Addict Posts: 224 Karma: 619496 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3, Kindle 3 3G, Kobo Touch, Playbook, Kobo Clara HD	The mobi support is not exactly working well. On top of very long load times, there are plenty of formatting and display problems of this format. The same mobi formatted books which work perfectly on my K3 are pain to use on Kobo touch. It is best to convert every mobi book to epub and read it that way on the Kobo Touch.

07-10-2011, 10:49 PM	#6
EldRick Evangelist Posts: 470 Karma: 112801 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Aura H2O (i86, M96C, Mini&Glo, PRS-950, STR, K-Touch, K-DX, K-3)	Totally agreed - the DeDRMed MOBI's I've tried have been pretty bad - like giant grey-scale fonts that can't be changed, or total failure, and very slow open times. Images and particularly PDFs work well, unlike the K3 or Nook Touch.

07-11-2011, 07:34 AM	#7
know-one Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 240112 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kOBO	Pdfs are fantastic! Totally agree with you on that one, 100%!