#KOBO EREADER EPUB DOWNLOAD#

It’s not quite accurate to say that kobo wasn’t aware of this situation until you mentioned it several french publishers had already been in contact with them to complain and we know that their french representative was also aware of the various articles in french media on the topic. You can also follow me on Twitter: or find me on FaceBook. Please let me know if you keep getting the funky looking Epubs.įor more ebook news, subscribe to the RSS feed or the daily email newsletter.

#KOBO EREADER EPUB DOWNLOAD#

According to my source at Kobo, you shouldn’t see any more of the funky looking Epub.īut has the problem really been fixed? I’m not disagreeing with my source, but if you still see the bad formatting in the next Epub you download then the problem is obviously not as fixed as Kobo thinks. Also, I was told that Kobo did not intend for the modified file to get into the hands of customers. I’m told that it was a technical error, and that it has been fixed. And it had only been happening for a short while – even though Kobo had been selling Epubs for a couple years now.ĭoesn’t that make you wonder what changed? And that’s why I asked before I posted. The problem, as I understood it, was that Kobo’s internal format had been escaping into the wild.

Did you know that Kobo has always had their own internal Epub format? It’s been there for as long as they’ve sold Epub, but it was only recently that anyone noticed. You may have known about the problem, but there was one relevant detail that wasn’t mentioned anywhere I could see. But rather than post a rant about it, I decided to find out why Kobo was doing this. I heard about this a couple weeks ago, and after asking around I got confirmation from 3 different tech people, all of whom knew what they were talking about. These extra files (besides breaking the Epub spec) were the source of all the problems. It turns out that Kobo had been adding extra files to Epubs that are sent to them by the publishers. Some of the more tech savvy stripped the DRM and pulled the Epubs apart. People were transferring ebooks to other ebook readers and apps and finding that the formatting looked terrible.The line and paragraph separation looked wrong, the font size was off, and it generally looked like crap. I’ve been told that problem has been fixed, and if it hasn’t been then we need to raise a stink.īut if you’re not sure what I’m talking about, read on.Ī few weeks back everyone started complaining about Epubs they bought from Kobo.

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