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Attributed to: Authorize your device with Adobe DRM Kobo is using Adobe DRM to prevent ebook files from unauthorized distribution. You should be aware of it before you start buying books on Kobo. If you don’t authorize the device with your AdobeID, you will be only able to read the book on a first device to which you download it.
So I can’t sync, it doesn’t bring up the option “manage library”, & the Kobo says it’s not registered to an account. I’ve done everything – created an adobe ID, downloaded the desktop app & ADE.
It won’t open on any other device. The key to flexibility is to authorize any app and device with the same Adobe ID. If you accept the limitations Adobe DRM puts on a user, follow these steps:. Get Adobe ID. It’s a combination of the email address and a password you’ll use after signing up on Adobe site. Authorize with your new credentials any of the devices/apps you use. Do it before you download the first ebook.
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Back up Kobo books to a computer The books you bought are stored on a device you use to read them. They can also be synced between devices. How to get all of them to a computer? You can use Adobe Digital Editions application for that. There are versions for PC and Mac computers. Again, make sure to authorize the computer with the same AdobeID, otherwise you won’t be able to open the books.
In Adobe Digital Editions, look for the command saying “Authorize” (Help menu). Type in your AdobeID. Go to Kobo store, sign in and go to My Library. You’ll see here a list of all the books or book samples you downloaded from Kobo. To download the book, click on the turquoise button on the right. ”Adobe DRM Epub” means the book has DRM and you’ll be able to open it only with ADE.
“Download Epub” means the book is unprotected, so any epub reading application will open it. The blog goes on with a number of collected links to other resources, including other blogs and videos, for specific importing steps for a number of readers.
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Thus, Kobo offers their ebooks on a wide range of platforms, with apps for smartphones like the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Palm Pre, and others. Kobo's ebooks will also work with Adobe Digital Editions for viewing on PC and Mac computers, not to mention just about every dedicated ebook reader on the market. And now there's a Kobo app for the too. But that's not all. Kobo recently announced the, their own brand of dedicated ebook reader that comes with the Kobo software installed. Look for Kobo to be in the ebook war for a long time to come. Kobo iPad App Video Review.
Font Sizes The Kobo iPad app has 9 different font sizes to choose from, and four font types: Georgia, Baskerville, Trebuchet, and Verdana. An example of the smallest and largest fonts are displayed below.
Change Appearance The Kobo iPad app allows for some customization in they way the bookshelf view appears (shown at the top of the page). You can change the the background of the shelves and change what type of bookmarks you want, from a dead fish to a stretched out weiner dog. In book view, there are options to alter the appearance of page turn animations and to turn on and off Kobo Styling, which usually removes spaces between paragraphs and changes text type and size. Night Reading Presently there aren't any options to change text or background color, with the exception of night reading mode, with white text on a black background. Adjusting screen brightness helps with this setting on. Landscape Mode eBook Organization The image at the very top of this page is the default layout for the Kobo iPad app, and there's also a list view as well. Sorting options include, title, author, and recently read.
There's also a separate section for recently read. Additional Features and Missing Features Other features not mentioned above include table of contents, bookmarking and bookmark menu, jump to page dial, and there's a brightness adjustment dial. As of this point there are some features missing from the Kobo app that I'd expect to get added in the near future.
There's no dictionary function, highlight, notes, or search. And there's no way to add non-Kobo books into the library. This app being so new, I think they just need some more time to get everything added. Browsing Kobo's eBook Store on the iPad One of the main strengths of the Kobe iPad app is the appearance and layout of the. Everything is nicely organized and broken down into categories and subcategories. There are different sorting options: best rated, price, bestseller, title, etc. And there are multiple sections for award winners, Oprah's book club, NYT Bestseller list, etc.
Sorting Options Aplenty.