Comments on: Why and how to convert DRM-free EPUBs to Kobo’s KEPUB format https://teleread.org/2019/01/01/why-and-how-to-convert-drm-free-epubs-to-kobos-kepub-format/ Blog on ebooks, publishing, libraries, tech, and related topics Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shindor Koren https://teleread.org/2019/01/01/why-and-how-to-convert-drm-free-epubs-to-kobos-kepub-format/#comment-119956 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:40:19 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=167268#comment-119956 >>>I’m a little suspicious of that kind of “embrace and extend” maneuver, given how often it’s been used by firms like Microsoft to pull standardized formats away from the standards.

Have found that Kobo have already moved away from the standard. On their website the ebooks are listed as EPUB but they download as KEPUB. Also the older ebooks on the ereader which were EPUBs have been converted to KEPUB.

Kobo sold their system on a open format which could be read across a range of devices but not now.

Don’t know about anyone else but the KEPUB have all the functions working while the EPUB from other sources have functions not working, eg. note, highlighting and opening at the last page read will not work. Is this bad programming or is it an attempt to move people over to KEPUB.

Good article on converting but why should Kobo owners have too?

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]]> By: @SylviaHubbard1 https://teleread.org/2019/01/01/why-and-how-to-convert-drm-free-epubs-to-kobos-kepub-format/#comment-96139 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 03:27:01 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=167268#comment-96139 Reblogged this on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network.

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]]> By: Michael W. Perry, medical writer https://teleread.org/2019/01/01/why-and-how-to-convert-drm-free-epubs-to-kobos-kepub-format/#comment-95400 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:27:44 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=167268#comment-95400 In reply to Michael W. Perry, medical writer.

Here’s a reader’s perspective on LiquidText. It’s not hard to see that it makes note taking much easier—at least when the ebook is in a format it can read. That’s why epub and Kindles need something like it. Amazon, Kobo, Apple and others might be wise to buy the rights to the code and build it into their apps, so users could use the features without destroying the copy protection.

Keep in mind that, while the basic version is free, for added features, like working with multiple documents at the same time, you need an inside app upgrade, and that is not cheap. The pro version is $30 for most users and $20 for students.

For iOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/liquidtext/id922765270

There may be plans to bring out an Android version.
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-Android-apps-like-liquidtext-in-IOS

It might also prove useful for writers, since those same features allow a writer to compared different sections for consistency and to take notes.

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]]> By: Michael W. Perry, medical writer https://teleread.org/2019/01/01/why-and-how-to-convert-drm-free-epubs-to-kobos-kepub-format/#comment-95263 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:34:34 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=167268#comment-95263 Thanks for letting us know about KEPUB, although I was left wondering how to pronounce it. “ke-pub” sounds like something dropped into the water.

I agree with you. These improvements hardly seem worth the trouble. What I’d like to see developed are ebooks sold at retail and accompanying readers that have the features that Liquid Text offers with PDFs. The idea is so marvelous Apple gave the LiquidText app their “Editors’ Choice” and “Most innovative” awards. It finally offers a reason to buy digital over paper.

“Note taking and document analysis tools have changed little from the margin notes, highlighting, and sticky notes we have used forever. Most apps today try to duplicate paper, but, in spite of this, over 80% of knowledge workers still prefer paper at work and school. LiquidText moves beyond paper. It captures your reading, notes, highlights, annotations and observations just like paper; but goes further to reveal their connections: to source materials and each other in a way which documents and maps your project in a clear and shareable form. We connect related notes into ideas, and we connect your ideas into reports.”

https://www.liquidtext.net

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id922765270

And YouTube has quite a few reviews.

My only regret is that at present I have no reason to use LiquidText and, as I pointed out, am unable to buy most ebooks in a format it can use. It’d be great for marking up books, particularly since I can type my notes in addition to the handwritten notes in that linked webpage. My handwriting is terrible.

–Mike Perry, medical writer

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]]> By: Angel Dan https://teleread.org/2019/01/01/why-and-how-to-convert-drm-free-epubs-to-kobos-kepub-format/#comment-95244 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:41:57 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=167268#comment-95244 So helpful suggestion, thank you.

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