Can bundled books be downloaded from Kobo Reader?

Robotech_Master · 04-10-2011, 11:56 PM

Can the 102 public-domain titles bundled onto a Kobo be downloaded into Calibre in any way? I tried copying them over with Calibre but they all showed up as "Unknown" after copying to the library, even though they showed up properly in the list of titles on the reader.

(It can't be that they DRMed the bundled public domain books…can it?)

PeterT · 04-11-2011, 01:03 AM

The public domain books are NOT in ePub format; rather they are in what we all tend to call kEpub format; and they might (I forget with newer units) be in the database and NOT as files.

Robotech_Master · 04-11-2011, 01:07 AM

Can they be downloaded, though?

taming · 04-11-2011, 07:52 AM

All the titles in the free books are available through Kobo as individual free downloads. Is that what you are asking?

gweeks · 04-11-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

Can the 102 public-domain titles bundled onto a Kobo be downloaded into Calibre in any way? I tried copying them over with Calibre but they all showed up as "Unknown" after copying to the library, even though they showed up properly in the list of titles on the reader.

(It can't be that they DRMed the bundled public domain books…can it?)

I think so. I used the latest Calibre 0.7.53 or .54 I think. Select all of the books in the Calibre screen and ask it do save them to disk. They didn't get any extension on the disk. I've not tried to load one of them back yet. I've not tried to unzip one either.

Greg Weeks

ps. Did you take a look at Japanese Fairy Tales? That was one of yours.

04-10-2011, 11:56 PM	#1
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Can bundled books be downloaded from Kobo Reader? Can the 102 public-domain titles bundled onto a Kobo be downloaded into Calibre in any way? I tried copying them over with Calibre but they all showed up as "Unknown" after copying to the library, even though they showed up properly in the list of titles on the reader. (It can't be that they DRMed the bundled public domain books…can it?)

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04-11-2011, 01:03 AM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,251 Karma: 74007256 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	The public domain books are NOT in ePub format; rather they are in what we all tend to call kEpub format; and they might (I forget with newer units) be in the database and NOT as files.

04-11-2011, 01:07 AM	#3
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Can they be downloaded, though?

04-11-2011, 07:52 AM	#4
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	All the titles in the free books are available through Kobo as individual free downloads. Is that what you are asking?

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