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The thing is, Google Books is now available in Canada. I tried the application and I really like it - tho you can't import your own books at the moment (huge turndown), but you know, price for price, epub for epub, I might start buying them from Google instead so that I can use their nicer reading software... Just a tought... You have more competition now Kobo, be nice to your clients even tho we did not necessarily bought one of your eReaders - we still buy eBooks from you... |
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The Acer tablet app isn't in the Market. Someone provided it in this thread. I'll stick with Google Books. You can't justify the text with the Kobo app. I can't deal with the ragged edges. Sometimes I just want to download a book and enjoy it without taking the time to run it through calibre at that moment. Last edited by SCION; 11-04-2011 at 11:23 PM. |
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You have so many options, SCION. You have a kindle, buy kindle books, and can use the kindle app. You have a Sony tablet and reader. You can use their app. Then there are the independents like Aldiko. You must buy kobo books from time to time, as well, or you wouldn't bother with their reader in the first place. If you are downloading them as ePUBS, you are golden on many different readers.
If your choice is to buy from Google and use their app, great. Enjoy it. In Canada a whole lot of their books seem to be more expensive than they are at Kobo, but it may be different in the US as I assume you aren't wanting to cut off your nose to spite your face. |
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Yes, I can buy anywhere, remove the DRM and run it through calibre to get the formatting how I like it. Then use any app I please. I do that quite often. But sometimes I'm not able or simply don't want to at that moment. I'd like to download a book from a store and read it in that app, being able to adjust the format. It's a basic request. If I were an iPad/iPhone user I would be able to do so. I don't understand the excuses being made for Kobo. I could see if there were no Kobo Android tablet apps available. Such apps have been available for months. Just not in the Android Market. They won't even acknowledge the misrepresentation on their website and product video in the Kobo support forum. You get the canned answer, "The development team is working on it." WORKING ON WHAT? Are you saying that because Canadians don't have that many options for books, that's why Kobo is dragging its corporate butt when it comes to the Android app in the Market? Last edited by SCION; 11-05-2011 at 02:35 PM. |
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I noticed there are Kobo reps communicating with folks in threads that pertain to the Vox, eInk devices, and the iPad/iPhone app. Not once have I seen someone respond to threads about the Android app. Why is that?
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Quite likely because all of the Kobo rep's you see here are doing it on their own time. While we'd all love to see Kobo use this as one of their official support means, they tend to want to stick to other, sanctioned support means.
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That still doesn't answer the question as to why there are NO answers to questions about the Android app. A simple, "I will forward this thread to the Android team. Maybe they can respond directly. I don't have the answers, that's not my realm of knowledge." It doesn't take much to formally defer to others in the organization. You don't ignore customers. Period. Or does Kobo get a pass for that too? Last edited by SCION; 11-06-2011 at 01:32 PM. |
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For those who aren't following the GetSatisfaction.com thread...
Here's the latest response from Kobo: Quote:
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There are three existing Android tablet apps (including the Vox). Why is there no tablet version in the Market? The last app update was in June with Reading Life. If you take a poll of tablet owners, I'm sure the majority would prefer tablet functionality and improved reading features over those reading awards. I don't see the Android app getting Pulse anytime soon because it's a phone app. They could have easily given us the tablet app in the Market including the Pulse feature at the same time they released the updated iPad version. Why didn't they? There's nothing for the development team to work on. Is there a full-time Android development team? They seem to be operating in the fashion of the Tier 2 customer support team. Last edited by SCION; 11-09-2011 at 10:17 AM. |
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This is my last update to this thread. We got our answers to this issue.
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Thanks for this thread as it answereda number of questions i have been having about kobo and ebooks. Btw, if you dig around for "lumiread", I believe you will find the apk you are looking for. While it isn't perfect it does help.
Along these lines, is it possible to "sideload" a book purchased from Kobo into aa different android e-reading app? |
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Yes, if you download the "other" ePUB version. The Kobo native format (which is also an ePUB, but with Kobo's own proprietary DRM) can only be read on a Kobo device or app. Folks with Android devices (like the Vox for example) are sometimes using Aldiko, Mentano, etc. for some books.
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