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More correctly, the predecessor to epub was the OeBPS (Open eBook Publication Structure).
The .lit format used some of the OEBPS items such as the markup for text files and a subset of the OEBPS CSS but the file structure was based on Microsoft's compressed HELP files. |
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I really like this thread for some reason.....
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![]() By the way, I wonder if there is a specific way to use Calibre when you only own a Kobo. I'm not sure if it's very different from other e-readers but if so (enough peculiarities, of course I'm thinking of the kepub format, but maybe other features ...) it would almost deserve a dedicated forum section [/newbie suggestion mode] Ultimate clarification: it is indeed the updated kobotouch extended plugin that I use. |
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Because I can either use the EPUB directly or convert it to anything I want, it doesn't matter what format the e-reader requires as long as Calibre can convert to it. And if it can, the chance it can use EPUB as the input format is probably 100%. If I recall correctly, Calibre uses an intermediate format, but I forgot what it is. It converts everything to that format, and then converts to the output format. AFAIK, EPUB is one of the best formats (along with LIT) to convert to that intermediate format. That could have changed though; "use LIT or EPUB as input format" is an old practice that may no longer be true. |
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About the only thing I think you should do is to create a metadata plugboard for the author. The reason for this is that the way that calibre sets the authors for books with multiple authors when sending the books is not the way that Kobo wants them. Calibre sets them as separate entries in the OPF but Kobo wants a single entry as "FN1 LN1, FN2 LN2". Neither is wrong, but calibre is more right. The next thing is collection management. If you want to use collections, you can do this through the driver. It is a matter of choosing which columns to use to specify the collections. After that it is more complicated. If you prefer kepubs to epubs, then the KoboTouchExtended driver is usually the way to go. But, if you only want kepubs for books were there is a real advantage in the format (footnotes show as a popup, image zoom), then you can convert to kepub which means you need the Kepub Output plugin. And you should then install the Kepub Metadata reader and writer plugins. The latter allow calibre to update the metadata in the kepubs that are in the library or get the metadata from them. Then there is my Kobo Utilities plugin. That has lots of function to do various things. Some are set and forget (backup the database and other important files when the device is connected). Or the reading status fetch. That gets the reading status of the books on the device and stores it in the library. It can be restored to the device if needed. There are other things for cover management, database checking, updating books, updating metadata etc. All functions that are handy, but, just as likely to be unneeded for a lot of people. If you want these things, you can get them. Or make suggestions about other things that could be done. But, some people just want to read, and keeping it simple is the way to go for them. |
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The two things I love about a Kobo reader is the fact that they port their newest firmware back to very old e-readers, except maybe the Mini. Amazon doesn't do that. And, if you don't like something, there's a chance that there's a patch for it. The patches I've got installed right now are: - Smaller header/footer (gets me two more lines on the screen) - Custom font sizes (I don't need the huge fonts, and this gives me more options in the middle range I do use) - Nickel menu (for Invert Screen and Reboot, for the occasion I want to read in bed in complete darkness while my GF is already asleep; in that case I prefer dark mode. If the firmware somehow completely removes this on the KA1, I'll never upgrade it again.) |
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I highly recommend you use NickelMenu for the Force USB function which means you can plug your Kobo into Calibre a second time (to update the database) without unplugging the USB cable.
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Yes, it'll work with anything since it just augments the existing import process and doesn't touch the metadata again after that.
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