diff --git a/kobo_notes.txt b/kobo_notes.txt index 65f1babd..dbe825af 100644 --- a/kobo_notes.txt +++ b/kobo_notes.txt @@ -31,3 +31,13 @@ And then navigate to your home directory and unmount the kobo: doas umount /mnt/media/kobo Now you should be able to access the Kobo interface without having to register your Kobo. + +## Converting to Kepub format + +Many of the books you'll find around are in .epub format, but some books have a hard time loading +and/or freeze the kobo device in this format. Best practice is to convert it to kobo's proprietary format .kepub. +This can be accomplished using the [calibre software](https://calibre-ebook.com/download), which you can download +from your Artix's repos in the extra mirrors. You'll need to also get some plugins to automatically convert it. +See [this github repo](https://github.com/jgoguen/calibre-kobo-driver) on how to install plugins. Once done, ALWAYS +mount your kobo device using calibre and copy the .epub files to the kobo directly, this will automatically convert +it if you use the KoboTouchExtended plugin specifically (though all kobo and kepub plugins are encouraged to be installed.)