Kobo Touch - Book Formats and DRM Explained; EPUB and PDF Formats; Understanding Digital Rights Management (DRM); Methods for Transferring Books

Kobo!Touch!eReader!User!Guide!!!!!
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Understanding!EPUB,!PDF,!and!DRM!
eBooks!come!in!a!range!of!formats.!When!you!look!for!books!to!
read!on!your!K obo!eR ead er,!look!for!books!in!EP UB !or!PDF!
form at s.!
There!are!different!types!of!EPUBs,!as!well:!Kobo!EPUBs,!which!
come!from!the!Kobo!store,!and!other!EPUBs,!which!com e!from!
other!sources.!EPUBs!may!or!may!not!support!all!the!features!
that!Kob o!EP U Bs!h ave .!
Note:!Some!other!EPUBs!might!show!a!page!number!in!the!
margin!that!came!from!the!original!book.!You!can!turn!this!
featur e!o n !or !off!in !Ad v an c ed !S ett ing s!in !th e!R e ad in g !M e n u.!
Sometimes!books!are!protected!using!Digital!Rights!
Management!(DRM).!DRM!prevents!unauthorized!copying!of!
books,!and!is!often!used!to!protect!the!books!you!get!from!
libraries !an d !bo o ks elle rs.!T he re !are !sev er al!ty p es !of!D R M .!Y ou r!
eReader!can!read!books!that!are!protected!using!Adobe!DRM.!
Once!you’ve!found!books!that!you!want!to!read,!you!can!choose!
from !se ve ra l!w a y s!to!a d d !the m!to!you r!e R ea d er .!Yo u !ca n !
transfer!bo ok s!using :!
• A"wireless"connection"on"your"eReader!