Question about Kobo books

I've never owned a Kobo device, LTR, but Kobo books are ePub format just as Nook and Sony (when Sony made e-readers) are/were. I have some Kobo books because when the Sony bookstore closed (after the company stopped making e-readers), all of the books were transferred over to the Kobo bookstore. I haven't logged on there in ages because I don't have an ePub reader anymore. Back in 2010 I bought an inexpensive (for that time) PRS-300 Sony e-reader so that I could check out library books. As soon as Amazon and the libraries got Kindle book borrowing up and running, I stopped borrowing ePub books. I am considering checking out Kobo e-readers though, since occasionally there's a library book I want to read that is available only in ePub and I hate reading books on my iPad mini or my Fire HD6.

You cannot legally convert Kobo books from ePub to mobi if they have DRM because stripping DRM is one of the changes that is against terms of service (at least at Amazon and I'm assuming at Kobo as well). Yes, if you buy from the Kobo bookstore, it's ePub format only, which is not compatible with any e-ink Kindle device (on a Fire you can use various ePub readers--I use the OverDrive app). I would have to check my Kobo account to see if Kobo lets customers know that they've already purchased a book.

I thought people have posted in various places that the website ereaderiq allows you to keep wish lists (that's how some people keep track of price drops on books), but I don't know if they're only ones that are imported from Amazon or if ereaderiq lets you create new wish lists.

For your neighborhood bookstore question, sorry, I have no idea! (-:

Per flipoid and ereaderiq, you can import a wish list from Amazon, and you can also create one from scratch, or add to the one you imported. No problem. The only thing to remember is that if your Amazon list is private, it can't be imported. The solution is to change the list to public on Amazon, import it, then change it back to private.

I buy most of my books from Kobo since my first ereader was a Kobo, and even though I use android tablets now, I've stuck with them. Yep, they download in epub format - which suits me perfectly since it's my preferred format - I use Moon+Reader Pro on my tablet for ebook reading. You can always use Calibre or some other software to convert to another format if the epubs don't suit you.

I also regularly use Smashwords. Again coz you can download in epub (they have 3 formats to choose from including epub and mobi/kindle). I started buying from then in the Kristen Ashley early days, and have kept with them.

On Kobo website they are in your books library. Click on your books and they are all there. If you download a book then it goes where ever you have your downloads to go. ie, downloads folder, my documents folder.

Just drag/drop from the download folder onto Calibre and then convert to mobi for your Kindle.