PDF eBooks.. in color, with tables & the free Kobo Reader APP

This long weekend I investigated several modes of publishing eBooks that are PDF's.  I was sorely disappointed when Kindle completely mashed my PDF, removing all semblance of order, color, design, charts, tables et al from my eBook.

Somewhere along the way I ran across the free Kobo eReader and downloaded it for free on both my desktop and my iPhone 3GS.  I already had DropBox installed on both my desktop and my iPhone.  The PDF eBook was in a DropBox folder.

When the KOBO support team found this solution for me, I had the PDF in Kobo in color, perfectly sync'd on my iPhone in under one minute. 

Here are their word for word instructions for using either iTunes or Drop Box to load your eBook to a free Kobo eReader with potential! 

Why would you want to do this?  The library function in Kobo provides you with a way to organize your reading to find what you were last reading, or add folders for your own categories.

Now I just have to figure out how to fix the naming on the PDF as it's called Slide 1 instead of the file name.

Thank you Kobo Team. Please follow these steps in order to side-load PDF and unencrypted epub files into the
Kobo application using iTunes:

1) Check to make sure that you have version 3.4 or later of the Kobo application installed on your device and that your device is running an iOS version that supports side-loading (iPhones / iPods that can run iOS 4.0 or later, and all iPads, regardless of the iOS)

2) Launch iTunes

3) Connect your device to iTunes

4) Select the device from the Devices list in iTunes

5) Click on the "Apps" tab for the selected device

6) Scroll to the bottom of the Apps page, you should see a "File Sharing" section

7) Click On the Kobo icon that is displayed in the File Sharing section

8) Drag and drop PDF and/or unencrypted epub files into the Kobo Documents section, or use the "Add..." button to add the files.

9) iTunes should automatically sync the files to the Device

10) Launch the Kobo application and you should see the files you added via iTunes are now visible!

Sincerely,
The Kobo Team
Kobo APP Via Dropbox APP (or desktop)

Install version 3.4 or later of the Kobo application on your iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad.

1) Install Dropbox on your computer and your iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad

2) Add an unencrypted PDF or ePub file to the Dropbox folder on your computer

3) Launch the Dropbox application on your iPhone / iPod touch / iPad

4) You will see the contents of your Dropbox folder and the ePub and PDF file(s) you added will be displayed

5) Tap on the ePub or PDF file. Note: For PDF's Dropbox will actually display the content, for ePubs it won't.

6) In the top right corner of the menu is the "Open In..." icon (It's a square with a right facing arrow coming out of it), tap on this icon. It will display a list of applications that are installed which are able to open this file, one of which will be the Kobo app, tap on the entry in the list for Kobo.

The Kobo application will then launch and the file will be added to your Library / I'm Reading list.

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,

The Kobo Team