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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 2! Kobo ! Glo! Use r!Guid e! ! T able!of!Contents ! About!your!eReader ! .................................................................... ! 5 ! Anatomy!of! your!e Reader ! .................................................................................... ! 6 ! Charging!your!eReade r ! ..................................[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 3! Reading!a !book ! ....................................................................................................... ! 21 ! Navigati ng!a! book ! ................................................................................................ .! 21 ! Changing!the!way!t ext!looks ! ....................................[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 4! Safety,!Regulatory! and!Warranty!Information ! ......................................... ! 42 ! ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 5! About!your! eReader ! W hat’s!in!this! section ! • Anatomy(of( your(e Reader ! • Charging(your( eReader ! • Using& the&t ouch&sc reen ! • Going&to &sleep &and&wakin g&up ! • Using& the&l ight ! • Connecting)to) your)computer ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 6! An atomy!of!your!eReader ! ! ! Power!slider ! Turn!your!eRead er!on!or! off,! or!put!i t! to!sleep. ! ! Light!button ! Turn!on!the! screen!l ight!t o!read!i n! the!dark. ! ! Micr o!SD !sl ot ! Increase!the!num ber!of!books!you r! eReader!can!hold!by!inserting!a! M icro!S D !c ar d. ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 7! ! USB! port ! Connect!your!eReader! to!your! computer!using!the!supplied!USB! cable!to!charge!your!eReader!or!add! books. ! ! Reset!h ole ! Insert!a!paper!clip!an d!p ress!g en tly! to!reset!your!eRea der. ! ! Charging!your!eReader ! To!charge! your!eRea der,!c onnect!i t!to! your! computer!using!the! USB!cabl e!prov ided[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 8! Battery! icon… ! Meani ng… ! ! Your!eReader! is!out !of!power. ! ! Your!eReader! is!cha rging. ! ! Your! eReader!has!a!partial !charge. ! ! Your!eReader! is!f ully!char ged. ! To!find! out!how!much! power!your! eReader! has!lef t,! tap!the! Home!ico n!at! the! top!of !the !scr een!to ! go ! to!the! Home!p age . !! You[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 9! If!youʼre!reading !a!PD F,!yo u!ca n!do ub le ] ta p!to!zo om !in!to!a !pag e! and!make!it!bigger. !If!youʼr e!already!zoomed ! in,!double ] tapping! the!page!will!zoom !out. ! Swipe ! You!can!us e!thi s!gesture!to!page!through!books!you!are!reading.! To!page!f orward,! place!yo ur!fi nger!on!t he!ri ght!edge! of!sc ree[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 10 ! Putting!your!eReader!to!s leep!and!waking!it!up ! You!can!t urn!your! eReader!o ff!or !put!i t!to! sleep!when! you’re! not! reading.!Both!help!your!battery!last!longer.!Th e!ma in!difference! is!that!w he n !yo u !p u t!y o u r!e R ea d e r!to !sle e p !an d !th e n!w ake!it!up ,! you!go!back!to ! the!last!screen!you![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 11 ! To!turn!o n!your!e Reader: ! • Slide&the&power&butt on&and&hold&until &your&eReader& ! turns&on. ! To!turn!o ff!your !eReader: ! • Slide&the&power&butt on& and$hold$until$ the$Off$ ! screen&appears. ! To!put!your !eReader! to!sl eep: ! • Quickly (s lide%t[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 12 ! 3. Dr ag%th e%bri ghtness %sli der%t o%adj ust%t he%scr een’s% brightness. ! 4. Ta p$ ! when%y ou’ re% done. ! Connecting!to!your!computer ! You!can!c onnect!your !eReader! to!your !computer! using!t he! USB! cable.!You!can!then!dow nload!an d!install! Kobo ! Desktop!soft ware ,! which ! lets!you!b uy ! and ! rate!b[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 13 ! Using!Your !Libr ary ! What’s! in!thi s! section ! • Navigat ing(y our(Home( Page( ! • Navigat ing(y our(Li brary ! • Searching*for*books ! • Using& the&Kobo &Cloud ! • Downloading *books* from* the*Kobo *Cloud* to*y our* eReader ! • Archivi ng)Books) to)t he)Kobo) Cloud ! • Deleti ng(books ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 14 ! Your!Home!Page! shows!your !most!re cently! opened!book! in!the! first!colum n .! ! To!make!fi nding!t hings!eas ier!on! your!Home! page,!yo ur!recent ! activities! are!organized!wi th!Tiles.! ! ! Some!of!your!Home!page!Tiles! include: ! • Books%you’ ve%re cently% opened% or%purc hased. ! • Recommendation s,for ,b[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 15 ! Navigating!Your!L ibrary ! Your!Libra ry!shows! you!books, !magazines !and!newspap ers! you’ve!purchased,!previ ews!you’ve!downloaded,!or!s helves! you’ve!created.! Your!Library!let s!you!read!and!manage!books!on! your!eReader. ! To!open!your !Librar y: ! 1. Go #to#yo ur#Home#pag e. ! 2. Ta p$ Library ." ! 3.[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 16 ! To#find# a#book, #on#your# Home#page: ! 1. Ta p$the$s earch$bar $at$t he$top$ of$the$ screen. ! 2. Choos e&where&you'd& like&to& search: ! • Tap$ Bookst ore ! to#search#the#Kob o#Bo ok store #(you # must% be%conn ect ed% to% the %In ter net ). ! • Tap$ Library ! to#search#your#eRead er’s ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 17 ! Note :!You!can’t!u se!the!K ob o!Cloud !to !m anage !sid e ] loaded! documents. ! Downloading!books!from!th e!Kobo!Cloud!to!your ! eReader ! When! you’r e! rea dy! to!do wnl oad !i te ms! in! your! Li bra ry, !simp ly! connect!to!a!wireless!network!or!to!your!computer!using!Kobo! Desktop, !and! select !the! items! y[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 18 ! ma gazines!or! manga!you’ve!downloaded,!while!i tems!that!are! only!in!the! Kobo!Cloud!appear!with! a! ! Download! icon. !! ! Note :!You!can!s el ec t!a s !m any!bo o k s!a s !y o u ’d !lik e !to !d o w n l o ad !in ! a!queue. ! To!download!boo ks!on!your !eReader! using! a!Wi!Fi! connecti on,! from!you r ! Home!scr[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 19 ! Archiving!Books!t o!the!Kobo!Cloud ! To!free! up!space! on!your! eReader, !you!can! archiv e!books,! magaz ine s!o r!ma nga! you’ve! downl oaded. ! When! you!a rch iv e! a!b ook ,! you’l l! st il l! be! able! to !se e!it! on!yo ur! eReader,!but!you’ll!need! to!download!it!again!fr om!the!Kobo! Cloud!before! you!ca[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 20 ! Donʼt! worry ,! though.!If!you!ever!w an t!to!retriev e! your!book ,!sign ! in! to ! kobo.com!and!visit !the!My!Acco unt!page.! Y ou ! can ! add! books!from!your !purchase! history! back!to! your!libr ary. ! To!delete !a!book: ! 1. Ta p$the$ ! Home%ico n%at% the% top%of %the %scr een. ! 2. Ta p$ Library . ! 3. Ta p$ Bo[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 21 ! Reading!on !your!e Reader ! What’s! in!thi s! section ! • Reading( a(book ! • Navigat ing(a (book ! • Changing'the'way' text'looks ! • Closing( a"book" and$bookmarking$your$page ! Reading!a!book! ! To!open!a! book ! from!the !ho m e ! screen !or!library ,!jus t!t a p !t h e !t itl[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 22 ! 2. Ta p$the ! ! Navigati on)i con. ! • To!scrol l!throug h!the!bo ok’s!pag es,!to uch!the! circl e!in! the!navigation!b ar!an d!slide!it!to!the!righ t!to!m ov e! forward !a nd !to !th e!le ft!to !go !ba ck . ! • To!move!to! the!next !page,! tap!t he! ! Forward!icon. ! • To!move!to! the!pre vious!page ,!tap! the [...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 23 ! Note :! Line!spacing, !margin!spacing, !and!text!j ustific ation!aren’t! available!in! Japanese!books. ! To!change! the!way ! text!looks: ! 1. Wh il e& re adi ng, &t ap#the#center# of#the#page# to#bring#up#t he# Reading( Menu. ! 2. Ta p$the$ ! Text%icon. ! 3. To# change#t he#styl e#of# the#te xt,#se lect#a #fo[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 24 ! 8. Wh en% you'r e% don e%c ustomi zi ng% you r% boo k, %t ap% any whe re% on#the#screen# to#go#back#to# reading. ! N otes: ! • When% you%c han ge% the%wa y% te xt% looks ,% you r% eRe ade r% remembe rs&your&preferre d&text&size&and&style,&and& applies'it' to'other&ap[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 25 ! 2. Ta p$the ! ! Menu% icon% next %to%your %book% to#see#the# options'menu,'or' press'and'hold' the'book’s'cover 'until' you$see$the$menu. ! 3. Sel ect$ Mark %as %Fi nished . ! ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 26 ! Adding!not es ! and!looking ! up ! or ! translating! words ! What’s! in!thi s! section ! • Highli ghting (text ! • Using& notes ! • Bookmarking ! pages ! • Using& the&di ction ary ! • Translati ng*a*word ! Highlighting!te xt ! Some! eB ooks! allow!for ! highli ght ing ! text ! in!a ! way!tha t! i[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 27 ! 5. Ta p$ Highl ight. ! ! To!see! al l!the!text !you’ve! highl ight ed!in!a! book :! 1. Ta p$the$c enter$of $the$ page$to$ bring$up$ the$Readi ng$Menu. ! 2. T ap#the ! ! Book$ icon. ! 3. Ta p ! Annotations . ! Your%eReader %will% show%a%l ist%of %all %the%hi ghlight s%you’v e% made% in% your%bo ok. % ! 4. Ta p$a$hig [...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 28 ! Using!notes! ! You!can!ad d!notes! to!your! books .!This!can ! be!useful!when!you! study!a!passage,!or!want!to!add!com m ents!abou t!wha t!you’re! reading. ! To!add!a! note: ! 1. In#your#book,#press#and#ho ld# on#a#word#that#appears#in# the$section$you’d$like$to $com m e nt$on . ! 2. Re lease& your&f inger&a[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 29 ! 2. Ta p$the$ ! Book$ icon. ! 3. Ta p$ Annotati ons . ! Your!eReader !will! show ! a!list! of!all!of !your!notes! and! highlights. ! 4. Ta p$the$t ext$next$ to$th e$ ! Note%i con. ! Bookmarking ! pages ! Like!a!dog ] ear!in!a! paper!book,!you!can!mark!interesti ng! passages!or !pages!t hat!you!want! to!ret urn!to!usi ng![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 30 ! 2. Ta p$the$ ! Book$ icon. ! 3. Ta p$ Annotati ons . ! 4. Ta p$the$ ! Men u%i con % besid e&the&do g ] ear$you$want$to$ see. ! 5. Ta p$ Show%on%Page . ! Using!the!dicti onary ! Your!Kobo!eRea der!has! a!buil t ] in! d ictio n ar y!t ha t!y o u !ca n !us e ! whil e!r eadi ng! Kobo! eBooks.! The! d ictionar y!m ay[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 31 ! To!transl ate!a! word!into! diff ere nt!langua ges: ! 1. In#your#book,#press#and#ho ld#the #w ord #you ’d#like #to# translate. ! 2. Re lease& your&f inger& from&th e&page. ! 3. Ta p ! the ! ! Dictiona ry*i con . ! 4. Ta p$ Transla tion*Di ctionar y . ! 5. Ta p$the$dr op ] down%menu%under%Translate%[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 32 ! Getting!a! Book ! What’s! in!thi s! section ! • Shopping(for(a(new(book ! • Buying'a' book ! • Using& your&Wis hlist ! • Adding&l ibrary &books& and&books &from&o ther&b ookstore s ! Shopping(for(a(new(book ! ! You ! can!find!and!purchase!books!in!several!ways!on!y[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 33 ! • Wish li st ! — ! se e#a#list#of#books#you’ve#added#to#your# Wish li st . ! ! To!access !the! Boo kstore, !fro m!your!Home! page : ! 1. Ta p$ Booksto re . ! 2. Ta p$any$of $the$l isted$ options. ! ! Getting !Recommendat ions ! You!can!s ee!book!r ecommendations! based!on! books!you! own! and!books!you’ve!rate d[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 34 ! Buying!a!book! ! When! youʼv e! fou nd! a!book !y ou! want!t o! pur cha se ,! si mpl y!t ap!Buy ! Now ! to ! check ! out.!You!can!use! credit!cards,! st ore ! credit,!or!gift! cards!from!select!partners!to!pay!for!your!book.!I f!you!have!a! promo!code!(whi ch!is! a!sort! of!coupon)! you!can!e nter!thi s! during!checkou[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 35 ! Using!your!Wishl ist! ! Your!Wishli st!is !where!yo u!save! books!you!a re!int erested! in!but! not!yet! ready!to! buy.! You!c an!add!bo oks!to! your!Wishli st!whil e! browsing ! and!easily! find!them!later .!For!example,! if!you!see ! three!books!yo u!like ! in! the ! Kobo! Bookstor e ,!you ! can!add!them !to! your!Wis[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 36 ! Most! eBooks! tha t!y ou! borr ow! and! buy! are!pr otec ted !us ing ! Digita l!Rig hts!Mana gement,! or!DRM. !They' re!pr otecte d!so! that! only!you!can!read! them!(and!in!t he!case!of! library!books, !only! for!a!specific !pe rio d !of!tim e).!!Your!e Re a d er!c an ! display! books! protected! using!Adobe! DRM,[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 37 ! Understand ing!EPUB, !PDF,!a nd!DRM ! eBooks!come!in!a!range!of!f ormats.!When!you!look!for!books!to! read!on!your!Kobo!eR ead er,!look!for!books!in!EPU B !or!PDF! formats. ! There!are !dif ferent!types!of!EP U B s,!a s!w ell:!Kobo!E P U B s,!w h ic h! come!from!the!Kobo!store,!and!other!EPUBs,!which!come!from! other!so[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 38 ! Whic h! meth od! works! best! dep end s! on! whethe r!y our!bo oks !are! protected! by!DRM,!and!wher e!they!c ame!from. ! If!you!purchas e!bo ok s!from !K ob o,!you !can !ad d!th em !to!yo ur ! eReader!using!a!wireless!connecti on!or! using! the!fre e!Kobo! Desktop! softwar e!for !your! computer. ! See! Syncing%your% Li[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 39 ! Using!Wi! Fi ! What’s! in!thi s! section ! • About&Wi& Fi ! • Turning'of f'Wi'Fi '(Air plane'mode) ! • Connecting)your) eReader)to ! a"wireles s"network ! • Syncing'your'librar y'over'Wi'Fi ! About!Wi!Fi ! You!can!us e!your! eReader!to !connec[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 40 ! Turning! Wi!Fi ! on/off ! If!you!want!to!ex ten d!th e!ba ttery !life!of!you r!eR ead er !or!you ! want! to! use! your!eR eader !on!a! plan e!o r!i n!a !ho spit al, !you!ca n! turn!Wi!Fi!off .! To!turn!o ff!Wi! Fi ,!from!yo u r !H ome!p a g e :! 1. Ta p$the$ ! Menu% ico n%at %the%t op%of% the %sc ree n. ! The$Quick$ Set[...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 41 ! If#there#is#a# ! Lock%icon%next%to%a%net work,%you%need%a% password(to( use(that( network. ! 3. If# you're#prom pte d#for #a#netw ork#passw ord ,#use#th e# keyboard)to) type)in) the)password)a nd)then)tap) Join ."You" can$tap$Show$Password$to$see$what$you're$typing. ! ! ! ![...]

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    ! Kobo!Glo!User! Guide! 42 ! Getting!Hel p ! Got!quest ions ! or!need!he lp? ! Online :! www.kob o.c om/hel p ! Find!answers!to!your !questions!usi ng!our!help!page. !Simply!type! a!question!in! the!field! to!get!your! answer. ! Safety,!Regulatory!and!Warranty!Information ! Importan t!safety ,!regu la tor y!a nd !w a rr an ty !de ta ils!ab o ut !yo[...]