diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/kobo_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/kobo_plugin.py
index 62652ca855..313ce962e5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/kobo_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/kobo_plugin.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import random
 import urllib
-import urllib2
 from contextlib import closing
 
 from lxml import html
@@ -49,44 +48,44 @@ class KoboStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
             d.exec_()
 
     def search(self, query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
-        url = 'http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=' + urllib2.quote(query)
+        url = 'http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=' + urllib.quote_plus(query)
 
         br = browser()
 
         counter = max_results
         with closing(br.open(url, timeout=timeout)) as f:
             doc = html.fromstring(f.read())
-            for data in doc.xpath('//ul[@class="SCShortCoverList"]/li'):
+            for data in doc.xpath('//ul[contains(@class, "flowview-items")]/li'):
                 if counter <= 0:
                     break
 
-                id = ''.join(data.xpath('.//div[@class="SearchImageContainer"]/a[1]/@href'))
+                id = ''.join(data.xpath('./a[contains(@class, "block-link")]/@href'))
                 if not id:
                     continue
-                try:
-                    id = id.split('?', 1)[0]
-                except:
-                    continue
+                id = id[1:]
 
-                price = ''.join(data.xpath('.//span[@class="KV2OurPrice"]/strong/text()'))
-                if not price:
-                    price = '$0.00'
+                price = ''.join(data.xpath('.//a[contains(@class, "primary-button")]//text()'))
 
-                cover_url = ''.join(data.xpath('.//div[@class="SearchImageContainer"]//img[1]/@src'))
+                cover_url = ''.join(data.xpath('.//img[1]/@src'))
+                cover_url = 'http:%s' % cover_url
 
-                title = ''.join(data.xpath('.//div[@class="SCItemHeader"]//a[1]/text()'))
-                author = ', '.join(data.xpath('.//div[@class="SCItemSummary"]//span[contains(@class, "Author")]//a/text()'))
-                drm = data.xpath('boolean(.//span[@class="SCAvailibilityFormatsText" and not(contains(text(), "DRM-Free"))])')
+                title = ''.join(data.xpath('.//p[contains(@class, "flowview-item-title")]//text()'))
 
                 counter -= 1
 
                 s = SearchResult()
                 s.cover_url = cover_url
                 s.title = title.strip()
-                s.author = author.strip()
                 s.price = price.strip()
-                s.detail_item = 'http://www.kobobooks.com/' + id.strip()
-                s.drm = SearchResult.DRM_LOCKED if drm else SearchResult.DRM_UNLOCKED
+                s.detail_item = 'http://store.kobobooks.com/' + id.strip()
                 s.formats = 'EPUB'
+                s.drm = SearchResult.DRM_UNKNOWN
 
                 yield s
+
+    def get_details(self, search_result, timeout):
+        br = browser()
+        with closing(br.open(search_result.detail_item, timeout=timeout)) as nf:
+            idata = html.fromstring(nf.read())
+            search_result.author = ', '.join(idata.xpath('.//h2[contains(@class, "author")]//a/text()'))
+        return True