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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Do most of them with browsers allow for downloading of files, and of those who do, do they add the files to the library if it is an ebook? Some of the stuff I've seen can't do either.
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Yeah, this idea that browser = download ability is not a good assumption. I know from experience that an unrooted Nook Classic most definitely cannot download books directly from the internet, at least not from a Dropbox location.
The unrooted N2 doesn't seem to allow direct downloading, either, from what I've seen in the B&N forum here. At least, I've seen several users say they've tried but been unable to get it to work.
I've not played with the Kindles, so I can't say with them. And, of course, that's surely contingent on a mobi version being offered.
Then, too, there's the website. Even if a device can handle a direct download link, that doesn't mean it'll be that simple on the website. Even something like a pretty drop-down box for format choices can screw up some device browsers.
Nevertheless, even if direct download is an option, it's still essentially a "side-load" in the sense that you're losing device sync options. Which many people care at least as much, if not more about, than not hooking physically to the computer.