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Originally Posted by kacir
Can you use the reader without registering it first?
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I don't think you can: you do have to login with your Kobo account. Having said this, once you have set up your Kobo as far as I can see you don't need to ever connect it to the kobo website ever again: just switch the wifi off and sideloads all your books via calibre (or drag and drop). There is a plugin that converts DRM free epub to Kobo's kepub format if you prefer that render for reading, and you can update the firmware by downloading it on your computer then copying it on the device (though Kobo do not encourage this).
As an alternative, you can have have multiple Kobo accounts, and e.g. use one to buy and then gift books to the other (but you will have to connect to the Kobo server) etc.: it depends on which tabs you do not want Kobo to keep on you. Are you also falling victim of the Aura tempting calls?
