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BookCat · 02-17-2014, 04:28 PM

I've been reading the thread "Do you recommend a Amazon Paperwhite". I have a PW2 on order and I'm concerned because I do not have wi-fi at home, by choice (nothing to do with expense). I had considered buying the 3g version but was told by MR members that this wouldn't be necessary.

However, I want to create collections on the reader. I watched this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYxHP...FAAD&index=169

which made creating Collections on the PW2 look easy. But I've read that I'll be nagged to connect to the cloud via wi-fi to synch, even though these will all be sideloaded books.

I don't see a need to synch, because I'll just download the books I get from Amazon (a small percentage of those on the reader) onto my computer rather than store them in the cloud, which I don't trust. I'll archive them on my pc too.

So is there a problem with a 'nag' demanding that I connect the reader to the internet via wi-fi each time I add a book to a Collection or create a new Collection?

Please answer while I have a chance to change the order if Amazon haven't dispatched it yet.

Thanks.

02-17-2014, 04:28 PM	#1
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Can I create a Collection on PW2 without wifi? I've been reading the thread "Do you recommend a Amazon Paperwhite". I have a PW2 on order and I'm concerned because I do not have wi-fi at home, by choice (nothing to do with expense). I had considered buying the 3g version but was told by MR members that this wouldn't be necessary. However, I want to create collections on the reader. I watched this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYxHP...FAAD&index=169 which made creating Collections on the PW2 look easy. But I've read that I'll be nagged to connect to the cloud via wi-fi to synch, even though these will all be sideloaded books. I don't see a need to synch, because I'll just download the books I get from Amazon (a small percentage of those on the reader) onto my computer rather than store them in the cloud, which I don't trust. I'll archive them on my pc too. So is there a problem with a 'nag' demanding that I connect the reader to the internet via wi-fi each time I add a book to a Collection or create a new Collection? Please answer while I have a chance to change the order if Amazon haven't dispatched it yet. Thanks.