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mgmueller · 11-10-2014, 06:08 AM

In another poll (Kindle Voyage <----> Kobo Aura H2O) it's pretty obvious:
Sideloading content seems to be important for most members in mobileread - and this seems to be one of the main reasons if buying Kobo over Kindle.

Personally, I don't sideload anymore for at least 3 years or so.
Of my friends sideloading content, only one is using his own content (= buying, in his case, from Amazon, stripping from DRM and loading onto his 2 other readers). All other "have their content from somewhere else".
One of my friends even argued: "The reader is 150 Euro. A single book would be € 15, so after having downloaded 10 books I'm even. And I already have more than 3.000".
Again, personally I'm not downloading "somewhere else" anymore. It's still easy enough, but I don't want to bother about conversion, correcting metadata and such. And I'm not that fond of pirating anyway, having earned my income for a few years in related markets...

Anyway...

I'd be interested to know:
When talking about "sideloading content": Does this mean downloading "from somewhere else" for you? Or does it mean, you've bought the content, but simply free it from DRM and use it on other hardware?

Multiple choices allowed = needed.

11-10-2014, 06:08 AM	#1
mgmueller Member Retired Posts: 3,308 Karma: 13024950 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets	Sideloading: Own content or "from somewhere else" In another poll (Kindle Voyage <----> Kobo Aura H2O) it's pretty obvious: Sideloading content seems to be important for most members in mobileread - and this seems to be one of the main reasons if buying Kobo over Kindle. Personally, I don't sideload anymore for at least 3 years or so. Of my friends sideloading content, only one is using his own content (= buying, in his case, from Amazon, stripping from DRM and loading onto his 2 other readers). All other "have their content from somewhere else". One of my friends even argued: "The reader is 150 Euro. A single book would be € 15, so after having downloaded 10 books I'm even. And I already have more than 3.000". Again, personally I'm not downloading "somewhere else" anymore. It's still easy enough, but I don't want to bother about conversion, correcting metadata and such. And I'm not that fond of pirating anyway, having earned my income for a few years in related markets... Anyway... I'd be interested to know: When talking about "sideloading content": Does this mean downloading "from somewhere else" for you? Or does it mean, you've bought the content, but simply free it from DRM and use it on other hardware? Multiple choices allowed = needed. Last edited by mgmueller; 11-10-2014 at 06:19 AM.