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rixte · 11-10-2014, 12:54 PM

I bought .lit books and peanut press books to read on an Aero in '99 - there's no way I'm NOT religiously stripping and archiving! Way too many places go out of business or the evolution of hardware doesn't support older technology. I sideload as a matter of course - I rarely (only if I'm traveling and away from my PC) ever have a book directly loaded on to my reader. Otherwise it's buy/strip/sideload, since that also serves the purpose of archiving.

I'm also uncomfortable with the 'somewhere else' being a synonym for piracy - I didn't check that because I read enough of the thread but there are several legitimately free 'somewhere else's that I use.

11-10-2014, 12:54 PM	#55
rixte Addict Posts: 300 Karma: 396757 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: new oasis, paperwhite, ipad, kobo	I bought .lit books and peanut press books to read on an Aero in '99 - there's no way I'm NOT religiously stripping and archiving! Way too many places go out of business or the evolution of hardware doesn't support older technology. I sideload as a matter of course - I rarely (only if I'm traveling and away from my PC) ever have a book directly loaded on to my reader. Otherwise it's buy/strip/sideload, since that also serves the purpose of archiving. I'm also uncomfortable with the 'somewhere else' being a synonym for piracy - I didn't check that because I read enough of the thread but there are several legitimately free 'somewhere else's that I use.