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eschwartz · 11-10-2014, 01:02 PM

My main reason for religiously sideoading all my books is to clean up the disgusting mess that is publisher metadata.

All my books go to my Kindle and from there into calibre, and then right back onto my Kindle after I normalize the title and author and series and apply plugboards.

Obviously, I use calibre for archival purposes, but this is why I also sideload rather than sync to Amazon's servers when I wish to add a book to my Kindle.

11-10-2014, 01:02 PM	#59
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	My main reason for religiously sideoading all my books is to clean up the disgusting mess that is publisher metadata. All my books go to my Kindle and from there into calibre, and then right back onto my Kindle after I normalize the title and author and series and apply plugboards. Obviously, I use calibre for archival purposes, but this is why I also sideload rather than sync to Amazon's servers when I wish to add a book to my Kindle.