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cfrizz · 11-10-2014, 07:43 PM

I have side loaded from day one. When I was first looking into getting a reader back in late 2009 Sony 600 I ended up on this site. Even back then you all were worried about losing books.

I also discovered that I didn't have to wait to get an e-reader to start reading e-books, so I downloaded the Sony reader app for PC and began reading e-books. The only way to read them was to download them to my PC, I didn't get my Sony until early 2010.

I gave Fictionwise a lot of business. But even they told you to download your books to your PC since they could not guarantee that they could keep them forever!

So when I got my reader, I had to side-load them onto the reader.

To me this is just common sense. Why would you leave something you paid for in the hands of someone else? Would you walk out of a store a leave your package sitting on the counter? This is NO different. You paid for it, it belongs in your PC/reader where you have access at all times.

11-10-2014, 07:43 PM	#130
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,572 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	I have side loaded from day one. When I was first looking into getting a reader back in late 2009 Sony 600 I ended up on this site. Even back then you all were worried about losing books. I also discovered that I didn't have to wait to get an e-reader to start reading e-books, so I downloaded the Sony reader app for PC and began reading e-books. The only way to read them was to download them to my PC, I didn't get my Sony until early 2010. I gave Fictionwise a lot of business. But even they told you to download your books to your PC since they could not guarantee that they could keep them forever! So when I got my reader, I had to side-load them onto the reader. To me this is just common sense. Why would you leave something you paid for in the hands of someone else? Would you walk out of a store a leave your package sitting on the counter? This is NO different. You paid for it, it belongs in your PC/reader where you have access at all times.