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Byrdie · 11-10-2014, 07:54 PM

I interpreted "my own content" to mean what I buy (mostly from Kobo and ARe) or have to put in a cart/register at a store to get even if the "price" is free. Downloading from elsewhere to me means freebies from places like Gutenberg, MR, Goodreads (I was pleasantly surprised to find some of the commercial books on my massive Want To Read list over there are freebies, though the offers may be time limited) and fan fiction in Ebook format from places like Archive of Our Own.(AO3). Or the library via OverDrive.

Also, my first ereader came pre-loaded with 100 PD books, which I still have. Did not need to register at a site to "buy" them, so they don't show up in my Kobo or Amazon accounts but they are legit. And side-loaded, since it didn't have any other means of getting books on there.

That old reader wasn't too fussy about .epubs, never could display them properly and often slowed to a crawl whenever I opened one. I had to convert them all to .prc/mobi format, even then it wouldn't always display the covers, though they showed up no problem on my computer. My tablet reads epubs just fine, mostly -- I occasionally run into one that makes my favorite app, CoolReader, crash. Fortunately I have FBReader for that, and the .mobi ones that I just don't like the look of in my Kindle app.

Next reader I plan to buy (my birthday & Christmas are just around the corner) will be a Kobo since it can handle more than just one book format, unlike the Kindle. Also has more font options, which to me is a major plus. Along with side-loading ... sorry, I just don't trust "clouds", you never know what or who is lurking about in 'em.

11-10-2014, 07:54 PM	#134
Byrdie Walking Library Posts: 254 Karma: 3869938 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H20, Kindle Paperwhite 5, 16 gb version	I interpreted "my own content" to mean what I buy (mostly from Kobo and ARe) or have to put in a cart/register at a store to get even if the "price" is free. Downloading from elsewhere to me means freebies from places like Gutenberg, MR, Goodreads (I was pleasantly surprised to find some of the commercial books on my massive Want To Read list over there are freebies, though the offers may be time limited) and fan fiction in Ebook format from places like Archive of Our Own.(AO3). Or the library via OverDrive. Also, my first ereader came pre-loaded with 100 PD books, which I still have. Did not need to register at a site to "buy" them, so they don't show up in my Kobo or Amazon accounts but they are legit. And side-loaded, since it didn't have any other means of getting books on there. That old reader wasn't too fussy about .epubs, never could display them properly and often slowed to a crawl whenever I opened one. I had to convert them all to .prc/mobi format, even then it wouldn't always display the covers, though they showed up no problem on my computer. My tablet reads epubs just fine, mostly -- I occasionally run into one that makes my favorite app, CoolReader, crash. Fortunately I have FBReader for that, and the .mobi ones that I just don't like the look of in my Kindle app. Next reader I plan to buy (my birthday & Christmas are just around the corner) will be a Kobo since it can handle more than just one book format, unlike the Kindle. Also has more font options, which to me is a major plus. Along with side-loading ... sorry, I just don't trust "clouds", you never know what or who is lurking about in 'em. Last edited by Byrdie; 11-10-2014 at 07:58 PM.