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Old 01-04-2018, 11:00 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by swapjim View Post
Is sideloading a book to a reader as simple as connecting the reader on my PC (Windows 7 and FreeBSD) and do a drag-n-drop of the file?

This is a general question about the status quo of the readers out there. I understand that I'll need to research the specific reader I'll be buying to make sure it works the way I want to.

My plan is to never, ever put the reader online, keep all ebooks on my external hard drive, and expect nothing from the cloud, be it storage of syncing.
Generally, yes, if the books have no DRM. They must be in the right format for the reader, naturally. With Kindles it's azw3 (mobi works too, but azw3 is better) and you must copy the book not to the root folder, but to the documents folder.

If you're a Calibre user, then you can use Calibre for sending your books to your reader.
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