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Originally Posted by swapjim
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.
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It can be that easy, yes. But would recommend learning about using
Calibre to manage both your library on the external hard drive and sideloading. There's Calibre versions for Windows (32 and 64-bit), Mac and Linux. Not sure what would be needed to get it running on FreeBSD.
Calibre makes it easy to edit metadata on your books, change their covers and even edit the books if they are poorly formatted. It also makes it easy to convert books from one format to another and can assist with stripping DRM if you install the Apprentice Alf plug-ins.