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Originally Posted by mobama
I look past any devices where it's more complicated than this. I want it to work as follows:
1. Stick a microSD card in the computer.
2. Copy the files.
3. Remove the microSD from the computer and stick it in the ereader.
4. Start reading on the ereader.
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That would work on a Kobo. But using Calibre will ensure things like metadata, so you can long press on a book cover to get a brief synopsis and it will show if the book is part of a series and what part it is.
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Originally Posted by mobama
Also, ereaders cannot display all sorts of random files, but they can legitimately be expected to show files for reading... except Kindle does not do epub, but this is fixed by installing another reader-app, such as Cool Reader or Koreader.
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That feels a little penny wise/pound foolish.
You can jailbreak your Kindle to install an entirely different platform all so you can bypass a free program that will allow you to read the same program natively and is just as easy as drag and drop?
I mean, do what suits you. I just feel like Calibre gives many benefits with minimal headaches. Using Calibre, I've never had any of the issues ejecting my Kobo using any of the preview builds of Windows 10 that I heard complaints about in the forum. Using Calibre, I haven't had any issues ejecting my Glowlight 3 that I've heard others mention in the forum.
(I should go into advertising for Calibre! Or at least donate again...)