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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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Some functions on an ereader may not work without registering at least once. This is especially true if there has been an upgrade for fonts and such. Just want you to be aware of that. I discovered the significance when I got all these refurbished units from Woot.com. Except for the Kindle keyboard, the updates were significant, often improving text 100%. For my gift, I registered the unit to my account, did the updates, downloaded the dictionaries, then deregistered the unit and gifted it. Her Dad sideloads any books she needs from the flashdrive I have with Calibre mobile. Even library books from the 3M cloud or Overdrive can be sideloaded. The dictionary is a must have for an ereader, IMHO. The ereader does not come preloaded with that.
Anyway, whether you register or not, provided your ebooks have no DRM on them, it's easy to plug in, open Calibre, find your book and plug it right into your ereader. Removal is just as easy.
Note: I don't know what FreeBSD is.
I have a Nook ST with an SD card and I keep all my side-loaded books on it. I think I get 3.71 gigs total with the SD card and internal memory combined.