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Old 04-23-2018, 02:55 PM   #1
purplegreendave
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New Kindle Paperwhite/Calibre user, few questions

Hi, I just got a new Kindle Paperwhite. I set Calibre up with this guide, but it's too old for me to post some follow up questions.

If I want to download a book, stick it in calibre and then sync it to my kindle, is it better to download epub or mobi? I've done some reading, here and here have me leaning towards epub being the better format, however I'm wary of converting everything. Would it be better to have original/native mobi files or is converting epub to azw3 not that big a deal?

Can I force a match on Goodreads? I just added an epub book to Calibre. Once I hit Download metadata and covers I guess it changed the edition because the cover changed, and the title went from Colour to Color. I prefer the original cover and UK English title (which Goodreads has under Other Editions).

Lastly, when I try to click Email to ___@kindle.com I get a popup asking me if I want to convert it to MOBI, even if I pre-convert it to AZW3 manually. If I connect the kindle to my computer by cable and hit Send to Device it converts to AZW3 on the fly (I had to move azw3 to the top of available formats for this to happen). Am I better off just syncing it by cable all the time if email can't support azw3? Alternatively, if I decide I'm going to email the mobi files would I be better off just downloading them as mobi files in the first place and skipping the conversion process?
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