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Old 05-16-2018, 04:13 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader View Post
Books from Smashwords or gutenberg.org work on a Kindle without conversion.
It's a seriously bad idea to use Amazon's Cloud, or rely on it or download direct to Kindle.
ALWAYS download to PC (Windows, Linux or Mac, even a tablet / Phone is possible with a filemanager app and a microUSB to USB host adaptor, the Kindle looks like a USB memory stick to EVERY device that can take external USB memory) so you have a backup.
Do not give copies of stuff to Amazon's Cloud. Also Sync has privacy issues and can mess up collections/shelves etc.
I don't think I ever said anything about relying *only* on the Kindle cloud--of course you want to have all of your books on your own computer, and also backed up to somewhere else.

I'm not going to address the privacy issues, as that's a decision that each person has to make personally, but how does Sync mess up collections?

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