[Kindleing]

I apologize for the basic questions, but I have only used Kindles so I'm not familiar with Kobo in particular or ADE DRM in general. I have been thinking about buying a Kobo of some flavor for access to ebooks I cant readily convert for a Kiindle. So, today I ran across a book I was tempted to buy but it is only available as an epub with ADE.

I understand Kobo comes with ADE, but how does it work? If I were to buy and download a book from some source other than Kobo, what is the process for getting it into a Kobo reader and then into Caliber (or the other way around)?

I have avoided ADE because a few years ago I read where the ADE software was sending Adobe a full list of titles found on a device even when there was no DRM involved. As I recall, Adobe said that was a bug and claimed they had "fixed" it. Are users generally comfortable these days that Adobe is not "spying" on their reading habits? I'm not talking about keeping a record of authorized DRM approvals - of course they have that - I'm talking about side-loaded titles that are DRM-free and have no connection to Adobe or ADE.

Thanks,
Wally