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Originally Posted by perisiana
In case I decide to buy the Kindle x) , could you tell me something about how it works with calibre? What is the best way to transform my ePubs, in AZW, in Mobi or other formats?
Do sideloaded books have the ability to see the reading percentage like the kepubs?
And is there any calibre plugin that you find particularly useful?
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You can see reading percent on a Kobo reading ePub. You don't need KePub for that. This is with the 4.18.x firmware.
Yes, you can see percent with Kindle. But you cannot manage collections with Calibre. You have to do the collections manually. Also, you get a wide margins and a wide line height by default and the settings only get worse. I don't see the purpose of even wider margins and wider line height. You get less choice of font sizes. I've read a lot of posts that one size is too small and the next up is too big on a Kindle. And you cannot turn off a Kindle so the battery will just drain until it needs charging. On Kobo, you can turn it off if you don't plan to use it for a few days or more.
Another downside of the Kindle is Overdrive or RBDigital eBooks will not work as the Kindle.
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JSWolf would be probably right, since I love to have the possibility to personalize and do everything with my devices usually, for example I actually use a little the collections on my ereader, I usually already know what I would like to read, it's just that ... it's nice to know that if need them they are there lol anyway I guess I can use Calibre Box for that since I already have it on my phone.
But I'm also curious to try something different, and I really like some of the features in the Kindles.
Also, as you said I don't like the idea to be forced to do too many returns to Amazon.
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Depending on the firmware you get, you may not be able to jailbreak the Kindle. But you can patch the Kobo firmware. Kobo is not actively stopping this like Amazon Lab126 is.