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Originally Posted by issybird
Seriously, an ereader is fine for that and your wants are similar to mine. I almost never bother to tether my devices and sideload. This is a hobbyist forum and people can be fussy have exacting standards. The formatting on public domain downloads is perfectly acceptable for reading in the overwhelming majority of books. Back in the day, there could be issues with Gutenberg books, but it’s been a long time since I’ve run into any.
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Haha, yes. When I got my first ereader nearly ten years ago, I was perfectly fine with just downloading and reading (I did make backups of my books, but that was all). It was a couple of years later when there was a bug in the formatting of self-published Kindle books (too small font that could not be enlarged) that I started to explore various editing and library-keeping options of Calibre. And I discovered I enjoyed fiddling with my elibrary. The downside of this activity was that I grew extremely fussy about the formatting and metadata of my books. But that was years after I started ereading.
You'll be fine.