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Originally Posted by tomsem
Nicer if you side load, and don’t mind taking the time and effort to manage all of that content and associated tool chain (presumably including maintaining de-DRM tools). I value my reading time and for me it would be taking time away from the main activity, and would gain me almost nothing.
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There are some thing you can't do by syncing that you can do by side loading. I've seen some eBooks with incorrect metadata such as the title is wrong or the author is last, first. And then there is the generic cover. These are things you can fix by side loading very easily and pretty quickly. Also, if once you start reading and find formatting that bothers you, that too can be fixed and you have no DRM so say you bought from Amazon you one has a Kindle and the other a Kobo, you could share.
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The Amazon ‘policy’ is long standing, probably since Kindle 3 (at least). Side loaded content is ‘second class’ (but: send-to-kindle is even more convenient than side loading and you don’t need any cables, free cloud storage and syncing, and you aren’t denied any essential reading features). This is not going to change, obviously. It was never promised, so it should be expected, not disappointing. By all means, get a Kobo device.
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The Amazon policy is purchased content gets the new features and side loaded content gets shafted. Amazon has locked down access to the database to do anything with. So this new series feature won't work with side loaded eBooks.