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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I do this too. Partly because back when I first started buying ebooks on my Nook, it was early enough that even professionally released books might not have properly formatted tables of contents. Books being reissued by authors who reclaimed copyright were especially prone to this.
Things are much better now, but even still poorly formatted ebooks exist. So out of habit I back up, check and sideload everything. I would do so even if I used a Kindle and bought my books from Amazon.
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At this point "professionally released books" are my biggest bane. Aside from missing or badly arranged covers and ToC, many screw up basic formatting and metadata. One I just finished had many paragraphs split mid-sentence. Most of the indy stuff I download has been pretty good (obviously this is after the pre-screening before purchase to avoid the dross).
So in response to the OP, yes I side load all books. Partly because I want to be sure of having a backup that doesn't assume businesses run forever, and partly because I like my books to be consistently well presented in both layout and metadata.