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Originally Posted by haertig
Oh. You're talking about the current vanishing content thing. I don't think that's Calibre. I think that's Amazon.
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Of course. I never said it was a Calibre bug; I said that Calibre transfer was buggy (which it is, although bugs were introduced by Amazon, not Calibre).
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Originally Posted by arturg
I use Calibre to archive and keep my database as a master but then use send-to-kindle to actually transfer my books to my Kindle. I'm done with side loading and cables and the need for a computer in order to do so.
As to sending personal documents to Amazon, I don't know what kind of documents you people are reading but mine are strictly fiction best-seller books and I could care less if Amazon knows what I'm reading or not so that is why I am OK with send-to-kindle service.
Like a year ago or something like that, send-to-kindle had awful epub to Kindle conversion with send-to-kindle but it seems they have done some work now and my books look really good, just as good as with Calibre conversion. Earlier I was stuck with side loading but now I just can't imagine going back to playing around with cables and laptops in order to transfer book to my Kindle or any e-reader for that matter.
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Send to Kindle is ok if you usually sideload only a few books at once. In my case, I usually sideload 50-100 in one batch (yes, I buy a lot) and that's when send-to-kindle gets buggy. Some books will be rejected, some will refuse to download, it all takes a lot of time, collections are a mess and so on. With USB transferring 50-100 or more books is a lot faster. Plus, Calibre sorts my books into series and collections automatically on my Kobo, no manual work involved. I usually have several thousand books on my ereaders, so collections and correct metadata (including series) are nice to have.
Kindles are fine if you sideload relatively few books and don't keep that many on your device overall. I used Kindles for years; but I always found Send to Kindle a PITA with the amount of sideloading I did, and much prefer Calibre integration Kobos have.