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Originally Posted by DNSB
Personally, I tend to the belief that Amazon is trying to prevent people from copying ebooks to too many devices exceeding the limits for multiple device usage. So if an ebook shows on a device that their records show it should not be on, it will be removed.
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I agree. That is probably what they are attempting to do. The deletion of sideloaded books in some uncommon circumstances is simply an unfortunate side effect of their poor implementation of that goal.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
So if I purchase an ePub copy of the book, convert it to azw3 and send to it to my Paperwhite with the information needed for it to work with GoodReads, Amazon would see it as an illegal copy and remove it.
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Anyone who keeps their device continuously offline is not taking advantage of Goodreads integration anyway so having their sideloaded books marked internally as being Amazon purchases is not doing them any good, only harm.
Personally I make use of Amazon’s send to Kindle feature for books obtained elsewhere. It delivers books in the latest KFX format with cover thumbnails and synchronized reading position and annotations across devices. To me that is far superior to sideloading via USB.