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Originally Posted by Quoth
That's rubbish. USB transfer is easier and you charge at the same time.
For a start STK won't accept Kindle format, but USB will.
Secondly Amazon may fail to convert an epub, that Calibre does convert.
Thirdly it uses the internet twice.
Fourth, there is a STK size limit (different for Web and email).
Fifth, bulk transfers work on USB, not STK.
Six, you are giving Amazon a copy. That abuses your privacy and the right holders might not agree.
Amazon deleting ebooks seems to be a bug and it can be avoided, by not using an ASIN and also using PDOC and not EBOK flags. Complain if Amazon deletes content as that is actually a criminal offence in many countries.
Technically even if you use STK or WiFi, it's "sideloading". It's not sideloading a KU loan via WiFi or a copy bought from Amazon (now only WiFi / Cell), but anything else is really "sideloading".
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USB transfer is easier for YOU. Not for everyone. I use send to Kindle for all of my non-Amazon purchases for many reasons...number one is convenience. I know that I *can* keep almost every book I own on each of my devices, but...why? If I were to use USB transfer only, then I would have to transfer each book to each of my Kindles every time I buy it. That would be *extremely* inconvenient, especially since one of them lives at my office and never comes home. Another one is perpetually upstairs next to my bed, and pretty much never comes down where the computer is.
I know that most people do not use e-readers like I do, but I also know of quite a few people who use Kindles that don't even own conventional computers--some have only Chromebooks and quite a few only have iPads. At least with their Kindles they have the opportunity to easily get books from other places (as long as they're DRM free, of course). It would be much harder if they had a different reader.
Shari