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I got used to using Calibre with my Sony because I liked having the tags and collections and because it's hard to use the SOny on work computers since the software is not installed. Since the Kindle does not use these features and does not have software, I guess using a file manager like Kindle is not as necessary (nor is it necessary to use the same computer all the time) but I did my initial transfer this way anyway to make sure everything had a proper file name and author name, and to convert things. However, today at work I had some files I saved to a memory stick to take home, and it occurred to me that if I had my cable with me for the Kindle, I could have just put them straight on there. These are work documents I am not concerned with saving forever necessarily so I don't care about having them in my Calibre library, I just want them on the Kindle to read.

So is there a downside to doing this vs using Calibre? Is it a bad idea to sometimes use Calibre and sometimes just drag and drop a file on?