You probably need the Sony-software to get the books that sony puts on 0$ for a limited time, if that is what you meant with free books. If you meant free books like project guttenberg, you don't need Sonys software. You don't even need calibre if you sort your files with e.g. win explorer on your pc.
But, I think the software is not as bad as its reputation. I mean I just use it to create collections, but it looks ok to me. Remember back to mp3s and tagging files with album art. I still couldn't find a software and player combination that didn't mess things up on some files from time to time. So I would expect the same to happen to books. After all, Sonys software and calibre are only database programs that help you organise your data.
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