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Old 06-03-2026, 12:08 PM   #61
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If I read on my Kobo more or used Storygraph, it would be useful.

I don't know how typical sideloading Kobo books to a Kobo is, even amongst MobileReaders.
My guess is those who do sideload nearly exclusively sideload even when the books are bought from Kobo.

Undoubtedly there’s a spectrum from that to not at all. One which exists outside of MR as well and probably in not so dissimilar percentages. I think folks here might be surprised how rampant piracy is* even among the grandma and grandpa age bracket.

*just to be clear I’m not saying all side loaded content is pirated, but all pirated content is side loaded.
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Old 06-03-2026, 04:00 PM   #62
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My guess is those who do sideload nearly exclusively sideload even when the books are bought from Kobo.
Most of the people I know who sideload tend to sideload non-Kobo content and sync Kobo content.

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Undoubtedly there’s a spectrum from that to not at all. One which exists outside of MR as well and probably in not so dissimilar percentages. I think folks here might be surprised how rampant piracy is* even among the grandma and grandpa age bracket.

*just to be clear I’m not saying all side loaded content is pirated, but all pirated content is side loaded.
From my observations, students and seniors are the most prolific consumers of pirated books. Many seniors remember the era of Napster and bittorrents when piracy was more or less a way of life for many music/video consumers and students are generally poorer and faced with very expensive textbooks so piracy becomes very tempting.

“I can resist everything except temptation”—Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere’s Fan Act 1
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Old 06-03-2026, 04:40 PM   #63
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I sideload all content whether acquired from Kobo or not. Since I manage everything in Calibre, it allows me to keep control of metadata; especially series. The number of books in a series with different series names or missing series data is amazing.
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Many seniors remember the era of Napster and bittorrents when piracy was more or less a way of life for many music/video consumers and students are generally poorer and faced with very expensive textbooks so piracy becomes very tempting.
Sure that was a long time ago but man I’m only 46, I don’t consider myself a senior (yet) 🥲
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Sure that was a long time ago but man I’m only 46, I don’t consider myself a senior (yet) 🥲
Hem. I should have retired 2 1/2 years ago (but went part time instead). My first ebooks were read on a Palm m500...
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Most of the people I know who sideload tend to sideload non-Kobo content and sync Kobo content.
That's me. I have the epubs in calibre, but I read the kepubs on the Kobo. I sideload nothing to my Kindle. I sideload everything that's on my Nook.
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