If you were to buy an Orizon, you'd do
better sideloading books.
Not exact matches
The older Android version isn't compatible with a
good share of apps and the built - in bookstore is Polish so most
books need to be
sideloaded.
I haven't read it but let's see if I'm right» it's not a kindle, buy the kindle, bookstore is horrible, partition of
sideloaded books is horrible, buy the kobo, it doesn't render manual PDF
good at all, don't waste your money» Ok let's go and see if I'm right.
I had my Nook
books and others on it and was
sideloading my favorite apps as
well as a launcher.
I just ordered one — the Kobo wifi feels much
better than the Nook Touch to me, and I didn't want to face constant
book ads on the front screen of the Nook or only have 25 % of the memory available for
sideloaded books.
There are some functionality caveats as
well: depending on your region, you may not be able to download
books over Wi - Fi (Bulgaria appears to be limited to
sideloading via USB, for example), and the Kindle catalog appear to still be focused primarily on English - language titles.
(That applies to
sideloading books as
well — they still need to index.)
The possibility to install Google Android Marketplace (remember, by default Kindle Fire only comes with Amazon Marketplace),
sideloading books on Kindle Fire is another enticing possibility as
well.
Add to that the fear that such a branch might actually open and trample local competition and... somehow, slowly, most ebooks stores replaced Adobe DRM with a hassle free watermark on their epubs and mobis, plus in some stores you can use a send - to - kindle function, so there's no need to
sideload books via USB (I think ARe has this function now as
well).
Obviously, $ 3.52 today sounds
better, but it does require a savvy enough customer to
sideload the
book (drag to their reading application).
Even
better, you can combine your B&N eBooks with your
sideloaded eBooks, which is great if you happen to aqcuire your
books from several different sources.
This also means that you can use library
books from the Overdrive system as
well, in fact B&N has now allowed the Overdrive app into their app store so you don't even have to
sideload library
books anymore if you don't wish to.
Furthermore, unless you have a pressing need to dump hundreds of
books at once it's
best to sync /
sideload books in small batches (like 10 or fewer at a time).