I think they really did it so people will
not sideload books anymore and increases peoples dependency on buying books directly from Kobo.
The recent reading icon only works with B&N books,
not sideloaded books.
It only works on Kobo ebooks, though,
not sideloaded 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.
This is
not true at all, you can easily
sideload books from other vendors, including protected with ADEPT.
Don't want indexing bugs with
sideloaded books?
Buying an e-book from a website and
sideloading it onto your Kindle will never be as easy as buying it from the Kindle store (though if the world's governments would take the eminently sensible step of legalizing jailbreaking, someone could develop a product that let Kindles easily access third - party stores on the obvious grounds that if you buy a Kindle, you still have the right to decide whose
books you'll read on it, otherwise you don't really own that Kindle).
I assume that's what the original fonts option would be for (I'm too lazy to download, import, convert, and
sideload everything anymore so I haven't used Calibre in a long time — mostly I just read library ebooks lately because it's my opinion that 90 % of writers suck at writing so I have no interest in paying for most
books).
With over 300
sideloaded books, I'd like a way to classify them that does
not get reset each time I connect to a computer (this problem never happened in the Simple Touch).
Now that isn't true of some
sideloaded books, but it is true of your Amazon purchases.
Only a small portion of the built - in memory is available to
sideloaded books, and non-B &
N books can't access the dictionaries, can't be highlighted, and can't be grouped on shelves with B&
N books.
I read
books bought from the BN store, I do
not sideload anything nor read pdfs anywhere but on my tablet.
It does
not have a ton of applications but you can get the Amazon Kindle Reader and the FBReader, to allow you
sideload in
books.
The reason you're
not able to adjust line spacing and margins in this
sideloaded book is because you've chosen to
sideload a
book where those things are fixed.
Amazon allows you to manage collections on - line for
books purchased from them but
not for
sideloaded books.
Even longer answer: You can
not access the play store through the kobo reader (in any meaningful way), but you can download epub
books from the play
book store, and then use Adobe Digital Editions to
sideload them onto your kobo.
This means that you can
not sideload in your own content because the Amazon App Store does
not have any 3rd party e-reading apps to read Kindle
books or anything that will read EPUB.
No
sideloading means I won't be buying any more nook
books as long as this policy endures, and I usually spend a couple hundred dollars on ebooks every year.
Even so, it isn't a big deal to
sideload books.
The Nook does
not have a browser that connects to other websites; one must connect to a computer to
sideload free
books.
The Nook Reader is a terrible program and again does
not allow deleting of
sideloaded books in the program and it segregates your stuff from the
books you buy from them.
In particular, I don't think that I'll buy a lot of
books on the device, but will definitely
sideload a lot of them.
I bought it, though, understanding that B&N probably wouldn't be around in 2 years and I use it ONLY to
sideload books I buy elsewhere.
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.
With over 300
sideloaded books, I need a way to classify them that does
not get reset each time I connect to a computer.
If she had to
sideload a
book, she wouldn't do it.
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.
While its library is
not as comprehensive as what Amazon offers, Kobo does allow its users to borrow
books from their local library,
sideload any e-
books they may already own and download online articles using Pocket.
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.
Angry that you can't automatically tag
sideloaded books on your Kindle through Calibre (or other library management sw; like you used to be able to do and still can do with Kobo)?
A couple of other details: Word Runner only works in portrait view, and it's
not available for all
books and doesn't work for
sideloaded ebooks, even if you send / email them to your Kindle account.
Of course, since Kobo on the PlayBook doesn't play nicely with
books other than its own, you will need an alternative
book reader or the Kindle app
sideloaded on the device.
To be fair, you are also paying Amazon to handle credit cards and «customer service»:-D That is totally worth it to me — when I had my own store up on my website, I was spending a lot of time helping customers who didn't know how to
sideload books, or had download problems, or just general technophobia.
Unfortunately Amazon makes lock - in easy, so a lot of people don't avail themselves of other options, even other eBook options which are easy if you use a tablet or phone to read on — that's why I purchase both Nook and Kindle
books, and a lot of my SF directly from Baen eBooks where I can
sideload them to my iPad.
Also it does
not work on my
sideloaded books.
• B&N is squandering part of their advantage in using ePub with Adobe DRM, in that you can't
sideload previously purchased
books — like if you had a Sony Reader, you could use Adobe's Content Server to transfer DRM'd
books you bought from Sony's store to your nook.
It's
not impossible but since they took away all the options to download Nook
books for
sideloading it's become a lot more of a hassle — that's what I was referring to.
On the other hand, since Sony's Reader lacks 3G for a constant connection and isn't as tightly integrated with their ebook store, there's less opportunity for data collection, particularly if you stick w /
sideloaded books.
I for one do
not use it at all, because it has no ability to import /
sideload my existing (DRM - free)
books -LRB-!).
One other nice thing with B&N reading devices is that they support
not just B&N's Adobe DRM scheme, but also «regular» Adobe DRM as used by stores like Kobo, All Romance, Sony,
Books on Board and Diesel, so you can sideload books from those sources and they'll work just
Books on Board and Diesel, so you can
sideload books from those sources and they'll work just
books from those sources and they'll work just fine.
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.
This could be an Amazon - provided
book that didn't download correctly, a
book that has has improper formatting, a third - party download conversion gone wrong, or a corrupt
sideloaded document.