Sentences with phrase «sideloaded books»

"Sideloaded books" refers to the process of manually transferring or installing books onto a reading device, like an e-reader or tablet, from a source other than an official online bookstore. This term is often used when books are acquired from independent or unofficial websites and then added to the device for reading. Full definition
Is there any indication that Kobo will fix the incompatibilities with sideloaded books like the inability to change line spacing you mention in your review of the H2o?
Plus, all that storage for sideloaded books on those competing brands to the Nook?
Amazon allows you to manage collections on - line for books purchased from them but not for sideloaded books.
The microSD slot gives you flexibility in sideloading books in various formats.
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.
I think they really did it so people will not sideload books anymore and increases peoples dependency on buying books directly from Kobo.
Borrowing an e-book involves a ridiculous number of steps: You must create a free Adobe account, download Adobe software onto your computer, start an account with your local library, connect up those two accounts, and finally sideload the books onto the e-reader via USB.
This is not true at all, you can easily sideload books from other vendors, including protected with ADEPT.
First is indexing: much faster on Kobo without any «stuck» sideloaded books like I frequently experienced with Kindle.
As you said, you must connect to the computer to delete sideloaded books — that is ridiculous and treats them as invasive species.
Even sideloaded books and PDFs — just send them to the Kindle's free email address.
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)?
If you were to buy an Orizon, you'd do better sideloading books.
I would love to jump on the Kobo H20 but I dislike the way sideloaded books are formated on it (large spaces on bottom, tight on top) it's awkward.
I've been fine - tuning sideloaded book text in my Kobo for nearly a year now.
In this case an option to keep / re-install older firmwares without automatic updates would be helpful; — the option to save sideloaded books in the Kobo cloud (something other companies offer).
With the Kindle, there is no need to connect to a computer to delete your own sideloaded books and all books can be put in the same collections.
They still need to allow highlighting and dictionary on * all * sideloaded books including their own sideloaded Kobo books!
Audio Reader will narrate any EPUB / MOBI / PRC sideloaded books aloud with a natural sounding voice, for free!
Is there any way to read sideloaded books yet?
You can basically just start over, and authorize the device with a new Adobe ID, then sideload the books with Adobe Digital Editions after downloading them.
You can also sideload books and back up your library using the SD card slot hidden underneath the back cover; the device accepts cards up to 4 GB.
Sideload a book using calibre and change the size to 9 pt.
(That applies to sideloading books as well — they still need to index.)
I now sideload books onto my ereader via Calibre or easily access them via apps on my iPad, android phone and tablet.
And she has a ton of sideloaded books that she put on no problem, so not sure what you did wrong.
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.
First, the nook uses epub... you can already buy and sideload books from pretty much everyone except amazon.
These don't always work with sideloaded books, however.
The recent reading icon only works with B&N books, not sideloaded books.
At the bottom is a Mini-USB port for connecting the reader to a PC for sideloading books and other files.
And no need to sideload the books onto your Kindle: if you win, I'll send you the codes to download the books directly from Amazon.
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).
Don't want indexing bugs with sideloaded books?
TTS also works on sideloaded books and -LSB-...]
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 can also access Kobo France from my computer or use French sites such as numilog and sideload the books.
Personally, were I to sideload a book, the reason for doing so would be to clean up the formatting of the purchased book using Calibre.
This is how I've been doing my sideloaded books since this debacle occurred.
Bottom - line: If you have a lot of sideloaded books, you'll love Kobo's firmware.
Even so, it isn't a big deal to sideload books.
However, I do not like the idea that the sideloaded books can not load directly into the program but one needs to load the books into the directory.
With Amazon, send your sideloaded books to the cloud through a simple app or an email, and you can download them at any time on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad from the cloud in a breeze.
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