(That applies to
sideloading books as well — they still need to index.)
Not exact matches
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).
You can get around this by
sideloading in your own epub
books using a different application such
as Aldiko or FBreader.
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.
As you said, you must connect to the computer to delete sideloaded books — that is ridiculous and treats them as invasive specie
As you said, you must connect to the computer to delete
sideloaded books — that is ridiculous and treats them
as invasive specie
as invasive species.
Sideloading was a big activity for me
as I ran my purchased
books through calibre first so that I could have a more robust catalog of my personal library.
As it stands, you can
sideload in your
books, since the reader can import anything on your SD Card to the device's main memory.
I had my Nook
books and others on it and was
sideloading my favorite apps
as well
as a launcher.
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.
As you can see in the preview, I
sideloaded Julie Harper «s new
book, Reading Comprehension for Girls (she will be releasing it in a couple of weeks) onto my Kindle Fire to help check the formatting.
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).
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.
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.