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I've always used Kobo e-readers because they show up as storage over USB and then you copy epub files to them and they automatically pick them up, no jailbreak
by mewse-hn 6y ago
I've always used Kobo e-readers because they show up as storage over USB and then you copy epub files to them and they automatically pick them up, no jailbreak required.
I don't know what's involved with trying to do the same thing with Kindles, and I don't know about hacking the firmware.
- Wingman4l7 6y agoI have a recent generation Kindle Paperwhite, and you don't have to do anything special to "side-load" ebooks onto it. As long as they're in a compatible format, you just copy them into a specific directory -- IIRC it's something like /documents/Downloads -- and they'll show up on the device once it's disconnected from your computer.
- solarkraft 6y ago> As long as they're in a compatible format Which (as far as I remember) doesn't include epub, the ebook format.
- Wingman4l7 6y agoCorrect -- EPUB is still not supported, and IMO, is a very deliberate exclusion. MOBI is still supported, which was always funny to me... until I looked it up again just now and found out that Amazon bought the parent company way back, so that makes more sense actually.
- solarkraft 6y agoYep. With KOReader it's all smooth sailing, however.
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> I've always used Kobo e-readers because they show up as storage over USB and then you copy epub files to them and they automatically pick them up, no jailbreak required. > I don't know what's involved with trying to do the same thing with Kindles Kindles behave in the exact manner you just described. There is no difference. (Well, the Kindle won't read an .epub. They read .mobi instead.)