Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:46AM
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The Kindle handles .mobi and .azw3. It is trivial to convert EPUB to MOBI before you send the book to the device over USB (it can even be done as part of a command-line script, for example).
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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by anilakar on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:48AM
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Having to deal with the .epub conversion was the main reason I ditched my Voyage and got a Kobo Aura One instead.
Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:52AM
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Why ditch a device just for that reason? Again, the OP assumes that one will transfer books to the device over USB for privacy’s sake. In this case, creating a shell wrapper around cp to automatically convert any EPUB to MOBI upon copying the file (naming the command, say, kindlecp) is trivial.
Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by AlotOfReading on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:31AM
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Conversion can occasionally barf and completely screw up the formatting. It's annoying to have to go back and re-convert with different settings for a problem that's non-existent when native support exists.