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You can sideload the files via USB, just copy the files over to its internal storage and it will appear on the home screen.

You can also associate a Kindle with an email address, and email files to that address. The file appears as part of your cloud collection.

For sideloading, the books need to be azw3 or mobi. For emailing the book needs to be mobi. In either case epub is not accepted.



Calibre is a great way to manage syncronisation and reformatting to Kindle-supported file types, it even allows you to select your Kindle model to make sure it looks well:

https://calibre-ebook.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/73979/how-to-organize-your-ebook-c...


I have had sideloaded files mysteriously disappear from a Paperwhite 3.


My Kindle Paperwhite will read PDF, there are some limits and Mobi displays better but it possible to read a PDF on a Kindle


Very informative. Thanks.




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