What is sideloading?

Avid and casual readers of e-books will come across e-books not purchased from within an e-reader’s ecosystem (in other words, you didn’t download the e-book directly from Kobo, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) Occasionally readers will win an e-book in a giveaway contest, purchase a book through a third-party vendor like Smashwords, or you may want to upload your own novels/documents for reading or design testing. Since I get this question a lot from readers who’ve purchased my e-book cards or fellow authors and readers, I thought I’d put some instructions in a central place on my site for easy reference.

Happy sideloading!

~Cheri =)

Kobo

Sideloading E-Books onto a Kobo Aura E-Reader

Adding books or PDFs using your computer

You can connect your eReader to your computer and then drag and drop books into your eReader library. Before you begin, add the books to your computer.
On a Windows computer, connect your eReader to your computer using the included USB cable.
Tap Connect on your eReader.
When Windows prompts you for an action, click Open folder to view files. A desktop explorer window will open, showing the contents of your eReader.
Open a second desktop explorer window and display the books you want to add to your eReader.
Drag and drop your books into the eReader contents.