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Uh, pretty sure the kindle paperwhites can import epubs natively now.

The devices themselves can't read epubs (last time I checked anyway), but the "Send to Kindle" service will convert epubs to Kindle-formatted files.

And that means you give your epub to Amazon to convert, and whatever else they feel like doing with it.

lol

And dare I ask… what do you think they’re gonna do with my epub?

He mentioned in the article that his Kindle is not connected to the internet (didn't explain why), so this is a no-go for him.