A:Answer The answer is both yes and no. It depends on what your intended use is. If you want to use this just as a book reader and nothing else, you can transfer content via USB using the cable but it is a bit more of a chore to do so. On the other hand, the selling point of these, really is for people who have an Amazon Prime account since it is not only a book reader but also a media consumption device. This tablet can also play video content from Amazon Prime video and music as well and you would need Wi-Fi for that. Quite honestly, though, I wouldn’t recommend this model for nothing more than a basic book reader and nothing else as it’s runs slow due to the amount of RAM it has. For this, I would go with at least the Amazon Fire HD 8 as it has both more RAM and a larger screen. But using it as a book reader is ideal, but maybe a bit on the sluggish side.
Look here for how to transfer using USB.
https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/books/files/guides/GUIDE_KindleUSBTransfer.pdf