PSA: Kindle book downloads blocked after Feb 26 (or maybe 25)

This is only of interest: - if you "own" kindle books - want to download them to your computer (not just read them on your computer) - and you own a current Kindle e-reader (but not one released in 2024) (This restriction isn't obvious but Amazon won't allow downloading without satisfying it. Note: a Fire Tablet does not count.) Why would you want to download them? - backup - allow you to transfer them to your e-reader from your computer later - unauthorized acts like stripping DRM and putting them on a non-Kindle e-reader If you want to find out more, google.

Hint: they're up to something. https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/index.php?title=Amazon_Kindle_removes_downloa... On 2/21/25 11:49, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
This is only of interest:
- if you "own" kindle books
- want to download them to your computer (not just read them on your computer)
- and you own a current Kindle e-reader (but not one released in 2024) (This restriction isn't obvious but Amazon won't allow downloading without satisfying it. Note: a Fire Tablet does not count.)
Why would you want to download them?
- backup
- allow you to transfer them to your e-reader from your computer later
- unauthorized acts like stripping DRM and putting them on a non-Kindle e-reader
If you want to find out more, google. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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D. Hugh Redelmeier
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David Collier-Brown
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James Knott