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The last time I bought an ebook from Amazon for my Kindle was in January.
I somehow missed this news:
Download & Transfer for Kindle eBooks Going Away on February 26
How to Download Kindle Books to Your Computer Before Amazon Kills the Feature
You would think that Amazon would notify its Kindle customers about something like that themselves, but I'm pretty sure I didn't get any email about it.
So I was surprised today (after buying another book which wasn't available on any other platform) to find out that download was no longer available. I always liked to downloaded the books to my computer first and then transfer them to my Kindle using a USB cable. It is a 2010 model. It does have wifi, so I was still able to send the book from my Amazon account to the device, and then copy it from the Kindle over USB to my computer for backup.
I've always liked that this version Kindle has physical buttons. But I think I will start looking for a non-Amazon ebook reader or tablet.
I somehow missed this news:
Download & Transfer for Kindle eBooks Going Away on February 26
How to Download Kindle Books to Your Computer Before Amazon Kills the Feature
You would think that Amazon would notify its Kindle customers about something like that themselves, but I'm pretty sure I didn't get any email about it.
So I was surprised today (after buying another book which wasn't available on any other platform) to find out that download was no longer available. I always liked to downloaded the books to my computer first and then transfer them to my Kindle using a USB cable. It is a 2010 model. It does have wifi, so I was still able to send the book from my Amazon account to the device, and then copy it from the Kindle over USB to my computer for backup.
I've always liked that this version Kindle has physical buttons. But I think I will start looking for a non-Amazon ebook reader or tablet.