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3 Ways to Download and Transfer Kindle eBooks (Yeah, It’s Still Possible)

March 11, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 15 Comments

Kindle eBooks Download

If you missed the deadline to download your purchased Kindle ebooks from Amazon’s website before they took the download and transfer feature away, there’s no need to worry because there are still three other ways to get your ebooks away from Amazon’s clutches. There’s no guarantee these workarounds will continue to work, however, so it’s […]

Will Amazon Remove Kindle Software Update Downloads Next?

March 10, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 11 Comments

Kindle Software Updates

With Amazon removing the ability to download Kindle ebooks from their website for USB transfer, it makes you wonder if they’re going to remove the option to download Kindle software updates for USB transfer as well. Most people probably just let their Kindles update automatically while connected to WiFi, and since you don’t have a […]

7 Things to Know Before Switching From Kindle to Kobo

March 6, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 8 Comments

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With Amazon finding new ways to anger Kindle customers, some people are switching from Kindles to Kobos over Amazon’s latest fiasco in order to download ebook purchases without having them locked into Amazon’s ecosystem (which isn’t really true since there are currently three different ways to download backup copies of Kindle ebooks, and there’s no […]

Will Amazon Buy E Ink and Take Control of the ePaper Market?

March 4, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 3 Comments

E Ink Screen

With all the recent talk about Amazon’s unfair business practices when it comes to ebooks, and with all the conspiracy theories about what they’ll do next to keep control over people’s ebook purchases, I had an idea that would really make things worse for everybody. What if Amazon were to acquire E Ink, the company […]

Where to Buy eBooks for Kindles – Alternative eBook Stores

March 3, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 12 Comments

Kindle Reading

Now that Amazon has removed the option to download purchased Kindle ebooks outside of Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps, some people are threatening to stop buying ebooks from Amazon entirely, while others are willing to buy exclusive titles when other options don’t exist. At either rate, people are looking for alternatives to the Kindle store […]

Kindles are Basically Useless Now Without a WiFi Connection

February 27, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 14 Comments

Kindle Family

I hadn’t thought about this at first, but now that Amazon has disabled Download and Transfer via USB, Kindle ereaders are pretty much useless paperweights unless you regularly keep them connected to WiFi. It’s virtually impossible to get ebooks from Amazon onto Kindles now without a WiFi connection, unless you have an older model with […]

Amazon Is Not Deleting Kindle eBooks From People’s Accounts

February 26, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 8 Comments

Kindle Paperwhite Pink

Ever since Amazon put a notice on their website about sunsetting the ability to download purchased Kindle ebooks outside of Kindle apps and Kindle ereaders, a false narrative has been spreading online that I keep seeing posted over and over again, and people need to know that it’s not true. Amazon has done a lot […]

Amazon Keeps Finding New Ways to Anger Kindle Customers

February 25, 2025 by Nathan Groezinger 14 Comments

Kindle 2024

From forced software updates that keep breaking things to suddenly removing the ability to download purchased ebooks, Amazon has done a number of things to annoy and irritate Kindle users in recent years. Here’s a summary of some of their more offensive actions: Removal of D&T via USB for Kindles This is the latest thing […]

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