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Amazon ends kindle ebooks "Download and Transfer via USB"

Amazon will cease the ability to download and transfer options for the Kindle e-reader on February 26th, 2025. No Kindle can use this functionality once the due date rolls around. Only the 12th generation Kindles never had this ability to begin with, but now no other model will either. Why is Amazon doing this? It's a feature not many people use and those who do, commit e-book piracy. Starting February 26, 2025, the “Download & Transfer via USB” option will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to your Wi-Fi enabled devices by selecting the “Deliver or

Amazon will cease the ability to download and transfer options for the Kindle e-reader on February 26th, 2025. Download and Transfer via USB was launched over ten years ago and was created at a time, when WIFI was not prevalent, so this feature was the only way to send e-books to the Kindle. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles.

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