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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (www.theverge.com)
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[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The article literally says you will still be able to push books via Calibre etc, but won't be able to download books into Kindle from PC.

Example: If you don't have a WiFi at home, there is an option to connect Kindle via USB to your ethernet connected PC and download books from Amazon that way.

And this option is going away, as most people have WiFi.

Anywho, fuck Amazon (for other things, but not this one).

[–] ackables@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah it seems more like they decided that maintaining that specific feature isn’t worth it because not enough users are using it. It sucks, but that’s just how it goes with closed hardware and software ecosystems.

[–] Rozz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I send epubs via email. I didn't see any reference to that. Is that still going to be possible?

Edit: Other people said this:

(1) This is the "Download and Transfer" option where Amazon allowed users to select books they had purchased a license to and download them from the Amazon website. (2) The ability to transfer books from your computer to your Kindle using a USB cable is not affected. (3) The ability to send non-Amazon-licensed ePubs using the Send to Kindle email feature is not affected.

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I have access to the same information as you, so unfortunately, I don't know.