Dept. of Books
Monday, 24 February 2025 09:44 pmJust a Reminder That Amazon Sucks ...
... and my public service announcement that you can do something about it, if you'd like to actually own the e-books you bought from Amazon for your Kindle.
But you need to do it before midnight on the 25th. As of the 26th, Amazon won't let you download your bought-and-paid-for books to your own hard drive.
Yes, this sucks, even though Amazon assures you you'll be able to move your books from one Kindle to another yada-yada. .
So: 1) Go to your Amazon account 2) In the drop-down menu, click on "Content Library," 3) Then click on "Books" and you should get a list of the books you have on your Kindle. 4) Next to each book, you'll see a bunch of things you can do - click on "more actions" and then click on "download and transfer via USB" (It is a little confusing, but trust me, it will download to your hard drive. Then, if you have an e-book organizer like calibre, you can ensure that Amazon won't own the books you paid for. You can also strip your books of DRM, which will allow you to move them to other readers, like Kobo.
Here are a few links you can check out on the decision, and on how you can download, especially the one about bulk downloading, which would work for those of you with lots of books. Also, some alternative places to buy books of all kinds, including e-books.
BIG NOTE, WITH THANKS FROM![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
carbonel : The "download to Kindle" feature is only available for people who own an actual Kindle, not for people who just use the Kindle app.
https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb
https://www.zdnet.com/article/download-your-kindle-books-right-now-amazon-is-killing-this-option-in-a-few-days/
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/alternatives-to-amazon-for-books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayAQyZH3u4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QRpV4iVvY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04kz9lgW7Kg
Ebooks, Kindle and the Erosion of Ownership (Thanks tomuccamukk )
... and my public service announcement that you can do something about it, if you'd like to actually own the e-books you bought from Amazon for your Kindle.
But you need to do it before midnight on the 25th. As of the 26th, Amazon won't let you download your bought-and-paid-for books to your own hard drive.
Yes, this sucks, even though Amazon assures you you'll be able to move your books from one Kindle to another yada-yada. .
So: 1) Go to your Amazon account 2) In the drop-down menu, click on "Content Library," 3) Then click on "Books" and you should get a list of the books you have on your Kindle. 4) Next to each book, you'll see a bunch of things you can do - click on "more actions" and then click on "download and transfer via USB" (It is a little confusing, but trust me, it will download to your hard drive. Then, if you have an e-book organizer like calibre, you can ensure that Amazon won't own the books you paid for. You can also strip your books of DRM, which will allow you to move them to other readers, like Kobo.
Here are a few links you can check out on the decision, and on how you can download, especially the one about bulk downloading, which would work for those of you with lots of books. Also, some alternative places to buy books of all kinds, including e-books.
BIG NOTE, WITH THANKS FROM
carbonel : The "download to Kindle" feature is only available for people who own an actual Kindle, not for people who just use the Kindle app.https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb
https://www.zdnet.com/article/download-your-kindle-books-right-now-amazon-is-killing-this-option-in-a-few-days/
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/alternatives-to-amazon-for-books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayAQyZH3u4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QRpV4iVvY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04kz9lgW7Kg
Ebooks, Kindle and the Erosion of Ownership (Thanks to
muccamukk )
