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Folks who break the DRM on their books, this is going to make that a lot harder: nsinteger.com/@zacwest/1139915

This is fine for those of us who don't buy from Amazon anymore, but if you have a standing library with them, make sure you get it all downloaded so you can break it. It's frustrating because you can't bulk download - I keep finding titles I own but missed grabbing somehow - but you have until Feb 26th to get them all.

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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 Remove from Device" option. Learn more about managing downloads
NSIntegerZac West (@zacwest@nsinteger.com)Attached: 1 image Amazon is removing the ability to download purchased Kindle content, which is the only way to read it on my Kobo or elsewhere. What this means is I will no longer be purchasing (“a license to”–ick) any books by the mostly independent authors who exclusively publish there; just cancelled preorders.

@hollie How can we download our library to a laptop? I'm looking at the Amazon website but there's no option to download that I see. I don't have room on my phone for all my books

Hollie

@3x10to8mps I think if you're logged into Amazon this link should work for you: amazon.com/hz/mycd/digital-con

Basically you go to Manage Your Content and Devices and then select the digital content, and you should see all of your books. Unfortunately I think you have to download them one by one.

www.amazon.comAmazon.com

@hollie @3x10to8mps

There is a work around of downloading the Kindle for PC app. If you do that you can (I believe) still do a Send to Kindle of multiple books at once.
I also recommend installing Calibre to sort them on a computer.

@deirdrebeth @3x10to8mps I'm using an iMac, maybe that's my problem? I can't select more than one book at a time in the Kindle app for the iMac, it's so annoying.

@hollie @3x10to8mps

Try the website rather than the app? I've got no Mac knowledge newer than the 1980s so I can't help much!