For those of you with any older Kindle model registered, now's your last chance to download your ebooks as files on your computer to keep them backed up. You will still of course be able to transfer ...

Amazon officially removed the "Download and Transfer to USB" option on all Kindle models last February 26, 2025. But even ...

Warning to all Amazon Kindle users, time is running out to use the long-standing download feature. Starting February 26th, you won’t have the ability to download digital books, a major change to ...

Amazon will remove the 'Download & Transfer via USB' option from its website. Here's how to save your collection.

After February 26th, you can only download books from the Kindle store to your e-reader over Wi-Fi. After February 26th, you can only download books from the Kindle store to your e-reader over Wi-Fi.

The option to download Kindle content and transfer it via USB was implemented in the days before Kindles had Wi-Fi, and at the time this was essentially the only way to get content onto your Kindle.

Later this week, Amazon is closing a small loophole that allowed purchasers of Kindle books to download those files to a computer and transfer them via USB. Originally intended to extend e-book ...