Kindle (Basic)

Fun fact, Amazon once (in 2009) removed this book remotely from Kindle readers. I don’t remember specific, probably something about copyright issue, but it’s literally the worst book to do this with.

I removed the drm from all of my Amazon books before they killed download and transfer with USB functions from within the store. I’ve got a kindle I still use and a kobo I use more - neither ever connect to the internet anymore. I’m never buying again from any company that doesn’t let me download un

It's not software you put on your Kindle, it's software you put on your computer that allows you to transfer ebooks to your device without Amazon shenanigans.

All of my books have been stripped of DRM, added to my Calibre library, and archived to my NAS via rsync. I’ve also converted them all to EPUB, deleted the native kindle formats, jailbroke my kindles to use KOReader, and stopped buying books from Amazon entirely in early 2025 as soon as I was able t

I removed the drm from all of my Amazon books before they killed download and transfer with USB functions from within the store. I’ve got a kindle I still use and a kobo I use more - neither ever connect to the internet anymore. I’m never buying again from any company that doesn’t let me download un

I still do not understand how people gloss over this so easily. You do not own anything on your kindle. You do not own the digital games, movies or anything on Amazon. At any time Amazon can remove anything you have and you can do nothing. It is all worded that what you pay for is a license to use t

Back in the day I (mistakenly) set up my kindle with my edu email. When I eventually got a new kindle like a decade later, and went to set it up, I found that I couldn't even log in to my Amazon account with the edu email (it wanted a confirmation code from the edu email) and I lost what was probabl

Eh, this change is a bit of a double edged sword. Yes it's easier for amateur authors to find an audience, but it's also easier for people to churn out absolute slop. Kindle Unlimited for example is absolutely full of the literary equivalent of Nintendo eshop Shovelware, including actual "completely

Your situation is exactly why I won't get a kindle, well one of the many Amazon for used reasons. Now Amazon has even talked about getting into the library space, which is concerning for Libby if it were to happen.

Things like this are going to continue as long as people are continuing to buy kindles and kindle books through Amazon. They don't have the market cornered the way they think they do. I switched to Kobo last year and will never own another kindle. Much more user friendly and overall better experienc