Re: Amazon to remove download/transfer via USB option for ebooks?

In article <m2183fFtrtvU2@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <culmrjh74qc7n1tbji7ej2s9bv2ummd6gv@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On 17 Feb 2025 23:23:18 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:
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I'm a little skeptical as this seems like the kind of thing that would
require an announcement, and I haven't gotten one, but this UK pundit
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMoCzeGnIss
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says that the ability to download a Kindle ebook to your hard drive
is going away in a week or so.
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Very worrying if true (possibly a UK only thing?)
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Since I routinely put everything I buy into Calibre, this would be
an unwelcome development, though I think I could get around it (so far)
with an extra step of uploading the file from the Kindle in mass storage
mode.
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Does anyone have more details?

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This may have been reported already, but today I purchased two Kindle
books and both produced this message when I requested the download:
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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.
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So I suppose anyone who has requested a download recently has been
informed.
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This was Amazon in the USA. Amazon in other countries may be doing
something different, who can say?

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Thank you!

OK, the kindlepocalypse has at last arrived, and things have shaken out
about as I expected:

I got my first ebook (a pre-order) since the new setup came into play
at midnight this morning.

Going into "Content & Devices", the "Download via USB" option is indeed
gone.

I chose the "Deliver to [kindlename]" option and the book showed up
on my kindle as usual.

Then I went into the Documents folder on the kindle and copied the
new azw3 file back to my PC.

I cranked up Calibre and imported it into my Calibre library with
no problem.

So for me, the fallout is one, annoying extra step.
(At least as long as one of my old Kindles remains in working order).
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