Heads Up for Kindle Readers

AreTheyTheLemmings? · Post by **AreTheyTheLemmings?** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 4:50 am

If you have bought Kindle e-books, Amazon is about to change the way you "own" your books on February 26, 2025.
Details in this video: https://youtu.be/iK1ZZInYRHY

zeroshiki · Post by **zeroshiki** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:36 am

Not sure if it still works but I used Calibre to download ebooks off my kindle (and remove DRM). If there's something on your kindle you can't get off, I recommend going that route.

adamu · Post by **adamu** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:45 am

Too late for me, I threw away my ancient kindle, and downloading only works if you have a kindle associated with your account. I won't buy another ebook on Amazon again, though.

zeroshiki · Post by **zeroshiki** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:48 am

adamu wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:45 am Too late for me, I threw away my ancient kindle, and downloading only works if you have a kindle associated with your account. I won't buy another ebook on Amazon again, though.

Couldn't you use the Android app?

adamu · Post by **adamu** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:27 am

zeroshiki wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:48 am
adamu wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:45 am Too late for me, I threw away my ancient kindle, and downloading only works if you have a kindle associated with your account. I won't buy another ebook on Amazon again, though.
Couldn't you use the Android app?

Nope, needs to be an actual Kindle otherwise you can't remove the DRM.

YouTube · Post by **RetireJapan** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:41 am

Thanks for the heads-up. Started downloading my 1278 Kindle titles... this may take some time

AreTheyTheLemmings? · Post by **AreTheyTheLemmings?** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:29 am

zeroshiki wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:36 amNot sure if it still works but I used Calibre to download ebooks off my kindle (and remove DRM). If there's something on your kindle you can't get off, I recommend going that route.

That's the method recommended in the video. Note, however, that you need to install the DeDRM Tools plugin into Calibre in order to strip DRM.

adamu wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:27 am
zeroshiki wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:48 amCouldn't you use the Android app?
Nope, needs to be an actual Kindle otherwise you can't remove the DRM.

Correct. You need to enter your Kindle device number into Calibre in order to strip the DRM.

AreTheyTheLemmings? · Post by **AreTheyTheLemmings?** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:30 am

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:41 amthis may take some time

Captain Oates, is that you?

William · Post by **William** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:39 pm

Thanks for the heads up. I guess it means I'll need to look for alternatives (I hear Cobo is great, but I know nothing about them. Is there anyone around here who'd like to share some experiences?)

I might need to be careful — First, I think I should download my books because I own them, and I should leave Amazon due to their practice, and soon I might find myself moving to Linux and avoiding all proprietary software...

AreTheyTheLemmings? · Post by **AreTheyTheLemmings?** » Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:28 am

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:41 am Started downloading my 1278 Kindle titles... this may take some time

How many did you manage to download?

RetireJapan

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