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TheBlackAdder

(29,256 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2025, 01:30 AM Thursday

Another reason to tell Amazon to cram it. Amazon revokes the concept of owning Kindle books. [View all]

I don't Kindle, but I know several people who do.

You've got 5 days to download any books that you didn't store on your computer before downloads are disabled.

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Another reason to tell Amazon to cram it. Amazon revokes the concept of owning Kindle books. [View all] TheBlackAdder Thursday OP

I only ever bought one e-book, and it wasn't from them. Once I discovered Gutenberg.org... Hekate Thursday #1

I think I don't understand -- can't you still download books? You just can't do it via either wi-fi or usb. LauraInLA Thursday #2

You won't be able to download them to use on any device. chowder66 Thursday #3

Thank you! I will watch. Re Roald Dahl, his publisher was "updating" the books recently and upset a lot of readers, LauraInLA Yesterday #6

This doesnt feel like a good deal for authors Johonny Thursday #4

I've deleted my Amazon account, including my library. hunter Thursday #5