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dunnoread · 12-26-2024, 07:02 PM

Just joined to say, at least for now, the new Kindle Paperwhite 2024 has not been a dealbreaker for me. True, you can't "Download and Transfer" an Amazon purchase via USB, but if you have any older Kindle hanging around, you still can, and then use Calibre on that file if you want. The "send to Kindle" app for Mac still works as it always has and readily adds epubs to your Kindle library and uploads them to the Paperwhite 2024 just fine. If the day comes that Amazon blocks that ability, then, yep, I’m out. But I’ll have my 1500 DRM-free epubs and I’ll go find another ebook device. Until then, the Paperwhite 2024 is so fast and easy to use and the dark mode is so necessary for me that for now, I’m good.

12-26-2024, 07:02 PM	#41
dunnoread Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2024 Device: many many Kindles	Not a dealbreaker for me Just joined to say, at least for now, the new Kindle Paperwhite 2024 has not been a dealbreaker for me. True, you can't "Download and Transfer" an Amazon purchase via USB, but if you have any older Kindle hanging around, you still can, and then use Calibre on that file if you want. The "send to Kindle" app for Mac still works as it always has and readily adds epubs to your Kindle library and uploads them to the Paperwhite 2024 just fine. If the day comes that Amazon blocks that ability, then, yep, I’m out. But I’ll have my 1500 DRM-free epubs and I’ll go find another ebook device. Until then, the Paperwhite 2024 is so fast and easy to use and the dark mode is so necessary for me that for now, I’m good.