Thread: Amazon has removed Download & Transfer option
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Old 02-27-2025, 07:35 AM   #664
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Originally Posted by drofgnal View Post
I did buy Day of the Jackal (something I've wanted to read) for 1.99 this morning as an Amazon deal of the day. You can still import the KFX file from your kindle into calibre and de drm it. I just did it. I don't see the reasoning behind eliminating download and transfer if other methods still work.
Because it's probably only the start of totally locking you in, I bet Amazon won't stop at just this one change. Who knows they may even switch over to subscription only sometime in the future and you won't be able to own any Kindle books.

'You'll own nothing, and be happy!'

Or maybe I'm just paranoid
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