05-16-2025, 08:28 PM
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Update Kindle for Android, or you won’t be able to read e-books
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/...o-read-e-books
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Why is Amazon doing this?
Various methods have long been available that allow users to back up their books locally. These methods usually work for a couple of years before they are patched and no longer work. They are patched because Amazon monitors social media, Reddit, and other e-reader communities, and people can’t help but talk about the methods they use to back their books locally. When this is done, they usually strip the DRM from the e-book, leading some to pirate the book for everyone to use.
Older versions of Kindle for PC allowed people to download books they purchased until Amazon forced them to upgrade to the latest version. The Kindle USB Transfer tool worked for years until Amazon shut the system down a few months ago.
Amazon is really just removing everything that involves backing up books. Only a small subset of users really care about this. The vast majority of people just want to buy and read e-books from the Amazon bookstore on their Kindle e-reader or Fire tablet. Sometimes, they read on their smartphone when out and about. Amazon cares about the casual and voracious reader, the people who buy many books.
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Last edited by shuvashish76; 05-16-2025 at 08:40 PM.
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