Amazon and DRM changes

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If I lost a Kindle, I'd wait until I was 100% sure I could not find it before reporting it to Amazon.

It's malicious marketing that you can't disable purchase from the ereader and that if you turn off 1-click, it's still on in Kindle. That's why swift notification to Amazon is needed. How do you know if not stolen rather than lost? Also they should remove adverts for free after a year automatically on resold and remove blocklist in on demand of original owner except in cases of non-return of faulty item.

Also ALL websites with purchases should have an option to either use a PIN or re-enter payment method etc. On regular Amazon it should re-prompt for card number if you make a small address change. I don't know if that blocks kindle.

Also subscriptions other than things like Web Domain shouldn't have automatic renewal, other than maybe a checkbox available 3 months in advance to "renew this time".

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Quoth

It's malicious marketing that you can't disable purchase from the ereader and that if you turn off 1-click, it's still on in Kindle. That's why swift notification to Amazon is needed. How do you know if not stolen rather than lost?

You could always deregister it. That would mean that a thief/lucky finder got a perfectly good, fully functional Kindle, but it would also remove your own exposure and leave you open to reregistering it if found.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by issybird

You could always deregister it. That would mean that a thief/lucky finder got a perfectly good, fully functional Kindle, but it would also remove your own exposure and leave you open to reregistering it if found.

Yes, good point.

[hyegeek]

Looks like Amazon is making another change only this time, it might be a good thing. I just saw the following on good e-reader

“Effective January 20, 2026, readers can download EPUB and PDF files of their DRM-free books from their Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon. Only verified purchasers of your book can access the EPUB/PDF files. Customers who borrowed your books through Kindle Unlimited or other services can’t download the EPUB/PDF files, even if the books are DRM-free.”

This should be interesting.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by hyegeek

Looks like Amazon is making another change only this time, it might be a good thing. I just saw the following on good e-reader

“Effective January 20, 2026, readers can download EPUB and PDF files of their DRM-free books from their Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon. Only verified purchasers of your book can access the EPUB/PDF files. Customers who borrowed your books through Kindle Unlimited or other services can’t download the EPUB/PDF files, even if the books are DRM-free.”

This should be interesting.

There already is a thread about it:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums//s...d.php?t=371082