Final likelihood to obtain your ebooks as Amazon removes essential characteristic from older Kindles

For these of you with an e-reader who have not heard but, Amazon is planning to take away a really useful gizmo referred to as Obtain & Switch through USB, which helps you to obtain your e book purchases to a pc. This implies much less flexibility for Kindle homeowners, as ebooks can now not be saved on computer systems as backups or transferred with no Wi-Fi connection. In accordance with reviews, the instrument is ready to vanish tomorrow (February 26), which means that is your final name to again up copies of your ebooks.

Amazon hasn’t shared particulars on why they’re making this transfer, however many assume it is more than likely associated to piracy. That is as a result of the Obtain & Switch through USB possibility is among the extra generally used strategies to take away Digital Rights Administration (DRM) protections from ebooks and distribute them freely. The newest era of Kindles eliminated the choice to obtain ebooks to a pc and locked them to the newer KFX format, making them a lot more durable to crack. And now, anybody with an older Kindle mannequin who beforehand had this selection may even face the identical restriction.

Have you ever downloaded your ebooks?

With simply hours left earlier than Amazon removes this characteristic, anybody who desires to obtain their ebooks as information on their laptop for backup ought to hurry. If you happen to’re not sure the place your ebooks are situated, observe these directions:

1. Go to the Account & Lists menu
2. Choose Handle Your Content material and Units and choose Books from the accessible choices
3. Right here, you’ll discover all of your bought Amazon ebooks together with the Kindle units they’re synced to

When you’ve situated your ebooks, press Extra actions subsequent to the one you need to obtain, then choose Obtain & switch through USB. Sadly, there’s no bulk obtain possibility, so that you’ll must repeat these steps for every e book. Nevertheless, as soon as they’re in your laptop, you possibly can simply switch them to a Kindle through USB. On the brilliant aspect, as soon as this alteration rolls out, you’ll nonetheless be capable to switch all of your titles wirelessly to your e-reader and use the Kindle desktop apps for Home windows and macOS as earlier than.