The Amazon Kindle Library stops the option of downloading e-books directly on the PC from the Library Management. The facility called “download/transfer” through the USB will close on February 26, Amazon is currently writing to customers in an email. One reason for the step does not arise from the mail.
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Previously, Reddit users came to know about the upcoming changesSoon the spreading work can still be done Library management in browser Call by clicking “further action”. If you select “Download/Transfer/Transfer” via USB, the browser downloads the e-book directly with a sample from Heise online in the AZW3 format.
Screenshot from Library Management: The direct download of Kindle-A-Books from the browser will stop soon.
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This download function is to move the downloaded e-books in a connected kindle device through the USB. In theory, the e-book downloaded due to Amazon is not suitable for opening with independent readers or programs.
There is still another way to download e-books from Kindle to PC: e-books can still be saved locally through the official Kindle app for computers. By default, they end in the document folder under “Mai Kindle Content”, however, these e-books stores in a separate format on the data carrier, obtained from “Download/transferred via USB” Can It is comprehensible that you differ in terms of your accurate DRM implementation. Originally, however, both format are covered with copy security.
Nothing changes for most users
The upcoming shutdown of direct download should not affect most kindle users. In addition, at any time, it will be possible to download e-books from the library from the reader to the mobile device or PC. Without Wi-Fi, there can be problems with only the kindle-reader if you can no longer download the e-books in the PC and transfer it from there via USB cable. However, it only affects very old or defective devices-from third generations, all Amazon e-reader are equipped with Wi-Fi.
Users who regularly make local backups of their e-books may be angry. However, the benefits of these local backup have always been severely banned in the Kindle Ecosystem due to Amazon DRM. The downloaded files can only be read in the Kindle App with a registered account-and in this case you can only download the e-books directly from the app.
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