- Kindle’s download and transfer through the USB function is left soon.
- The function will be disabled on February 26
- You will need a Kindle prior to 2014 to make this work
Last week we received the news that Amazon was killing an older but very useful tool called to download and transfer through USB, which allows you to download its purchases from electronic books to a computer. He is scheduled to disappear tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26, so today is his last chance to get copies of his electronic books.
Amazon has not entered into detail about why the characteristic will disappear, but most likely it is related to piracy. The download and transfer option through USB is one of the most used forms for RIP of the Digital Rights Management Protections (DRM) of electronic books and distribute them to anyone.
The most recent generation of Kindles actually eliminated this feature and blocked electronic books for the newest KFX format, much more difficult to decipher, so if his first Kindle was a 2024 Kindle (like the 12th gen amazon Kindle), He never had the option to download your electronic books to a computer anyway.
For those of you with any older Kindle model registered, now it is your last chance to download your electronic books as files on your computer to keep them backed. Of course, you can still transfer all your titles wirelessly to your ereader, and use Kindle desktop applications for Windows and macOS as before.
How to get your electronic books
You can find your electronic book downloads opening the Amazon website in your region, registering your account and then floats the previous cursor Account and lists Up in the upper right corner of the screen.
Click Administer its content and devicesThen choose Books of the options that appear. You will see all the electronic books you have bought on Amazon, along with the details of the Kindle devices to those that are synchronized.
Select More actions Next to the electronic book you want to download, then Download and Transfer through USB. While at least a Kindle prior to 2024 is linked to its Amazon account, you can choose a registered ereader and obtain the download in AZW3 format.
Unfortunately, there is no mass discharge option, so you should make these steps for each electronic book. When they are on your computer, you can transfer them through a USB connection to a Kindle or open them with a program like caliber.
