Today, the readers are increasingly popular and the Amazon Kindle is the reference on the market. But Jeff Bezos’ company has just announced a very Bad news for all those who have an Amazon stamped reader.
Indeed, it is soon the end of the USB transfer for Kindle e-books. From February 26, 2026, a page turned. What remind us that dematerialized works do not really belong to us …
This is the end of the USB transfer to Kindle
Until now, users of a Kindle reader can download the e-books they have bought on a computer and then copy them manually to the reader via the USB. It is a relic of a time when readers did not necessarily benefit from wifi. If this feature is no longer really essential, it remains very practical to secure its purchases as well as to convert your e-book to another format for readers from other brands.
But from February 26, 2025, it will be of ancient history. Amazon indicated the end of the USB transfer to Kindle, to the greatest chart of users.
Like dematerialized video games, e-books do not really belong to us. It is not frequent but Amazon has already removed e-books from its online store and has removed them remotely from Internet users’ libraries. Likewise, it has already happened that Amazon changes titles and update them automatically in the library of its customers. This was the case in 2009 with editions of The farm to animals And 1984 by George Orwell, and more recently with several works by Roald Dahl.
Thus, if Amazon decides to ban or remove certain works, you have no way to avoid it and you simply lose the e-books concerned. It is for this reason that the possibility of having a copy on your computer can be reassuring. It is also very practical for those who have a reader from another brand, like Kobo. Indeed, with the transfer by USB, it is possible to convert your e-book to EPUB format. Amazon therefore takes an additional step towards the locking of its ecosystem … By accepting multiple formats and by maintaining USB transfers, competing readers could benefit from an advantage in the hearts of consumers.
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