Considering a Kindle? With Amazon tightening control over ebooks, is it still worth it? Here's what you need to know.

The Amazon Kindle has had its day — it's time to move on to pastures new. Here's why I'm leaving Amazon, and which e-reader ...

For those of you with any older Kindle model registered, now's your last chance to download your ebooks as files on your computer to keep them backed up. You will still of course be able to transfer ...

Not everyone is a fan of the latest iteration of the Kindle Paperwhite. However, if you are determined to buy a Kindle device, this would be the one I would tell you to get. It doesn’t have color. You ...

Rakuten has launched an official Kobo store on Amazon for the first time. Kobo offers an affordable range of e-readers, and ...

As reported by The Verge, the Download & Transfer via USB option is going away on February 26. That means you'll no longer be able to download ebooks purchased from Amazon, and then move them to your ...

Gone are the days of flicking through a book, Amazon's newest Kindle Scribe takes reading to a whole new level with its ...

Amazon has long offered a “Download & transfer via USB” option for your purchases. That option was removed for the most recent generation of Kindles, and is going away for old models on February 26.

As spotted by Good E-Reader, as of February 26, 2025, Amazon is set to kill off its Download & Transfer via USB option for all Kindles, meaning the only way you’ll be able to buy and download ...

What does this mean, though? Let’s break it down. The “Download and Transfer via USB” function has been around nearly as long as Kindles, and in the early days, it was an incredibly useful ...