- Amazon Removes Download & Transfer via the USB setting on Kindles
- The feature had not appeared on the latest models
- It is likely that the move is to fight EBOOK PIRATE
I have owned and loved some of the best kindles in the series since Amazon first introduced Ereaeader, but using these devices can feel something restrictive – especially now Amazon is killing a useful USB file transfer feature.
As reported by The Verge, the Download & Transfer will disappear via the USB setting on February 26. This means that you can no longer download E books purchased from Amazon, and then move them to your Kindle over a Wired USB connection.
The feature is actually not available on the latest generation of Kindles, pushed out last year, but all other models will be affected. Amazon does not give a reason for the move, but it is almost certain to crack down on E -Book —pirate.
Using fairly simple tools available online, users could download purchased E -books from Amazon, crack DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection on them and send them to other devices or distribute them far online. It will no longer be possible.
Less flexibility
As is often the case, the efforts to fight digital pirates mean that regular users lose. This means that ebooks can no longer be stored on computers such as backups or moved over without a Wi-Fi connection, giving Kindle owners some extra flexibility.
It is worth remembering that Amazon occasionally removes E books from his catalog or replaces them with modified versions. Now more than ever, users will be by the incorporation of what Amazon decides to make available.
You will still be able to move ebooks over via Wi-Fi of course, as well as transfer files to your Kindle via USB and software such as caliber. Specifically, it is the opportunity to download purchases from the Amazon website to a computer that disappears.
This is also getting closer to fully killing the older AZW3 format for Amazon -E -Books: It has been replaced by the newer KFX format, which is much harder to crack with regard to its DRM, and now used in the Most situations (except downloads to a computer).
