๐Ÿšจ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Starting February 26, 2025, Amazon will remove the "๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ & ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—•" option.

This means you ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€โ€”youโ€™ll have to access them through Amazonโ€™s ecosystem.

If you value offline reading or personal backups, nowโ€™s the time to ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป.

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Amazonโ€™s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books

Amazon is removing a Kindle feature that allows purchased books to be downloaded to a computer for backup or transfer via USB.

The Verge

๐—” ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: Digital books arenโ€™t always set in stone. Unlike physical copies, e-books can be updated, altered, or even removed without you knowing. There have been cases where content changed post-purchase due to policy shifts, licensing issues, or editorial decisions.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—• ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, readers will have even less control over their purchases. This raises an important question: If you buy a book digitally, should it remain unchanged?