BookShelves eBook Reader4d ago

Amazon just pulled Kindle Store access from every Kindle released before 2013. The hardware still works. Your books still work. Side-loading EPUBs over USB still works.

The fix is the same one that's worked since 2007 — and here's exactly how to do it, step by step:

https://lk0.eu/bks901m

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Amazon Is Cutting Kindle Store Access on Pre-2013 Kindles.

Starting May 20, 2026, older Kindles lose Store access. The hardware still works — here’s the fix.

Medium
Show threadTon Zijlstra
@getbookshelves in the medium article it mentions that you can also still download books from your Amazon account and then transfer through usb. That is afaik not true. Download options have disappeared from Amazon accounts last year starting from February and then gradually across various Amazon markets.
Apr 11 at 4:04pmWeb
Show threadazteclady4d ago

@ton I just downloaded a few hundred books from my Kindle to my Chromebook, using a USB cable. Granted, it's a 2017 Paperwhite, but still, it worked.

@getbookshelves

Show threadFlipper 🐬🏳️‍🌈4d ago

@azteclady @ton @getbookshelves this article details how you can get your books off Kindle (I confirmed the desktop route works today).

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2025/03/11/3-ways-to-download-and-transfer-kindle-ebooks-yeah-its-still-possible/

3 Ways to Download and Transfer Kindle eBooks (Yeah, It's Still Possible)

If you missed the deadline to download your purchased Kindle ebooks from Amazon's website before they took the download and transfer feature away, there's no

The eBook Reader
Show threadTon Zijlstra4d ago
@azteclady @getbookshelves from which Amazon store is that? See https://www.techradar.com/tablets/ereaders/amazon-just-killed-a-useful-kindle-usb-feature-leaving-me-stuck-with-less-flexibility-for-ebook-downloads-and-backups Feb 2025. My Amazon account in the Dutch market no longer has a download option e.g., removed sometime during 2025
Amazon just killed a useful Kindle USB feature – leaving me stuck with less flexibility for ebook downloads and backups

Download & Transfer via USB is going away

TechRadar
Show threadazteclady4d ago

@ton oh my apologies; in the U.S. (I forgot that geo restrictions are hell)

Mind you: there is no "download" option on the storefront; what I did was, once the books were on my device, I connected the device to the Chromebook using the USB charging cable that came with the Kindle (it doesn't work with other USB cables), and that opened a Kindle folder in the chromebook; from there, I could download to a local folder.

(does that make sense?)

@getbookshelves

Show threadTon Zijlstra4d ago
@azteclady @getbookshelves ah, you mean from the kindle to the Chromebook? I meant from the Amazon website in the account's manage content settings, where you used to be able to download all purchases to PC or laptop and then via USB to the reader device.
Show threadazteclady4d ago

@ton Yes, I'm sorry; once it's on the device, you can still download it to have your own copy. Otherwise you are correct, you can no longer download the files directly from the storefront.

@getbookshelves