Post #1076928

2026-04-11 15:08 UTC

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 #Bookstodon #ebooks #kindle #FediReads #OpenAccess

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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-04-11 15:56

@getbookshelves "You can still log into Amazon’s “Manage Your Content and Devices” page on the web, download your owned Kindle books as files, and transfer them manually via USB." No, you can not! They disabled Browser downloads for bought ebooks last year, which was malicious. There is no fix. If your Kindle is full, then copy files to PC. The Amazon files will only work with that Kindle, unless DRM is removed. Then you can delete via PC and select an ebook at a time on the web page to send.

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@boxofsnoo@social.linux.pizza 2026-04-11 16:11

@getbookshelves I just jailbroke a gen 1 PW. Worked even though it is not registered!

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@steaphan@indieauthors.social 2026-04-11 16:29

@getbookshelves so... Amazon 😕

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-04-11 17:29

@getbookshelves https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-kindle-ending-support-old-e-readers-b2953972.html https://www.theverge.com/amazon/667916/jeff-bezos-amazon-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/trump-saudi-business-lunch-musk-altman.html #TranslatedFromTheRepublican "Ubiquitous surveillance technology & fossil fuel friendly planned obsolescence requires unnecessary upgrades as part of their business model." https://davidsuzuki.org/story/the-mad-rush-for-energy-mines-and-metals/ Deliberate ewaste is very beneficial to the extractive industries. https://www.gatech.edu/news/2025/10/22/microsoft-removing-support-windows-10-could-increase-e-waste-cybersecurity-threats https://earth.org/the-eu-circular-economy-plan/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022023/warming-trends-world-without-fossil-fuels/ https://earth.org/the-hidden-environmental-cost-of-your-devices-and-actionable-steps-to-reduce-it/

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@axol_otleon@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 17:40

@getbookshelves “You will own nothing and you will be happy”. Just glad I got my books in their physical form. Makes lending them to friends a lot easier as well.

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@hellomiakoda@pdx.social 2026-04-11 17:59

@getbookshelves And this is why my ereader is just a tablet with an epaper screen. It runs KoReader.rocks

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@darwinwoodka@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 18:27

@getbookshelves I got a Boox for when my Kindle eventually dies and have switched back to buying more physical books from bookshop or local bookstores. I will never buy another Kindle.

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