Amazon is ending the ability to download and transfer books from you computer to your Kindle. Here's when that ends.

The clock is ticking for Kindle users. After February 2025, a long-standing feature disappears. Will this change how you buy and store digital books? Read on to find out.

Amazon confirmed the removal of the book download feature in a statement to The Verge. “Customers can continue reading books previously downloaded on their Kindle device, and access new content through the Kindle app, Kindle for web, as well as directly through Kindle devices with WiFi capability,” said Amazon spokesperson Jackie Burke.

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 eBooks and other purchases is over Wi-Fi.

Amazon will remove a feature that allowed you to download purchased e-books to your computer and then copy them manually to your Kindle via USB. It wi

Amazon has announced plans to kill a feature that lets users download purchased books on their computers, and then transfer them to their Kindle devices manually via USB. The change will come into effect from February 26. The feature isn't widely known among Kindle users as most prefer sending books directly to their devices over Wi-Fi.

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. Amazon may be trying to close a piracy loophole, as the AZW3 files the tool generated where vulnerable to DRM-removal hacks.

Amazon is closing a method Kindle owners have used to transfer digital books between devices, and the community isn't happy.