The ability to download Kindle books and transfer them via USB will be removed
After February 26, 2025, the 'Download and transfer via USB' feature of the Amazon e-book reader 'Kindle' will be removed. This feature, which allows you to download purchased e-books from your PC and transfer them to your Kindle, has not been used much since the Kindle was equipped with Wi-Fi functionality.
Download And Transfer For Kindle Books Discontinued On Feb 26 - Good E-Reader
Amazon will stop allowing Kindle book downloads to your PC soon | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb
When you look at the list of digital content (books) you have purchased from Amazon's 'Content Library' menu, you will see a 'More Actions' menu for each piece of content.
Click on 'More Actions' and you will see an option to 'Download and transfer via USB.'
From here, you can use the function to transfer e-book files to your Kindle via USB, but at the time of writing, there is a warning that 'After February 26, 2025, the 'Download and transfer via USB' option will no longer be available.'
The option to download Kindle content and transfer it via USB was implemented in the days before Kindles had Wi-Fi, and at the time this was essentially the only way to get content onto your Kindle.
However, since the Kindle was equipped with Wi-Fi and other communication methods, it became possible to download content directly to the Kindle, so this function has not been used much. And when the deadline comes, this function will be discontinued on all Kindles. Only the 12th generation Kindle did not originally have this function, but it will no longer be available on other models after February 26th.
Good E-Reader, which publishes e-book related news, speculates that 'Few people will use this feature, and those who do will do so to illegally copy e-books, so it will be discontinued.'
The Verge, a technology media company, said, 'This feature was also the easiest way to convert books purchased from Amazon to other formats such as EPUB. Books downloaded from Amazon's website are digital rights management (DRM), but they were delivered in AZW3 format, which makes DRM easy to remove. Older Kindles also stored books in AZW3 format and could be retrieved by connecting the device to a computer with a USB cable, but the latest Kindle uses a new KFX format that implements DRM that is almost impossible to remove. 'I speculated that the aim was to prevent illegal copying by completely eliminating the means to download old formats.
Even without this feature, users will still be able to copy e-book files and other documents to their Kindle via USB using Amazon's own apps or third-party tools like Calibre.
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