# How to handle Amazon disallowing Kindle downloads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722 "2025-02-24T05:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722/13 "2025-02-24T12:10:16Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m a little unclear on exactly what change(s) Amazon is making. Related thread: > [@Amazon is no longer allowing users to backup books to computer as of 2/26/25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-no-longer-allowing-users-to-backup-books-to-computer-as-of-2-26-25/1014527): > > This probably won’t make a difference to most users, but it allows Amazon to remove titles you’ve purchased if they lose their license to sell them. Also allows Amazon to substitute edited copies of titles, for example, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and other titles) went through revisions eliminating the original text to be less racist. Maybe a good thing, but if you want to read it as written, Amazon will have taken that away. Until 2/26/25, titles can be manually, individua… > [@wolfpup](#): > > My usual practice has been to buy books via the Kindle app on a PC, and then transfer the file to the Kindle over USB. Were you able to download books _within the Kindle app on a PC_ and then transfer those to the Kindle via USB? If so, it’s not clear to me whether you’ll still be able to do this or not. But you won’t be able to download them onto your PC (so that you can transfer them) from Amazon’s “Content and Devices” page. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722)._