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From: "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Amazon to remove download/transfer via USB option for ebooks?
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 07:19:25 -0000 (UTC)
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Paul S Person wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:15 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
> <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:


> > I don't have any actual Kindle devices, just apps for Windows and
> > iOs.  The ability to get a workable file for those ended some time
> > back.
> 
> There is (was) said to be a Kindle application for Windows.
> 
> And the Amazon Website has a reader for Kindle books. I use it to get
> the ISBN and publisher info for my database. I have to copy these by
> hand as the reader knows nothing of copy-and-paste.

Yes, that's what I meant by apps. But having those won't count as
devices that allow downloads because you can't update them via USB.


Brian