Hacker News with Generative AI: Kindle

Auto-Download Your Kindle Books Before February 26th (hackaday.com)
With the news that Amazon will no longer be allowing users to download their Kindle books after February 26th, many are scrambling to download their books before it’s too late.
Amazon, Kindle, Ebooks, Technology
12 points by lxm 3 days ago | 1 comments
Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th (reddit.com)
Starting February 26, 2025, the “Download & Transfer via USB” option will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to your Wi-Fi enabled devices by selecting the “Deliver or Remove from Device” option.
Kindle, E-Readers, Software Updates, Digital Books
367 points by andyjohnson0 5 days ago | 211 comments
Amazon's killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (theverge.com)
Starting on February 26th, 2025, Amazon is removing a feature from its website allowing you to download purchased books to a computer and then copy them manually to a Kindle over USB.
Amazon, Kindle, Ebooks
125 points by marban 6 days ago | 106 comments
Amazon is closing USB access in Kindle that made it easy to remove DRM (androidpolice.com)
Amazon, Kindle, DRM, Ebooks, Technology
52 points by isaacfrond 7 days ago | 25 comments
The First Color Kindle Is Here (wired.com)
Amazon just announced four new Kindles, including a revamped Paperwhite, a more capable Scribe, and the first-ever color Kindle.
E-Readers, Amazon, Color Technology, Kindle
15 points by mschnell 128 days ago | 1 comments
Using your Kindle as an e-ink monitor (github.com)
Kindle, E-Ink, DIY Projects, Monitors
132 points by thunderbong 201 days ago | 4 comments
Jailbroke my Kindle to use it as an e-ink monitor (github.com)
Jailbreaking, Kindle, E-Ink Displays, Hardware Hacking
421 points by adtac 201 days ago | 139 comments
Read Hacker News on Kindle (2022) (ktool.io)
Kindle, Hacker News, Reading, News Aggregation, E-Readers
61 points by Timothee 230 days ago | 25 comments
Show HN: PaperTube – Turn YouTube Videos into Kindle-Ready Articles (papertube.site)
Show HN, YouTube, Kindle, Content Creation, Text-to-Speech
21 points by rimple 271 days ago | 14 comments