Hacker News with Generative AI: Kindle

Amazon Keeps Finding New Ways to Anger Kindle Customers (the-ebook-reader.com)
From forced software updates that keep breaking things to suddenly removing the ability to download purchased ebooks, Amazon has done a number of things to annoy and irritate Kindle users in recent years.
Amazon, Kindle, E-Readers, Customer Service, Consumer Issues
9 points by DavideNL 59 days ago | 3 comments
Amazon now discloses you're buying a license to view Kindle eBooks (the-ebook-reader.com)
Amazon recently changed the wording on their website when it comes to buying Kindle ebooks.
Amazon, Ebooks, Kindle
467 points by DavideNL 63 days ago | 346 comments
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
14 points by lxm 66 days ago | 2 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
374 points by andyjohnson0 69 days ago | 216 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
126 points by marban 70 days ago | 107 comments
Amazon is closing USB access in Kindle that made it easy to remove DRM (androidpolice.com)
Amazon, Kindle, DRM, Ebooks, Technology
53 points by isaacfrond 71 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 192 days ago | 1 comments
Using your Kindle as an e-ink monitor (github.com)
Kindle, E-Ink, DIY Projects, Monitors
132 points by thunderbong 265 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 265 days ago | 139 comments
Read Hacker News on Kindle (2022) (ktool.io)
Kindle, Hacker News, Reading, News Aggregation, E-Readers
61 points by Timothee 293 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 335 days ago | 14 comments