The latest Kindle update, version 5.18.5, adds a new on-device DRM system. The new DRM system makes it harder to remove DRM from a Kindle e-book, back it up to your PC, and store it in an e-book ...

Recently, I made the choice to buy a Kindle Paperwhite, but not register it to my Amazon account. Doing so is as simple as avoiding connecting to a wifi network during setup. The Kindle itself will ...

On Kindle, readers can download content in EPUB and PDF formats if the publisher has applied the 'Digital Rights Management (DRM) Free' setting to the content. Introducing new eBook download options ...

Amazon opens up a little: From January 20, 2026, DRM-free e-books from the Kindle shop can be downloaded as EPUB and PDF. Just under a year after Amazon discontinued the previously only way to ...

Beginning Jan. 20, 2026, new books published in the Amazon Kindle store without digital rights management (DRM) will be available for readers to download in EPUB or PDF format, per a company ...

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