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Which may or may not be possible. For 2G Kindles like the Kindle 2 there is no more 2G service and there is no Wifi. Download and Transfer was the only remaining way to load books on from Amazon without ironically removing the DRM.


Accurate info, edited my comment to specify.


Not suggesting it as a good option but does the Kindle app on Windows and macOS not work with these devices?


Nope. Kindle for PC can't send books to devices.


Elsewhere here and Reddit it seems the trick is to use the Kindle app plus Calibre.

Good luck with it.


Yes, but this is a different method. Using the encrypted books downloaded by the app for PC viewing.

Right now they use an old version of the app though, that can easily be blocked by Amazon. I'm surprised it wasn't.

The good thing about the download option on the web was that some older Kindles don't support any newer DRM methods so it would always work.


It's partially blocked. The old version of Kindle for PC won't let you download books published after Jan. 2023.




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