Starting on January 20th, 2026, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) authors can allow DRM-free EPUB/PDF downloads from the Kindle store. Only verified purchasers can download DRM-free files; Kindle ...

If you buy something, you should own it. Amazon is, by far, the biggest name in the eBook market, but the company puts tight DRM restrictions on these eBooks so you can't take them outside the Kindle ...

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 ...

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 sells content for the Kindle in a format, known as ".azw," which prevents users from violating copyright regulations and transferring files loaded with protected content to other devices.

Amazon released a new firmware update for the 11th and 12th-generation Kindle e-readers last week. It has removed one of the last ways that users could back up Kindle books and remove the encryption ...

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Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who ...