Go download all of your Kindle books today

Amazon is making a big change to Kindle that probably won’t impact you directly yet, but it may impact you in the future — and the solution needs to happen today.

For years, you’ve been able to download your Kindle books for use on other devices. I never really have, as the Kindle ecosystem is quite smooth, but the option as been there. As of tomorrow (Feb 26, 2025) that option is going away. As a result, whether you think you need to or not, I strongly suggest that you download all of your books and tuck them away for safekeeping in case you want them later.

Downloading them is simple, but a bit time-consuming. To start, go to your Content Library on Amazon by clicking “Accounts & Lists” > Content Library > Books” (this link should take you directly there). To the right of each book is a “more actions” button, and in that list is “Download and transfer via USB”. Don’t let that scare you, as you’re really just downloading it to your computer.

Now the fun begins — go one at a time and download each book. Fortunately, they’re very small files (average of 1–2MB each) so it’s super quick downloads. Drop them in a folder, and then just save that folder in Dropbox or Google Drive or somewhere for later use.

There are three things to know about this:

• These are your books, and…