Amazon will let you download your e-books in ePub in 2026
2 days ago
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- #DRM
- Starting January 2026, Amazon will allow downloading DRM-free Kindle books in EPUB and PDF formats.
- Only verified purchasers can download EPUB/PDF files; Kindle Unlimited borrowers cannot.
- DRM-free books offer flexibility across devices, while DRM restricts content to Kindle apps/devices.
- Authors/publishers can flag DRM-free e-books via Kindle Direct Publishing without affecting royalties.
- For books published before December 9, 2025, authors must manually enable EPUB/PDF downloads.
- New books after this date will have an opt-in checkbox for DRM-free EPUB/PDF.
- This change allows sideloading EPUBs to various e-readers without third-party software.
- Amazon's move addresses criticism of its 'walled garden' approach, offering user flexibility.
- It's uncertain how many authors/publishers will enable DRM-free options for past/future books.