Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It's not good, but it's not calamitous: Amazon is breaking Kindles from 2012 or earlier, meaning you can't buy new books or redownload old ones. Here's what you can do, though.

LINKS:
Buy Me a Coffee: https://coff.ee/williamgallagher

Folder where Amazon stores downloads: ~/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content/

Calibre: calibre-ebook.com

Buy Kobo:
Amazon UK: amzn.to/3Q42Vup
Amazon US: amzn.to/3Q81ISJ

Buy Kindle:
Amazon UK: amzn.to/3Oe3lOd
Amazon US: amzn.to/4dHSxlK
Buy iPads and iPhones: apple.com

Support 58keys on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=86274276J
oin the Writer's Mailing list too: eepurl.com/gQTqTT

Buy my book on Amazon US: amzn.to/3KhF19P
Or Amazon UK: amzn.to/3IzZm94

Watch the 58keys Writing Workshop videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCtk0vyOGM40dh0gwg17tWI70Y1Qhh4Sj&si=qa8uc8vtOxHs9dlg

If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won't. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.