  > Amazon recently confirmed that starting May 20, these older models will lose all access to the Kindle Store. While you can technically keep reading books already on the device, the real kicker is the factory reset limitation built into the software. If you ever need to reset your device or try to register it to a new account after the deadline, it becomes a literal paperweight.

is this true though? You can't browse the store on the device, but you can buy and manage your books on amazon.com, including sending them to the kindle; no?

also, i use my kindle to read library books. will that still work?

▲ georgeecollins 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You won't be able to read library books on it after it resets (which it will eventually) unless you jail break it. My son jail break'd his kindle so I guess its not too hard and you can read library books that way.

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com2kid 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I got an android based epaper device and installed Libby on it. Overall it is a much better experience than doing the library to Kindle dance. I can just browse my local library's ebook collection on device and immediately open them in one tap.

Battery life standby time isn't nearly as good, but being able to also read Notion pages, review full PDFs, and other benefits from having an actual tablet, make the battery life sacrifice worth it.

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devilbunny 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No Kindle Unlimited, though, and library apps will probably drop support for the older stuff in time.

Jailbreak on very old Kindles is reasonably straightforward and the fact that Amazon hasn't even put out point releases to stop it (as the do with newer models) is a strong hint that they've just given up on maintaining them. I still have a K3 (Kindle Keyboard) that not only is jailbroken: it runs Tailscale.

Unprotected books, no problem. Anna's Archive + Calibre will keep working just fine.

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Cider9986 2 hours ago | parent [-]

As much as I am a fan of annas-archive, Zlibrary Koreader Plugin[1] makes a bargain I can't refuse.

[1] https://github.com/ZlibraryKO/zlibrary.koplugin

	▲	devilbunny an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Cool. Both my K3 and PW4 are jailbroken and have KOReader...

▲ squeaky-clean 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Basically any cloud connection to Amazon will be closed on these devices. The only way to add books will be USB.

▲ christkv 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

calibre? I mean that's what I use with my old kindle.