Amazon Has Started Selling (Some) DRM-Free Kindle E-Books: What Does That Mean For E-Reader Fans?

Will adding DRM-free books to the Kindle store entice Amazon outsiders to start shopping there?

Can you finally read a Kindle book on your Kobo? Amazon launches DRM-free ebooks.

But there's always a catch.

Stuff Your Kindle Day is live — download free sports fiction ebooks until Jan. 24

Play Game takes place on Jan. 21-24. Stuff Your Kindle Days often take place over 24 hours, this event runs for four days.
Android Authority

Amazon is loosening its grip on Kindle book downloads, if only slightly

Amazon will allow EPUB and PDF downloads for DRM-free Kindle books starting January 20, 2026. The change follows Amazon’s removal of the long-standing USB download option in 2025. Only titles where ...

A new Stuff Your Kindle Day is live for 24 hours — download free cozy mystery books

The winter edition of the Cozy Mystery Book Blast takes place on Jan. 22. Unlike the Play Game giveaway running from Jan.
Stuff South Africa

Amazon (selectively) strips out DRM from (some of) its Kindle ebooks

One of the largest pains from Amazon's Kindle store is that every book you download has some form of digital rights management (DRM). Well, that's going way.
The Daily Dot

‘You could lose them entirely’: Woman shops online. Then she realizes Amazon is making an unpopular new policy change

Kindle users can currently download their libraries directly onto their desktop and laptop computers. Amazon will remove the feature on Feb. 26 A popular Reddit post asks if this new development is ...