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01.03.26. Amazon Book Club is shutting down
Amazon has announced the closure of Amazon Book Club on March 1, 2026. Amazon Book Clubs launched in late 2020. It allowed readers to join public genre groups and receive monthly book recommendations. Many leading members of the Amazon Book Review team had their own groups, making it easy to find the next good book to read. Readers could join public groups dedicated to specific genres, such as mystery, romance or science fiction. Clubs could be private and invite-only or public. Each club had a brief description of its theme and its top recommendation. Clicking on the recommendation took you to the book's Amazon page. Amazon now directs users to GoodReads.
2026. Amazon now allows to download e-books in EPUB
Starting January 20, 2026, Amazon allowed users to download DRM-free Kindle books in EPUB and PDF formats (but only if the author has enabled this option in Kindle Direct Publishing). To do this, you need to visit the "Manage Your Content and Devices" page on your Amazon account. Only verified buyers will be able to access EPUB/PDF files and this option is not available to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Previously, even if authors uploaded DRM-free ebooks, Amazon still encrypted them in KFX format, making it impossible to download them to alternative e-readers such as Kobo or Pocketbook.
2023. Amazon is attacked by AI-generated books
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited platform recently faced a new problem of a flood of AI-generated books that contain meaningless content. The chart of the top 100 best-selling contemporary romance ebooks for teens and young adults was overflowing with books created by AI to manipulate rankings and attract more clicks. Vice reported that of the top 100 books on the chart, only 19 were human-written. While Amazon has apparently taken action against these books, the incident highlights the problem of the platform being clogged with AI-generated material for profit.
01.03.26. Amazon Book Club is shutting down
Amazon has announced the closure of Amazon Book Club on March 1, 2026. Amazon Book Clubs launched in late 2020. It allowed readers to join public genre groups and receive monthly book recommendations. Many leading members of the Amazon Book Review team had their own groups, making it easy to find the next good book to read. Readers could join public groups dedicated to specific genres, such as mystery, romance or science fiction. Clubs could be private and invite-only or public. Each club had a brief description of its theme and its top recommendation. Clicking on the recommendation took you to the book's Amazon page. Amazon now directs users to GoodReads.
2026. Amazon now allows to download e-books in EPUB
Starting January 20, 2026, Amazon allowed users to download DRM-free Kindle books in EPUB and PDF formats (but only if the author has enabled this option in Kindle Direct Publishing). To do this, you need to visit the "Manage Your Content and Devices" page on your Amazon account. Only verified buyers will be able to access EPUB/PDF files and this option is not available to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Previously, even if authors uploaded DRM-free ebooks, Amazon still encrypted them in KFX format, making it impossible to download them to alternative e-readers such as Kobo or Pocketbook.
2023. Amazon is attacked by AI-generated books
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited platform recently faced a new problem of a flood of AI-generated books that contain meaningless content. The chart of the top 100 best-selling contemporary romance ebooks for teens and young adults was overflowing with books created by AI to manipulate rankings and attract more clicks. Vice reported that of the top 100 books on the chart, only 19 were human-written. While Amazon has apparently taken action against these books, the incident highlights the problem of the platform being clogged with AI-generated material for profit.
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