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There’s actually a term for this kind of behaviour. It’s called a desire path.

Support is kind of topical at the moment if you’re deep into the Kindle Store. Honestly, it’s bullshit to get you to buy a new device.

Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets from 2012 or before will no longer have access to the Kindle Store to buy, borrow, or download new books or content.

Which models are losing support?

• Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation (2012)
• Kindle 5 (2012)
• Kindle Touch (2011)
• Kindle 4 (2011)
• Kindle Keyboard (2010)
• Kindle DX and DX Graphite (2009 and 2010)
• Kindle 1st Generation (2007)
• Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012)
• Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012)
• Kindle Fire 2nd Gen (2012)
• Kindle Fire 1st Gen (2011)

ETA Kindle Fire tablet info

If you happen to read manga on your phone, you may be surprised how capable your old ereader might actually be.

It’s open source software that lets you read epubs and cbz files natively without conversions, bypass Amazon’s “Send to Kindle” feature, and came at a time when Amazon was removing books from people’s devices. Koreader also has Calibre plugin support to transfer books that way as well (though this isn’t something I haven’t set up just yet).

Overall it provides a bit more granular control over your devices if you like to tinker, and provides an extended lifeline for devices Amazon may have stopped supporting.

I installed Koreader on my Kindle Paperwhite 3 a couple months ago, and it has made me use my device so much more now. There’s only 3GB of storage to play with, so it’s not like I can carry my manga and comic libraries with me, but it’s breathed new life into my epub collection. Honestly, most useful upgrade I’ve made in a long time.