Kindle has been rendered worthless
It doesn't matter which Kindle device. I lost mine while moving. I was using Kindle for PC. Why is it worthless? In a clear presentation of the Peter Principle - one of Amazon's lesser lights, decided that Kindle must have complete control over libraries. Thus, when I opened Kindle, I noticed that the many books I had downloaded from Project Gutenberg, were showing as blank pages. When I opened my "Collections,"all Gutenberg books had been removed and could not be restored to their respective collections. Amazon may whine - that the books could be sent to Kindle - and given official scrutiny before being "approved." I have hundreds. There are other books available on PDF, that can be converted through Calibre. Same thing happened to them. I searched for alternatives and found that there was no such nonsense - books were permitted in Collections, no covers were blanked. The free version is limited. I bought the pro version and now have 11 hundred books, including those stored in "My Kindle Content."
What has happened to Kindle, is an example of middle managers - with bright ideas to impress the boss - but whose eagerness to show off their brainstorms leads to unforeseen consequences. I no longer use Kindle for PC, and see no point in owning a Kindle device. While I had to pay for the upgrade to Ice Cream Reader Pro - I am free of Amazon's dithering with Kindle and am able to enjoy my books again.








