Amazon has announced that starting on May 20th, 2026, Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will “no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content via the Kindle Store,” Amazon spokesperson Jackie Burke wrote in an email to The Verge. Users will still be able to read books already downloaded to their devices and can access their accounts and Kindle purchases through the Kindle mobile app, Kindle for Web, and newer devices. If the older…


