Amazon is set to remove its PC download option for ebooks on February 26. Here's why it's a bad move and what you can do to save your books before the deadline.

The "Download & transfer via USB" option on Amazon's site is going away this Wednesday, February 26. People who want to download their libraries to their PC easily should do so within the next two days.

Amazon is no longer allowing Kindle book downloads to your computer. Here's how to get ahead of it, and download your Kindle library.

Amazon is getting rid of a feature that existed within the Kindle ecosystem for over 10 years, but don’t panic (seriously, don’t). Beginning Feb. 26, you’ll no longer be able to download copies of Kindle e-books purchased through Amazon to save on a computer hard drive or to remove the DRM (digital rights management) side-load onto another e-reader not manufactured by Amazon.

Downloading your Kindle books one by one could take days. But with this clever step-by-step hack, you can grab 25 at a time and save your entire collection before Amazon locks it down this week.

Amazon confirmed the removal of the book download feature in a statement to The Verge. “Customers can continue reading books previously downloaded on their Kindle device, and access new content through the Kindle app, Kindle for web, as well as directly through Kindle devices with WiFi capability,” said Amazon spokesperson Jackie Burke.