Amazon is retiring support for these Kindle models, and many users are finding unexpected ways to keep them alive.

They’re e-reading Amazon the riot act. Bookworms are lighting torches and sharpening their pitchforks in fiery fury as Amazon prepares to cease supporting older Kindle technologies this spring.

If you read on a Kindle made before 2012, you've probably noticed significant changes. Find out which functions are no longer supported.

Why it matters: Amazon is finally pulling the plug on some of its oldest Kindle hardware, ending support for e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets released in 2012 and earlier. From May 20, the affected ...

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