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

Amazon will discontinue support for 12 older Kindle models starting May 20. Take a look at the complete list.

It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.

Amazon is preparing to end support for Kindle devices released before 2012 — cutting them off from the Kindle Store and making them virtually unable to load any new content. The company set a cutoff ...