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Originally Posted by corpcd
I have a silly question:
I'm planning on replacing my KK with a KT when its released.
If I do so, what will happen with my protected Kindle books? Can I simply move them from one device to the other?
I have never think on this issue, to be honest...
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For most of your books, you'll just be able to re-download them from the archive at Amazon.
I have heard that this doesn't apply to magazine subscriptions. There you may only be able to re-download the last six issues or something.
What you won't be able to do is just copy your books from one device to another yourself, as most of the books will have DRM to prevent you doing this. You can copy the files, but they won't open on the new device. By re-downloading from Amazon to your new device, the DRM on the new copy is set for the new device.
It may or may not be technically illegal where you live, but it is possible to remove the DRM from Kindle ebooks. Once the DRM has been removed, the same file will work on all your Kindles, and can even be converted to other file formats in case you ever change to a non-Kindle device.
Personally, I remove the DRM from all the ebooks I buy, as soon as I've downloaded them. If you want to do the same, you'll need to google for Apprentice Alf's blog, as it's against MobileRead's policy to give explicit help on how to remove DRM.