Thread: One Store to Rule Them All? or: Can Anyone Stop Amazon ?
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Old 03-11-2012, 04:00 PM   #65
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Quick question regarding downloading files to Linux for transfer to your Kindle device:

Does Amazon let you download a de-DRMd file so you can transfer to your Kindle (and if de-DRMd, readable by FBReader or other ebook readers)?

Or does the Kindle device have some kind of DRM-ID detector inside it to decrypt a DRM-d file?
You get the same file as would have been delivered to the Kindle. If it's a DRM'd book, the file you download will have DRM. Amazon DRM files are keyed to a particular device, so when you choose the "download & transfer via USB" option, it'll ask you which device you'll be transferring it to.
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