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Originally Posted by HarryT
The Windows 8 Kindle app doesn't store its books in an accessible way - they're stored in fragments, in a database.
Install the Windows 7 "Kindle for PC" instead. It stores its books in "My Documents\My Kindle Content". You can have the Win8 and Win7 Kindle apps installed on the same PC.
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As I just discovered a few minutes ago when I did a search of a book I bought recently. I did a search for B000FC1PJ8, which is the Amazon number for
Burglars Can't Be Choosers [Kindle Edition] by Lawrence Block <http://smile.amazon.com/Burglars-Cant-Choosers-Lawrence-Block-ebook/dp/B000FC1PJ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395843636&sr=8-1&keywords=burglers+cant+be+choosers>. I found it on my own PC at C:\Users\X1\AppData\Local\Packages\AMZNMobileLLC.K indleforWindows8_stfe6vwa9jnbp\LocalState\cache\B0 00FC1PJ8 and it was broken up into well over 150 fragment files.
Sorry. Looks like either the publishers have pushed Amazon into a new scheme to prevent reproduction of their books or Amazon doesn't want people reading Kindle books on anything but Kindles or Kindle apps. Either way, it appears you're pretty well screwed.
If they eventually bring this system to the Kindle itself, it will be the end of my buying books at Amazon.