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Originally Posted by induna
Yes, but if you have the Kindle application for your PC or MAC, you can download the files from within the application to your computer, and then de-drm and import them into Calibre. It's really harder to describe than it is to do. Once done, the books are yours to do with as you please. You do not need to own a Kindle to download Amazon books to your computer.
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I know all that.
The thought experiment was getting your purchase on a device (or into an app) when all you have is a borrowed, internet-connected PC (that you don't/can't have Kindle for PC on--perhaps you're travelling/visiting), a usb cable and no Wifi. With a registered Kindle device, you can at least download the file for USB transfer using nothing but the browser. With no registered Kindle device in the same scenario, you're out of luck.
The same scenario with Nook (now that they've discontinued browser downloads), and you're completely out of luck.
Of course you're always good to go
at home with all the necessary reader programs, your special greasemonkey/tampermonkey scripts installed, and Python with alf-scripts and/or calibre with alf-plugins.
