[Alisa]

My local library's ebook site has four Nero Wolfe novels available. Of course you do not need Kindlepid.py AT ALL to get them on your Kindle. So even if Amazon was actually able to keep you from getting the file, you could still read them. They're all in Mobipocket format so you could just register the PID from your desktop Mobipocket reader and use mobidedrm to strip off the DRM. If they were in PDF, there are similar scripts for liberating PDFs.

This is of questionable legality. If Amazon did actually snoop on your Kindle and figure out that you'd done this you could be in trouble. So far they haven't but none of us can guarantee they won't in the future. They reserve the right to do so.

Edit: And for the record, I don't think most Kindle owners use the library. Most people don't use the library even for print books. Upon finding out about the library ebook selection I think many would be interested until you told them they had to run scripts from a *gasp* CLI to make them work. I think most people's eyes would glaze over 10 seconds into the explanation. This is why, when asked what I do for a living, I say something generic like "engineer" or "I work with computers". One day when my mother and my sister (a Kindle owner as well) felt particularly game, they asked me to tell them explicitly what I did. They realized they had no idea. They lasted about 30 seconds before full eye-glaze. I don't even do anything that esoteric. I don't think that MobileRead is anywhere near a microcosm of Kindle owners. That's why I don't think they feared non-Amazon sales. I think they fear iPhone owners, specifically jailbroken iPhone owners, who are likely more tech savvy and more inclined to file share.