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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
I've never known Amazon to "transfer" content from one account to another. In all these years around the various forums, I've never seen anyone actually prove they will. The licensing involved prohibits that specifically.
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They don't. They will combine 2 accounts owned by the same person. When my friend died, I changed his account to my name and email. Then had Amazon combine the account so all his ebooks are in my library. This was 6 years ago and was actually the suggestion of an Amazon manager. I didn't try to combine my late sister's account as we didn't read the same stuff and they don't transfer warranties even if it is the same person. So that account remains separate and will be closed when the warranties expire.
Edited to add: These accounts are all US accounts and I had access to them in order to make those changes. Another disadvantage of combining these and deleting the old account is that if you chose to delete a book and change your mind, you can't get it added back to your library as the old account is closed. You have to have an order number to have the ebook reinstated to account. So, say you were clearing out free books and later discovered you really liked the author - you will have to buy it if it isn't in your Calibre library.