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Yes, removing the DRM from Kindle files is incredibly easy -- once you know how. There are threads here and a quick Google will get you on your way. [Note: this is way easier than it sounds. You'll have to install a common developer's tool called python and a couple of special scripts which do the jailbreak. There are similiar scripts for ePub DRM removal so you can choose the vendor with the best price for the book you'd like to purchase regardless of format. Either way, you end up with a nicely backed up copy.] Once you have an unlocked Kindle purchase -- azw is for all intents and purposes is mobi -- a quick button press or two in Calibre will convert to non-DRM ePub which can then be opened on the Kobo. You need only drop the ePub into the root directory of your Kobo and start reading.
BTW, it doesn't seem to matter what directory you put an ePub on the Kobo, it still finds it. I created a "MyBooks" in the root directory and, inside, I drop cascading folders from Calibre -- a folder for the author, the a folder for the title, then the ePub. It will make it easy to "clean up" at a later date if I have to and also lets me group the titles by author. It make no difference to the Kobo but makes it easier for me to "read" the file directories.
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