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Some Kindle ebooks are DRM-free, but most have DRM (encryption). So in order to read on a non-Kindle device you first have to strip the DRM. The best program to do this is unswindle.pyw. This requires that you install Python, but it is then point and click.
Note that most Kindle ebooks are in the AZW format, which is what unswindle.pyw works on (a DRM-free AZW is the same as MOBI), but some are in the TOPAZ format (unswindle will tell you is an ebook, or a sample, is in TOPAZ). It is possible to strip the DRM and format shift TOPAZ ebooks, but it is significantly more work than for AZW. If you need ePub (say), then use Calibre to format shift from AZW/MOBI to ePub.
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