Thread: Transfer Amazon DRM books from Calibre to Kindle App on iPad
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Old 07-30-2019, 07:43 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Kindle ebooks are encrypted with a key that is unique to the device. It is not an account-based key. So any kindle ebook file that has DRM that can be read on your iPad iOS Kindle app cannot be read by your MacBook MacOS Kindle app. ...
@OP: what this means in the end is that if you have purchased an ebook for a Kindle device, or app, that downloaded file is only usable in that one device or app. You can, though, download the same book from Amazon again for another device or app that is registered to the same Amazon Kindle account.
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