My personal view is that there is nothing ethically wrong with altering the format of a book you have paid for. And regardless of the law, it’s certainly against Amazon’s terms, which you implicitly agree to when you download any Kindle book. Unless you are a lawyer, or have taken legal advice, it’s better to assume that removing DRM is illegal. I’m not suggesting these provisions make it legal to remove DRM from Kindle books, and the law is a constantly moving target on this issue. Having said that, there are some provisions in law (in both the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and its European counterpart the EU Copyright Directive, to allow for the creation of backups of digital content for personal use. It may result in your Amazon account being closed permanently. Disclaimer: Removing the DRM from Kindle ebooks, changing their format, and reading them on anything other than a Kindle device or official Kindle app is strictly against Amazon’s terms and conditions. There is a little bit of setting up involved to get there, because Amazon protect their downloads in order to prevent you from doing just this, but once the setup is done you’ll be able to convert any Kindle book in seconds.
Kindle books can be very easily converted into ePub – and any other – format.
It seems rather silly that you cannot read the book on your nice dedicated Nook though, doesn’t it? Fortunately, there is an answer. But what if you chose to buy a Nook reader, and subsequently discover there’s a Kindle book you really want to read? Amazon would say you should buy a Kindle reader, or use one of their apps. This is all well and good, and makes reasonable business sense for them for the most part. They want you to be locked into their ecosystem. Of course, Amazon doesn’t want you to turn your Kindle books into ePubs. Get your book in ePub format, and you really can read it on just about anything. EPub is the closest thing to a standard we have for ebooks. Almost every ereading device on the market (with the notable exception of the Kindle itself) can read ePub formatted books. There’s no chance of reading a Kindle book on, for example, a Kobo reader, or even a Sony reader. Whilst official Kindle apps are available for all popular platforms, not every device is covered. If you’ve ever downloaded a Kindle book, you’ll know it’s only possible to read it on a Kindle device or Kindle app.
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