How can I remove the DRM from books I have purchased for my Kindle? [closed]

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Published on 2011-03-17T05:40:43Z Indexed on 2011/03/17 8:12 UTC
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How can I the remove DRM from books I have purchased for my Kindle?

A solution that works on Mac OS X and/or Linux would be ideal, but a Windows-only solution is also acceptable.

Moral aside: I do not plan to share or pirate books; I am very happy with the Amazon Kindle store and have purchased more books from there since getting my Kindle a month ago than I had in the previous two years. However, I do not feel comfortable keeping them in an encrypted format that only a single company's software will allow me to access. I may also want to convert them into a format for other readers in the future, which is not possible without first removing the DRM.

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