Amazon sells DRM protected .AZW ebooks which can be read on
Kindle or Kindle apps like
Kindle for iPad. If you want to convert your Amazon .AZW ebook to ePub/fb2/LRF/Mobi/PDF/PDB/TXT/RTF/LIT, you need to remove DRM protection first. Actually you can do both (drm removal and conversion) using freeware
Calibre.
- Download and install Kindle for PC
- Download and install freeware Calibre
- Download and install DRM removal plug-ins for Calibre:
ebook DRM removal tools archive
(if you use Kindle for PC app, you will just need to add the Kindle plug-in to Calibre) - Download .AZW ebook onto Kindle For PC
- Run Calibre
- Find the folder with Kindle for PC ebooks (My documents/My Kindle Content)
- Select DRM-protected AZW files and drag-n-drop them onto Calibre
- Calibre will remove DRM protection from AZW ebook(s)
- Convert your DRM-free MOBI ebooks to any other format (like ePub/fb2/LRF/Mobi/PDF/PDB/TXT/RTF/LIT) using Calibre if needed.
After removing DRM protection, you can read your DRM-free ebook on any device you have including
iPad,
Kindle,
Sony Reader,
Nook or any other reader (you may need to convert your DRM-free ebook into ePub/fb2/LRF/Mobi/PDF/PDB/TXT/RTF/LIT first).