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Amazon Kindle eBook Bulk Downloader: for downloading your Kindle eBooks in a more automated way than is typically permitted, this tool can create backup copies of the books you've already purchased. (github.com)
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[โ€“] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
  1. Books bought a long time ago (created the account last century)
  2. Books not available on the high seas that were 50% cheaper on Amazon
  3. Books from Humble Bundles

And who said anything about being surprised? Got my offline copies of all of them already, but can get another one.

[โ€“] Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 points 20 hours ago

You can also de-DRM the Amazon books with a Calibre plugin called deDRM. I recently did it to all my Amazon ebooks (had a lot for basically the same reasons as you, plus I worked there).