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Amazon does allow authors to make their books DRM-free, with downloads you can copy to any device. There is a partial list of authors here: https://frequal.com/Perspectives/DrmFreeAuthors.html

This is opt-in, so authors self-publishing make the choice when uploading their books.

> with downloads you can copy to any device.

I don’t see a download option. There used to be one, but they killed it two years ago or so.

And Amazon can still remove the book from your library anytime they want.

IIRC you can get the download link if you go to view "your content" on the Kindle website.

And if a book is on the no DRM list you can find a "download" link in the drop down menu for the book.

But I have not found a way to determine if a book has this option before buying it. So I'm not longer buying anything on Amazon.

Opting in to no DRM, also opts you out, for KU - which is a sizeable market.