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My recent experience with Amazon is that they add DRM to their books, even when the publisher doesn't require it. I bought a DRM free book (published by Tor) from Amazon. I executed the following (convoluted) steps to find the file:
The Kindle for PC app is only available in the USA. I don't live there, so I installed the Android Kindle app on my phone.
In Kindle's options, I elected to store the book on my SD card to make it easier to find.
I connected the phone to my computer via USB cable
I searched in directory SD Card/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/ for book files. The directory was visible using the phone's own file browser, but the directory was invisible from my PC! I'm not sure what trick Kindle used to hide the directory. At this stage, I had to use my Android phone to copy the com.amazon.kindle directory somewhere else on my SD card. Now it was visible from my PC.
Amazon uses several different formats for its ebooks, including file extensions .mobi, .prc, .azw*, .kfx, and .tpz. Unfortunately, my book was stored in .kfx format. This is an encrypted format with DRM.
I stopped there, as I was not willing to attempt to break the DRM (caveat: cracking DRM is probably illegal, and might even be a crime, depending on your jurisdiction). I went back to Amazon and asked for a refund. They gave me the refund.
My recommendation to you: if you care about getting a DRM free book for which you can download the file and actually own the product you just purchased, then buy from a different vendor. I ordered the same book from the Kobo Bookstore and they provided me with an easy download link and a file in universal epub format. It looks slightly less nice in my generic ebook reader as not all the text renders perfectly (I admit that the Kindle version looked fantastic), however, it's mine. :D
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