Got them both. Thanks. But, can't figure out how to get it to a PDF. Can't locate where it's stored on the PC or it's format.
If you purchased the Kindle version, the Kindle application has a place where it stores the downloaded document. It's possible to find out where on a Mac or PC that file actually resides, but it wouldn't do you any good to know. The reason is that Kindle books have digital rights management on them (DRM) preventing you from making copies to give to whomever. Also, it would only be able to open in a Kindle app, and only when that app is logged into the purchasing Amazon account. In general, a Kindle app would be able to open a PDF, but not the other way around, say, Adobe Acrobat Reader or Apple Preview opening a Kindle file.
I, for one, would rather have the book version of reference material, because I'm old skool, and I can find material looking at a table of contents or index and flipping physical pages rapidly. A PDF or Kindle book? Notosmuch. Also, I can hold fingers in different sections and flip back and forth easily, but again, notsomuch on a digital version. Mind you, I'm a computer guy, and I'm not a total Luddite, but to me books are better. That being said, I do read A LOT of Kindle books, and I find that the Kindle is ok for going sequentially. My problem is reading things with like maps: there could be a map at the beginning of the book or chapter, and I'd dearly love to flip back and look at the map as I read (imagine a non-fiction war book) but I just can't do it on the Kindle without being lost.