DeDRM_tools

For reference for Kobo in particular: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools I recently threw an LLM at it to turn the Obok plugin into a statically linked CLI in Rust, it works great.

Don't know, sorry. I did this the 19th of February according to my logs, via the "DeDRM Plugin (v10.0.3)" in Calibre and it worked fine then at least. Seems this is the repository for the plugin: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools For downloading the files themselves, I think I ended up using this: https://github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader Edit: Oh, just saw the warning from the bulk downloader's README now :/ > As of 26th February 2025, Amazon has removed the ability to download backups of your Kindle books. Unfortunately, this means that this tool is no longer functional.

Readium was also responsible for the takedown on the noDRM repo, a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29870151 The repo came back, but without the readium DRM code: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/blob/master/DeDRM_plugi...

Assuming these are adobe digital edition (.ascm files), you can remove the DRM with calibre and the DeDRM plugin. You'll need the adobe key from an authorized machine first (a windows VM should work) and then copy the key over to the Linux install of calibre. This is what I do on my Linux machine https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

Yes completely. I have both an old Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Gen I think and a Kobo Clara. The kindle 'lives' in the car and the Kobo at home so I always have something to read. I use Calibre to sync to both. Rather than directly accessing Amazon from the Kindle I download bought books to my PC then strip the DRM - so I can read the same book on both the Clara and Kindle. See: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools I'd say that the initial awkwardness is from deliberately not connecting the Kobo or Kindle to the internet to stop them from 'phoning home' when you set them up. The Kindle is easy - just don't connect it, the Kobo seems to insist but there's a simple step-by-step to bypass the enforced sign up on the Clara I use. See: https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-rego.html - basically SQL commands. and you can get firmware updates for

Regarding taking your Kindle books with you... the standard recommendation is to use the DeDRM plugin[1] for Calibre to convert your DRM'd books into plain old ePUBs. My understanding (I'm not a lawyer) is that this is perfectly legal to do in the US, because you're allowed to remove DRM from content you've purchased (a license to) for personal use. [1]: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

That one has not been maintained for a couple years. Apparently, this is the current version, approved by the original maintainer: https://github.com/nodrm/DeDRM_tools

legal reasons? Seriously, has the DRM mafia cowed people so much? What the hell is wrong with sharing public software tools with others? Here's one option you might try (no connection to it but it seems to be one of the most recently usable, trustworthy versions) https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

Amazon have said that in the future if this happens again they will not remove the books from customer devices. https://mashable.com/archive/amazon-remote-delete > The statement, from Amazon's Drew Herdener, reads: > These books were added to our catalog using our self-service platform by a third-party who did not have the rights to the books...When we were notified of this by the rights holder, we removed the illegal copies from our systems and from customers' devices, and refunded customers....We are changing our systems so that in the future we will not remove books from customers' devices in these circumstances. My Kindle is jail broken because I prefere using KOReader over Amazons own reader software. But even before it was jail broken if I ever brought books from Amazon I would use the "Download book to your computer" function and t

Alf no longer updates his repo[0], best to switch to noDRM's fork[1] [0]: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools [1]: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

Sure, i use epy[1] and every month i d/l my books from amazon that i have bought, dedrm[2] through calibre and save the epubs to a folder. Its not a particularly arduous task. When i want to read i have an alias setup along the lines of: epy "$(fzf)" its a nice interface ;-) Now i don't often read full books in the terminal, BUT i do like being able to reference bits that i remember at a VERY quick speed. I recently was talking to somoene about biases we bring to statistics and could remember reading a great anecdote about it, using rga[3] i was able to bring up the passage VERY quickly in the terminal Like most great cli tools, its about the workflow [1] https://github.com/wustho/epy [2] https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/ [3] https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all

Shouldn't have "bought" them in the first place. Buy physical books, or DRM-free books on sites like gumroad, or just pirate. Don't give in to the rent seeking business of pretending to sell you what you can't own. If you like your Kindle device, you can use KOReader to read epubs and reduce dependence on Amazon. If I sue the bookstore, they can't just take all the books away, but if you dispute a charge with Amazon, they'll do it because the ToS says they can. At the very least, try downloading and de-DRMing all the books you received from them: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

The important change is that LCP DRM is no longer supported [0] (git history was rewritten): > Support for LCP DRM removal was included in the past, but Readium (the company who developed that particular DRM) has decided to [open a DMCA takedown request](https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2022/01/2022-01-0...) in January 2022. This means that for legal reasons, this GitHub repository no longer contains the code needed to remove DRM from LCP-encrypted books. (Quote from the FAQ) [0]: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/blob/master/FAQs.md#why... This is the file that was removed: https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmVoHkQ7AYMprL9eMtDQUa7zgGz...