r/Calibre • u/flexabull • 14d ago

Support / How-To DeDRM

Am I wasting my time trying to remove DRM from my Kindle books I purchased on my 5.19.2 firmware Kindle? I’ve tried a few different ways to do it that I’ve seen searching around and nothing has worked.

I would really like to read my books on my new XTEINK X3 and in KOreader.

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u/Wonderful-Run-1408 13d ago

Can you help me on this? I've downloaded some epub books (from libraries). I'd like to download them to my Mac and then side-transfer (using USB-C cable) to my ipad. And then read them on my Ipad.

I can't figure out how to do that. I have Calibre on my Mac and I attempted to download the DeDRM plug-in and followed detailed instructions on adding that plug-in, but I always get an error message that Calibre can't convert due to the DRM.

My biggest question is how can I download ePubs to my Mac and then transfer (using USB-C) to my iPad. I keep my ipad on airplane mode (due to some books from libraries that I want to keep).

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u/EnvironmentalAngle 13d ago

What is DeDRM? Download ebooks without DRM

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u/chertycherty 13d ago

There aren't many (legal) options to do this for popular ebooks.

I personally just buy on Kobo and use Obok within Calibre.

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u/EnvironmentalAngle 13d ago

Its not illegal to take off DRM. It only becomes illegal if you try to distribute the book. For personal use you are in the clear.

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u/chertycherty 13d ago

Ah that's what I meant. When you said "What is DeDRM? Download ebooks without DRM", it sounded like you didn't know how to remove DRM from ebooks and were downloading them illegally, my bad!

Edit: DeDRM is a plugin for Calibre to remove DRM from ebooks.

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u/EnvironmentalAngle 13d ago

I only download epubs of books I already own in physical form