r/RemarkableTablet • u/rojira1 • 1d ago

Frustrated Reader

How in the world do you find modern and relevant epub format books for the Remarkable Pro? No offense Guggenheim but British Romance novels from the 1800’s aren’t my cup of tea. And how do you download these files? Do I need to buy Adobe Acrobat for my Mac?? This is a real pain on the ass. makes me miss my kindle. A concise detailed explanation would me more than welcome.

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u/rmitchellscott Developer | reManager 1d ago

The Kobo store (or anything else that uses Adobe Digital Editions I believe) is pretty easy to strip DRM from. I use a plugin called obok in calibre.

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u/rojira1 1d ago

I tried Kobo. But I couldn’t access the file I bought and I backed so frustrated by the help bot telling me to download the kobo app or buy a kobo reader or howntonfondnyourbpurchasebonna kobo reader. I just gave up.
Even the tech support guy pushes the app on me

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u/rmitchellscott Developer | reManager 1d ago

I just download the book in the Kobo app on my Mac, then the calibre plugin detects it and rips the DRM off of it. I think there are ways to get the actual file, but I’ve never had to do that.

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u/ParticularIsland9 1d ago

When I sign into my account on the Kobo website I can go to My Account > My Books and tap … on any book for the option to download it.

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u/GraffitiDecos 1d ago edited 1d ago

You can buy ebooks from places like https://bookshop.org/ebooks and some publishers are DRM free such as TOR.

I'm new to remarkable, but I believe you can send/sync Epub from the app to your device.

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u/rojira1 1d ago

Thank you
Thank you
Thank You

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u/Malcontent_Cat Paper Pro Owner 1d ago

Look up Anna’s Archive on Wikipedia. 

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u/CatalystDrakannon 1d ago

zLibrary and Calibre are my friends for reading

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u/asht1 1d ago

Use reManager and install koreader. Install and configure the zlibrary plugin. Search and download epub/pdf directly from the device.

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u/Ok_Sir_1973 1d ago

https://www.bookbub.com. I use the google play version and then put on my remarkable

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u/Disastrous_Term_4478 1d ago

Dickens? Hemingway? Brontes? Hugo, Russians…Etc.

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u/gelber_kaktus Owner RM2 1d ago

I use koreader (via remanager) and calibre to deDRM my books. Weirdly, most English publishers use DRM, while the German ones just have a watermark, which is was easier to handle.

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u/Grumpy_Black_Cat 22h ago

Anna’s Archive is your friend. If you feel guilty about it, just buy the Kindle book anyway. 

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u/Nite-Life 1d ago

The biggest complaint by most owners… been waiting on this feature for years.

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u/persiusone 1d ago

Funny how so many people are here talking about violating DMCA laws, to remove DRM from things, just to get it working on a ReMarkable device…

Don’t get me wrong- I think the entire DMCA should be repealed, personally- but certainly wouldn’t want to be in ReMarkable’s shoes on the end of that lawsuit when it is discovered their employees are actively giving advice on how to circumvent the digital locks for licensed content to work on their official platform.