


DON’T resell those drm free eBooks and respect every author please.Ģ. DeDRM from eBooks is acceptable only when you want to backup or share your own files. In this post, I’ll focus on DeDRM with Calibre for Kindle/Kobo/ACSM eBooks part by part - and 10+ exclusive and effective solutions if you meet errors.ġ. If you buy ebooks for Amazon’s Kindle, you’ll have realized that they come with copy protection called Digital Rights Management (DRM).When talking about Calibre DRM Removal 2020, we will know that we should add DeDRM tools to Calibre because they are must-have if we want to remove DRM from eBooks with Calibre.

Unfortunately, the Kindle format is not compatible with all other ebook reading devices, so you’ll run into trouble if you want to use a tool like Calibre to convert your purchased books into a format compatible with your reading device unless that device happens to be a Kindle, in which case you’re good. The solution is to use two plugins for Calibre as detailed in this excellent guide. Since I’m on a Mac, I could not get an older version of Kindle to work on Catalina, so I installed a virtualized Windows 8 and I was able to set up everything without a glitch.If Calibre gives you an error like `ERROR: Unhandled exception: InvalidPlugin:The plugin in C:\\Users\\Me\\Downloads\\DeDRM_tools_6.6.1.zip’ is invalid.

It does not contain a top-level _init_.py file`, you’re trying to load the full archive folder into Calibre. zip file you downloaded and drill down a couple of levels. Using this example the file you want is C:\Users\Me\Downloads\DeDRM_tools_6.6.1.zip\DeDRM_calibre_plugin\DeDRM_plugin.zip.If you’re trying to de-DRM Amazon’s newer.Kfx files, you’ll also need to install the KFX conversion plugin (link is external).ĭoes anyone know of a current way to convert drm restricted Amazon magazine subscription files on a Mac, without the need for a virtual PC installation? Any common universal format such as epub or pdf would be nice.
