There is
Calibre plugin for.
possibly because amazon have changed the format from azw to azw3 which appears immune to
the calibre plugin?
You can still get back to the regular epub with those using
the Calibre plugin.
In the meantime, there's a link in the ETA part of the above post which goes to The Digital Reader where you can find a link to
Calibre plugin which works with the Kobo Desktop app to convert kepub books into epub.
Calibre plugins are python scripts and OS agnostic so there is no difference between Windows and Mac when it comes to plugins.
Then google «Apprentice Alf» to find a set of tools including
Calibre plugins.
For example, there are
Calibre plugins that break the DRM on an ebook.
Not exact matches
In a nutshell, you download your Kindle ebooks, import them into
Calibre, which will need a few
plugins, and convert them.
If the books are protected by DRM (and most are), you're up the proverbial creek without a paddle, unless you can find third - party
plugins that work with the most current version of
Calibre.
This time around Adobe wants to keep the source code under lock and key to prevent people from writing decryption tools and
plugins for popular conversion software like
Calibre.
Google around for apprentice alf's blog, locate the DRM tools for
Calibre, and directly convert from Amazon format to epub usng
Calibre with the DRM
plugins installed.
I think it is the «Modify ePub»
plugin for
Calibre removes the kepub coding.
Calibre stripped the DRM from epub and pdf just on adding to the library — no
plugins needed to be installed.
There's no official option for export, but they can be shared on Facebook, and there's a
plugin for
Calibre.
Third is much better integration with
Calibre from the Kobo Utilities
plugin.
And I did read the bit about the
plugin — only problem there is that I'm a Mac user, and it was talking about that
plugin working for the PC edition of
Calibre.
I tested the
plugin under
Calibre 2.4 running under OS X 10.9.5 in a virtual machine and there were no issues that I saw.
All you have to do is install
Calibre, install the DRM
plugin, then import ebooks.
All you have to do is install Adobe Digital Editions on your computer, along with a free ebook management program called
Calibre, and a handy
plugin or two for
Calibre that automatically removes DRM from ebooks upon import.
And then importing them to
Calibre after installing the
plugin?
I installed
Calibre on a WINXP system and added the
plugin.
Once that's all setup all you have to do is import your Kindle ebooks into
Calibre and the
plugin will remove the DRM automatically.
I swear I did this last week, but w a clean install of the latest
Calibre 1.11 and latest
plugin, it worked!
This
plugin doesn't support all the
Calibre version (x64).
Install DRM Removal
plugin in
Calibre.
I've been using
Calibre and Apprentice Alf's
plugins in this very way ever since I got my Sony 2 yrs ago.
However when I went to customise the
plugin (to tell
Calibre what
plugin to use) I got a message: ERROR unhandled exception Import error: no module named config.
Reload
calibre and
plugin.
Please check the following: in the directory ~ / Library / Preferences /
calibre /
plugins / should be a
plugin ending on ZIP Kindle and Mobipocket DeDRM.zip (and also others, if you chose so).
calibre, version 1.15.0 ERROR: Unhandled exception: InvalidPlugin: The
plugin in u» C: / Users / **** / Downloads / tools v6.0.8.
I tried both the download from the Apprentice Alf as well as the «Kindle Unpack»
plugin listed in
calibre's «Get new
plugins» list.
zip file into the Library > Preferences >
calibre >
plugins folder and re-started the procedure.
into the
plugin before it would work on books imported to
Calibre by any method.
Instead its necessary to select Preferences > Change
Calibre Behaviour >
Plugins and then select Load
plugin from file and choose the downloaded zip file.
Basically all that you have to do to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks is install the Kindle for PC program on your computer, along with a free program called
Calibre that is an extraordinarily useful tool for managing your ebook library, and a DRM - stripping
plugin for
Calibre that takes all of about 10 seconds to install.
After installing the
plugin you have to close
Calibre and then restart it.
Calibre will remind you that installing a
plugin is a potential security risk.
For the purpose of this hub,
Calibre has two more tricks up its sleeve: it can convert between one e-book format to another and it can be further extended with
plugins.
The DeDRM
plugin for
Calibre is brilliant in its ease of use: once installed, it will automatically remove the protective DRM from any Kindle e-book you add to your
Calibre library.
I use
Calibre with the Import List
plugin to populate books, then the Overdrive
plugin to search availability in my 8 libraries and borrow directly to my PW via WiFi.
Calibre will pop - up
Plugin dialog box.
This
plugin might be run only with 32 bit
Calibre.
(I use it with Calbre and a de-DRM
plugin: buy from whichever store, import into
Calibre, transcode to DRM - free epub, and Marvin yanks the epub off the
Calibre folder on my Dropbox account.)
Calibre's DeDRM
plugin says there is no way as of Oct 2016 to remove ADE 3 + DRM.
Update: You can make text layout on Kindle ebooks look even better by adding hyphens using a
plugin for
Calibre and it only takes a few extra seconds.
You can browse through hundreds of
plugins directly from
calibre and install them with just one click.
Many users develop
plugins to enhance and expand
calibre's features.
First, you need to install
Calibre onto your computer along with Apprentice Alf's DRM removal
plugin.
No one else sells Kindle but a lot of companies sell Mobipocket and there is a great
plugin for
Calibre that strips the Mobi DRM * as you add the mobi file to
Calibre.