DeDRM_App.pyw is a python drag and drop application that allows users to drag and drop ebooks or folders of ebooks onto the DeDRM_Drop_Target.bat to have the DRM removed. It repackages all the "tools" python software (except obok) in one easy to use program that remembers preferences and settings.
DeDRM_App.pyw is a python drag and drop application that allows users to drag and drop ebooks or folders of ebooks onto the DeDRM_Drop_Target.bat to have the DRM removed. It repackages all the tools (except obok) in one easy to use program that remembers preferences and settings.
It will work without manual configuration for Kindle for PC ebooks, Adobe Digital Edition epub and pdf ebooks and Barnes & Noble NOOK Study ePubs when Kindle for PC, Adobe Digital Editions and NOOK Study are installed on the same computer and user account.
It will work without manual configuration for Kindle for PC ebooks, Adobe Digital Edition (2.0.1) epub and pdf ebooks and Barnes & Noble NOOK Study ePubs when Kindle for PC, Adobe Digital Editions and NOOK Study are installed on the same computer and user account.
To remove the DRM from eInk Kindle ebooks, Kindle for Android ebooks, Mobipocket ebooks and Fictionwise eReader ebooks requires the user to double-click the DeDRM_Drop_Target.bat file and set some additional Preferences including:
To remove the DRM from eInk Kindle ebooks, Mobipocket ebooks and Fictionwise eReader ebooks requires the user to double-click the DeDRM_Drop_Target.bat file and set some additional Preferences including:
eInk Kindle: 16 digit Serial Number
Kindle for Android: backup.ab file, details below.
eReader Social DRM: Name:Last 8 digits of CC number
MobiPocket: 10 digit PID
eReader Social DRM: Name:Last 8 digits of CC number
Once these preferences have been set, the user can simply drag and drop ebooks onto the DeDRM_Drop_Target to remove the DRM. Note that after setting preferences it is necessary to click on "Set Prefs" button and then quit the application for the change in preferences to fully take effect.
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0. If you don't already have a correct version of Python and PyCrypto installed, follow the "Installing Python on Windows" and "Installing PyCrypto on Windows" sections below before continuing.
1. Drag the DeDRM_App folder from tools_v6.2.2/DeDRM_Application_Windows to your "My Documents" folder.
1. Drag the DeDRM_App folder from tools_v6.3.4a/DeDRM_Application_Windows to your "My Documents" folder.
2. Open the DeDRM_App folder you've just dragged, and make a short-cut of the DeDRM_Drop_Target.bat file (right-click/Create Shortcut). Drag the shortcut file onto your Desktop.
3. To set the preferences simply double-click on the short-cut you've just created.
Kindle for Android
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The backup.ab file needs to be obtained using Android-specific tools.
Obtain and install adb (Android Debug Bridge) on your computer. Details of how to do this are beyond the scope of this readme file, but there are plenty of on-line guides.
Enable developer mode on your Android device. Again, look for an on-line guide for your device.
Once you have adb installed and your device in developer mode, connect your device to your computer with a USB cable and then open up a command line (Terminal on Mac OS X and cmd.exe on Windows) and enter "adb backup com.amazon.kindle" (without the quotation marks!) and press return. A file "backup.ab" should be created in your home directory.
Credits
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The original inept and ignoble scripts were by i♥cabbages
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I strongly recommend fully installing ActiveState’s Active Python, free Community Edition for Windows. This is a free, full version of the Python. It comes with some important additional modules that are not included in the bare-bones version from www.python.org unless you choose to install everything.
1. Download ActivePython 2.7.8 for Windows (or later 2.7.x version for Windows) from http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads.
1. Download ActivePython 2.7.8 for Windows (or later 2.7.x version for Windows, but NOT 3.x) from http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads.
2. When it has finished downloading, run the installer. Accept the default options.
This calibre plugin replaces all previous DRM removal plugins. Before you install this plugin, you should uninstall any older individual DRM removal plugins, e.g. K4MobiDeDRM.
This calibre plugin replaces many previously separate DRM removal plugins. Before you install this plugin, you should uninstall any older individual DRM removal plugins, e.g. K4MobiDeDRM. The exception is the obok plugin, which should not be removed.
This plugin will remove the DRM from Amazon Kindle ebooks (Mobi, KF8, Topaz and Print Replica), Mobipocket, Adobe Digital Edition ePubs (including Sony and Kobo ePubs), Barnes and Noble (nook) ePubs, Adobe Digital Edition PDFs, and Fictionwise eReader ebooks.
This plugin will remove the DRM from
- Kindle ebooks (from Kindle for Mac/PC and eInk Kindles).
- Barnes and Noble ePubs
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1*) ePubs (including Kobo and Google ePubs downloaded to ADE)
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1) PDFs
- Mobipocket ebooks
- eReader PDB books
These tools do NOT work with kepubs downloaded using Kobo's desktop app (see the separate obok plugin) nor Apple's iBooks FairPlay DRM (see details about Requiem at the end of this file.)
* With Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and later, Adobe have introduced a new, optional, DRM scheme. To avoid this new scheme, you should use Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1. Some books are required to use the new DRM scheme and so will not download with ADE 2.0.1. If you still want such a book, you will need to use ADE 3.0 or later to download it, but you should remember that no tools to remove Adobe's new DRM scheme exist as of June 2016.
Installation
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From the Preferences menu, do NOT select "Get plugins to enhance calibre" as this is reserved for 'official' calibre plugins. Instead select "Change calibre behavior" to go to Calibre's Preferences page. Under "Advanced" click on the Plugins button. Use the "Load plugin from file" button to select the plugin's zip file (DeDRM_plugin.zip) and click the "Add" button. Click "Yes" in the the "Are you sure?" dialog. Click OK in the "Success" dialog.
Open calibre's Preferences dialog. Click on the "Plugins" button. Next, click on the button, "Load plugin from file". Navigate to the unzipped DeDRM_tools folder and, in the folder "DeDRM_calibre_plugin", find the file "DeDRM_plugin.zip". Click to select the file and select "Open". Click "Yes" in the "Are you sure?" dialog box. Click the "OK" button in the "Success" dialog box.
Customization
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The keys for ebooks downloaded using Kindle for Mac/PC, Adobe Digital Editions and NOOK Study are automatically generated and saved when needed. If all your DRMed ebooks can be downloaded and read in Kindle for Mac/PC, Adobe Digital Editions or NOOK Study on the same computer and user account on which you are running calibre, you do not need to do add any customisation data to this plugin. (Linux users should see the Linux section at the end of this ReadMe.)
If you have books from other sources (e.g. from an eInk Kindle), highlight the plugin (DeDRM under the "File type plugins" category) and click the "Customize Plugin" button.
The buttons in the configuration dialog will open individual configuration dialogs that will allow you to enter the needed information, depending on the type and source of your DRMed eBooks. Additional help on the information required is available in each of the the dialogs.
You MUST add some key information for the following kinds of ebooks:
- Kindle ebooks from an E-Ink based Kindle (e.g. Voyage).
- Barnes & Noble ePubs other than those downloaded using NOOK Study
- Mobipocket ebooks
- eReader PDB books
You do not need to add any key information for eBooks
- downloaded using Kindle for Mac/PC
- downloaded using Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1)
- downloaded using NOOK Study
as the necessary keys are automatically retrieved from files on your computer.
To add needed key information for other books, highlight the plugin (DeDRM under the "File type plugins" category) and click the "Customize Plugin" button.
The buttons in the configuration dialog will open individual configuration dialogs that will allow you to enter the needed information, depending on the type and source of your DRMed eBooks. Additional help on the information required is available in each of the the dialogs vias the [?] help button.
If you have used previous versions of the various DeDRM plugins on this machine, you may find that some of the configuration dialogs already contain the information you entered through those previous plugins.
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Troubleshooting
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If you find that it's not working for you (imported ebooks still have DRM - that is, they won't convert or open in the calibre ebook viewer), you should make a log of import process by deleting the DRMed ebook from calibre and then adding the ebook to calibre when it's running in debug mode. This will generate a lot of helpful debugging info that can be copied into any online help requests. Here's how to do it:
On Windows, open a terminal/command window. (Start/Run… and then type 'cmd.exe' (without the 's) as the program to run).
On Macintosh, open the Terminal application (in your Utilities folder).
On Linux open a command window. Hopefully all Linux users know how to do this.
You should now have a text-based command-line window open.
Type in "calibre-debug -g" (without the "s but with the space before the -g) and press the return/enter key. Calibre will launch and run as normal, but with debugging information output to the terminal window.
Import the DRMed eBook into calibre in any of the the normal ways. (I usually drag&drop onto the calibre window.)
Debug information will be written to the terminal window.
If you find that the DeDRM plugin is not working for you (imported ebooks still have DRM - that is, they won't convert or open in the calibre ebook viewer), you should make a log of the import process by deleting the DRMed ebook from calibre and then adding the ebook to calibre when it's running in debug mode. This will generate a lot of helpful debugging info that can be copied into any online help requests. Here's how to do it:
Copy the output from the terminal window.
On Windows, you must use the window menu (little icon at left of window bar) to select all the text and then to copy it.
On Macintosh and Linux, just use the normal text select and copy commands.
- Remove the DRMed book from calibre.
- Click the Preferences drop-down menu and choose 'Restart in debug mode'.
- Once calibre has re-started, import the problem ebook.
- Now close calibre.
Paste the information into a comment at my blog, http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ describing your problem.
A log will appear that you can copy and paste into a comment at Apprentice Alf's blog, http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ . You should also give details of your computer, and how you obtained the ebook file.
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Installation
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Do NOT select "Get plugins to enhance calibre" as this is reserved for 'official' calibre plugins, instead select "Change calibre behavior" to go to Calibre's Preferences page. Under "Advanced" click on the Plugins button. Use the "Load plugin from file" button to select the plugin's zip file (obok_plugin.zip) and click the "Add" button. Click "Yes" in the the "Are you sure?" dialog. Click OK in the "Success" dialog.
Open calibre's Preferences dialog. Click on the "Plugins" button. Next, click on the button, "Load plugin from file". Navigate to the unzipped DeDRM_tools folder and, in the folder "obok_calibre_plugin", find the file "obok_plugin.zip". Click to select the file and select "Open". Click "Yes" in the "Are you sure?" dialog box. Click the "OK" button in the "Success" dialog box.
This ReadMe_First.txt is meant to give users a quick overview of what is available and how to get started. This document is part of the Tools v6.3.4 archive from Apprentice Alf's Blog: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/
This ReadMe_First.txt is meant to give users a quick overview of what is available and how to get started. This document is part of the Tools v6.4.4 archive from Apprentice Alf's Blog: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/
The is archive includes tools to remove DRM from:
- Kindle ebooks (from Kindle for Mac/PC, eInk Kindles and Kindle for Android).
- Kindle ebooks (from Kindle for Mac/PC and eInk Kindles).
- Barnes and Noble ePubs
- Adobe Digital Editions ePubs (including Kobo and Google ePubs downloaded to ADE)
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1*) ePubs (including Kobo and Google ePubs downloaded to ADE)
- Kobo kePubs from the Kobo Desktop application
- Adobe Digital Editions PDFs
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1) PDFs
- Mobipocket ebooks
- eReader PDB books
- Scuolabooks (Link to solution by Hex)
These tools do NOT work with Apple's iBooks FairPlay DRM (see end of this file.)
* With Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and later, Adobe have introduced a new, optional, DRM scheme. To avoid this new scheme, you should use Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1. Some books are required to use the new DRM scheme and so will not download with ADE 2.0.1. If you still want such a book, you will need to use ADE 3.0 or later to download it, but you should remember that no tools to remove Adobe's new DRM scheme exist as of June 2016.
About the tools
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DeDRM plugin for calibre (Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux)
Calibre is an open source freeware ebook library manager. It is the best tool around for keeping track of your ebooks. The DeDRM plugin for calibre provides the simplest way, especially on Windows, to remove DRM from your ebooks. Just install the DeDRM plugin from the DeDRM_calibre_plugin folder, following the instructions and configuration directions provided in the ReadMe and the help links.
Calibre is an open source freeware ebook library manager. It is the best tool around for keeping track of your ebooks. The DeDRM plugin for calibre provides the simplest way, especially on Windows, to remove DRM from your ebooks. Just install the DeDRM plugin from the DeDRM_calibre_plugin folder, following the instructions and configuration directions provided in the ReadMe file and the help links in the plugin's configuration dialogs.
Once installed and configured, you can simply add a DRM book to calibre and the DeDRMed version will be imported into the calibre database. Note that DRM removal only occurs on IMPORT not on CONVERSION or at any other time, not even conversion to other formats. If you have already imported DRM books you'll need to remove them from calibre and re-import them.
Once installed and configured, you can simply add a DRM book to calibre and the DRM-free version will be imported into the calibre database. Note that DRM removal only occurs on IMPORT not on CONVERSION or at any other time. If you have already imported DRM books you'll need to remove them from calibre and re-import them.
Linux users should read the section at the end the DeDRM_plugin_ReadMe.txt file.
Linux users should read the section at the end of the DeDRM_plugin_ReadMe.txt file.
DeDRM application for Mac OS X users: (Mac OS X 10.4 and above)
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N.B. Mac OS X 10.4 users need to take extra steps before using the application, see the ReadMe.
DeDRM application for Windows users: (Windows XP through Windows 8)
DeDRM application for Windows users: (Windows XP through Windows 10)
***This program requires that Python and PyCrypto be properly installed.***
***See below for details on recommended versions and how to install them.***
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A Javascript to enable a download button at the B&N website for ebooks that normally won't download to your PC. Only for the adventurous.
DRM_Key_Scripts
This folder contains python scripts that create or extract or fetch encryption keyfiles for Barnes and Noble ePubs, Adobe Digital Editions ePubs, Kindle for Mac/PC and Kindle for Android ebooks.
This folder contains python scripts that create or extract or fetch encryption keyfiles for Barnes and Noble, Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle for Mac/PC and old versons of Kindle for Android.
Kindle_for_Android_Patches
Definitely only for the adventurous, this folder contains information on how to modify the Kindle for Android app to b able to get a PID for use with the other Kindle tools (DeDRM apps and calibre plugin). This is now of historical interest only, as Android support has now been added to the tools more simply.
Definitely only for the adventurous, this folder contains information on how to modify the Kindle for Android app to b able to get a PID for use with the other Kindle tools (DeDRM apps and calibre plugin).
Kobo
Contains the standalone obok python script for removing DRM from kePubs downloaded using the kobo desktop application.
We do **NOT** recommend the version of Python from python.org as it is missing various Windows specific libraries, does not install the Tk Widget kit (for graphical user interfaces) by default, and does not properly update the system PATH environment variable. Therefore using the default python.org build on Windows is simply an exercise in frustration for most Windows users.
In addition, Windows Users need one of PyCrypto OR OpenSSL. Because of potential conflicts with other software, we recommend using PyCrypto.
Note that currently (June 2016) ActiveState Python puts the tcl library in the wrong place, and it needs to be manually moved. See this thread at activestate.com for the latest information: https://community.activestate.com/node/19090
For PyCrypto:
In addition, Windows Users need PyCrypto:
There are many places to get PyCrypto installers for Windows. One such place is:
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Please get the latest (currently 2.6) PyCrypto meant for Windows Python version 2.7
Once Windows users have installed Python 2.7, and the matching OpenSSL OR PyCrypto pieces, they are ready to run the DeDRM application or individual scripts.
Once Windows users have installed Python 2.7, and the matching PyCrypto, they are ready to run the DeDRM application or individual scripts.
Apprentice Harper
8 years ago