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Inept Epub DeDRM - ineptepub_vXX_plugin.zip
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Requires Calibre version 0.6.44 or higher.
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All credit given to I <3 Cabbages for the original standalone scripts.
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I had the much easier job of converting them to a Calibre plugin.
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This plugin is meant to decrypt Adobe Digital Edition Epubs that are protected
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with Adobe's Adept encryption. It is meant to function without having to install
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any dependencies... other than having Calibre installed, of course. It will still
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work if you have Python and PyCrypto already installed, but they aren't necessary.
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Installation:
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Go to Calibre's Preferences page... click on the Plugins button. Use the file
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dialog button to select the plugin's zip file (ineptepub_vXX_plugin.zip) and
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click the 'Add' button. you're done.
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Configuration:
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When first run, the plugin will attempt to find your Adobe Digital Editions installation
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(on Windows and Mac OS's). If successful, it will create an 'adeptkey.der' file and
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save it in Calibre's configuration directory. It will use that file on subsequent runs.
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If there are already '*.der' files in the directory, the plugin won't attempt to
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find the Adobe Digital Editions installation installation.
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So if you have Adobe Digital Editions installation installed on the same machine as Calibre...
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you are ready to go. If not... keep reading.
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If you already have keyfiles generated with I <3 Cabbages' ineptkey.pyw script,
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you can put those keyfiles in Calibre's configuration directory. The easiest
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way to find the correct directory is to go to Calibre's Preferences page... click
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on the 'Miscellaneous' button (looks like a gear), and then click the 'Open Calibre
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configuration directory' button. Paste your keyfiles in there. Just make sure that
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they have different names and are saved with the '.der' extension (like the ineptkey
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script produces). This directory isn't touched when upgrading Calibre, so it's quite
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safe to leave them there.
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Since there is no Linux version of Adobe Digital Editions, Linux users will have to
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obtain a keyfile through other methods and put the file in Calibre's configuration directory.
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All keyfiles with a '.der' extension found in Calibre's configuration directory will
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be used to attempt to decrypt a book.
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** NOTE ** There is no plugin customization data for the Inept Epub DeDRM plugin.
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Troubleshooting:
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If you find that it's not working for you (imported epubs still have DRM), you can
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save a lot of time and trouble by trying to add the epub to Calibre with the command
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line tools. This will print out a lot of helpful debugging info that can be copied into
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any online help requests. I'm going to ask you to do it first, anyway, so you might
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as well get used to it. ;)
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Open a command prompt (terminal) and change to the directory where the ebook you're
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trying to import resides. Then type the command "calibredb add your_ebook.epub".
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Don't type the quotes and obviously change the 'your_ebook.epub' to whatever the
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filename of your book is. Copy the resulting output and paste it into any online
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help request you make.
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** Note: the Mac version of Calibre doesn't install the command line tools by default.
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If you go to the 'Preferences' page and click on the miscellaneous button, you'll
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see the option to install the command line tools. |