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+title: "Removing ACSM DRM from E-Books"
+date: 2018-11-24T10:22:00
+tags: ["books", "guides", "software", "windows"]
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+Recently I found a rare-ish e-book available via the Internet Archive's [Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/) project, there was a waiting list and I wanted to read this on my Kindle without needlessly tying it up for other people wanting to read it.
+The combination of these two circumstances leads me to stripping the DRM from this file so I could work with it how I wanted.
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+Firstly, you'll need to install [version 2.0.1 of Adobe Digital Editions](https://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/downloads.html) as newer versions use a newer encryption scheme. With this installed, authorise your computer and open your `acsm` file to verify everything's correct with the book.
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+Next, you'll need to install [Calibre](https://calibre-ebook.com/) which you should probably already have installed if you're working with Kindles in any real manner.
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+Next, you should grab the latest release of the excellent [De-DRM Tools](https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/releases) by Apprentice Harper. With this downloaded, extract the contents of the file, open Calibre and add the plugin via Preferences > Plug-ins > Load plug-in from file. The file you want is `DeDRM_plugin.zip`. Restart Calibre and the plugin should be installed.
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+Lastly, grab the plain `epub` file from your `%userprofile%\documents\My Digital Editions` directory. Import this into Calibre by dragging it into the main window and you're done. A file you can work with at long last. Now return that book so other people can read it.
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