From 70bb5d5a801428b0fb390abf79f19ffcf5e29c67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: breadcat Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:23:15 +0100 Subject: Simple migration of existing posts to hugo format --- content/posts/removing-acms-drm-epub.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/removing-acms-drm-epub.md (limited to 'content/posts/removing-acms-drm-epub.md') diff --git a/content/posts/removing-acms-drm-epub.md b/content/posts/removing-acms-drm-epub.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d60bb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/removing-acms-drm-epub.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: "Removing ACSM DRM from E-Books" +date: 2018-11-24T10:22:00 +tags: ["books", "guides", "software", "windows"] +--- +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. + +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. + +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. + +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. + +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. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3