The DeDRM plugin recently has an update of getting support for Python 3 to work with Calibre 5. It can remove DRM restrictions on books from the Kindle Store, Adobe, Nook, and Kobo. One of the best apps for the job is Any eBook Converter. But US copyright law actually makes it illegal to break DRM-even if you have no intention of pirating copies.Īny eBook Converter If you want a single tool to remove the DRM for ebooks that you’ve bought from lots of different stores, you might need to pay for the privilege. Making sure an ebook bought on a Kindle stays on a Kindle doesn’t protect authors. That’s where DRM gets particularly exploitative. Voila, you’ll see your book now in Calibre’s main Window, and it’s 100% DRM free. Click the “Select None” button, and then OK. Open the “DeDRM_calibre_plugin” folder.ĭrag and drop every file associated with the book into the main Calibre window – as you can see in our screenshot, a warning will pop up about duplicates.Navigate to the tools folder unzipped in step 2.Click on the large “Load plugin from file” button.Click on Plugins (under “Advanced”) - it looks like a jigsaw puzzle piece.Download the latest tools package, and unzip it.If you’re pulling them from a Kindle, drag all the files associated with each book and click None when warned about duplicates. Just drag-and-drop your ebooks from your e-reader (or local drive) into Calibre’s main window the software will automatically delete the DRM.