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Why Do I Want To Do This?
Note: This tutorial will only help you strip the DRM from books you have actually purchased.
What Do I Need?
We won’t be covering how to install and use Calibre in this tutorial.
There are a few noteworthy things before we continue.
Extract the contents of the zip file to a temporary location.
Scroll down to the Advanced section and hit Plugins.
You will receive a warning about the dangers of installing third-party plugins.
The DRM-removal plugins automatically strip the DRM from the books on import.
There are several ways to go about getting your DRM-loaded Kindle books.
We found this technique to be lacking in several ways.
Books will also have odd names, like “B001QTXLQ4_EBOK”.
Don’t worry the proper name and author data are stored in the files.
Now, Calibre will import any ebook file (DRM-laden or DRM-free) without a hiccup.
Right punch the entry for the new book and select Convert Books -> Convert Individually.
This will pull up the conversion menu.
Convert it to any other format, it doesn’t matter which.
Load the books from the proper source, however, and the process starts successfully.
You’ll see the little “Jobs” marker in the lower right hand corner twirling away.
That’s all there is to it!
