eBook Converter -- any good?

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Steven Lake

Just FYI for anyone who hasn't heard already. But due to a recent court case that went all the way to the supreme court, you now have the complete and legal right to strip DRM from anything you own. The kicker part of the decision is that it's still illegal to won the tools to do so. But I figure with the way that DRM's house of cards is falling apart like it is, that should come along soon.

Note: this is not world-wide, only your country

Originally Posted by pendragginp

I'm sorry, it's early and I'm dense, but what is 'won'?

And yes, honestly, how much clearer could the ironic poster be? I was smiling as I read it!

But, back to being dense, does 'put the python scripts with the calibre plug-ins' mean to put them into the calibre folder?

tankuberrymush

subtle hint - plug in goes in the plug in folder....see below....

Originally Posted by abookreader

In Calibre

Click Peferences
Click Plug-ins

Now in Calibre there are all sorts of plug-ins. Say For instance

File Type Plug-ins

So for instance, if you were installing a *certain type* of Plug-ins you might want to highlight

File Type Plug-ins

Then down the screen a bit at the bottom where it says Plug-In file you'd want to browse to where a certain Plug-In zip file would be stored on your computer and then click "Add"in Calibre.

Then, if your Plug-In came with any further directions, like how to Customize the Plug-In ---- those would probably be contained in a txt File called "ReadMe*XXXX" that you could open up to see how to make the Plug-In work for you specifically.

[wchris]

I had a quick look at the website for this programme, but I notice that there is no address or contact information so I would be reluctant to give them my credit card data.

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by wchris

I had a quick look at the website for this programme, but I notice that there is no address or contact information so I would be reluctant to give them my credit card data.

Wait, what? Which site are you talking about?

[Gwen Morse]

Originally Posted by pendragginp

I'm sorry, it's early and I'm dense, but what is 'won'?

And yes, honestly, how much clearer could the ironic poster be? I was smiling as I read it!

But, back to being dense, does 'put the python scripts with the calibre plug-ins' mean to put them into the calibre folder?

tankuberrymush

Reading the original post, I think "won" was meant to be "own" (typo).

Re-read it again and substitute "own" for "won"...and it should make more sense...

...legal to strip drm, illegal to own the tools to do the stripping

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by Steven Lake

Just FYI for anyone who hasn't heard already. But due to a recent court case that went all the way to the supreme court, you now have the complete and legal right to strip DRM from anything you own. The kicker part of the decision is that it's still illegal to won the tools to do so. But I figure with the way that DRM's house of cards is falling apart like it is, that should come along soon.

Whu?

Where have I been? Has this been posted about lately? I thought the latest cases were actually leaning in the other direction...

[this is NOT a sarcastic post, just - apparently - a clueless one!]

[MikeFromHC]

Originally Posted by iandix

Yes I also have heard about these calibre plugins, that make stripping DRM all so simple. I was told that all you need to do is load the book into calibre and it strips the DRM as it loads ..how easy is that ...

but stripping DRM is WRONG! and I would never do that myself...

So do NOT google "Apprentice Alf's Blog" and then do NOT go to that site to find links to download the tools needed to do strip DRM from within calibre.

stripping DRM for your own use is W-R-O-N-G!!

I have some good news and some bad news.
The good news is that I agree with you 100%.
The bad news is that I just got a patent on the alphabet and will start billing in the near future...
I will be charging .0001 cents per letter in your possession in any format. (Backups excluded.)

I was going to patent numbers but have decided 0 and 1 will suffice.

[wchris]

I had a quick look at the website for this programme, but I notice that there is no address or contact information so I would be reluctant to give them my credit card data.

Sorry, I was referring to the 'ebook converter' programme that started this thread.

[Pookeysgirl]

Originally Posted by Superlucky

The scripts I use to liberate my books don't require command-line skills.

Neither do mine. I figured it out using windows and I'm far from being a techie. It took a couple of hours of tinkering though. I've also been able to give some pretty easy instructions to a couple of MR members who weren't as lucky as me to be able to figure it out on their own.

[pendragginp]

everyone for the Calibre help

[pendragginp]

I apparently know just enough to be dangerous!

abookreader, you have desperation pm.

I used to be able to use the old tools, but I'd really like the plugins to work and I just can't seem to figure it out.

[pendragginp]

Well, I don't get it.

Do you need a certain version of Calibre to use these plugins?

[Russell Brooks]

Originally Posted by rhadin

I came across a program called eBook Converter. I know that it charges for soemthing that can be done for free, but it seems to have an easy-to-use interface and doesn't require command line skills -- the first I need and the second I lack .

Has anyone purchased this program and if you have, how have you found it? I am interested in the ePub DRM removal one, not the converting from ePub to PDF.

I got mine professionally done. I can't afford to make mistakes so I leave it to the specialists.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by AlexBell

Not so many years ago teaching slaves to read was W-R-O-N-G in the slave states of the US, and was severely punished. I'm afraid I don't find your statement convincing.

Regards, Alex

Comparing DRM to Slavery seems a bit much in my eyes.