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Old 12-04-2010, 11:10 AM   #1
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My library's books come in acsm which is not compatible with Kindle. I got a DMR stripper. It works on some books but not on others. Is there one that always works?
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The acsm file is not actually the book file, but rather the authorization to access a file.
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Old 12-04-2010, 11:49 AM   #3
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My library's books come in acsm which is not compatible with Kindle. I got a DMR stripper. It works on some books but not on others. Is there one that always works?
As TGS stated acsm is not the actual book. If you have not done so already, download the Adobe Digital Editions for your PC and install it. Then when you download the acsm file (book) it will give you the option to open in Digital Editions. Then your book will download in epub format. The file should be stored on your computer in c:\my documents\my digital editions.

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Old 12-04-2010, 01:31 PM   #4
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Books in ePUB are also not compatible with Kindle. You can read the book on your computer of course, but stripping DRM from library books (which would make it possible to keep the books that you had supposedly only borrowed) is, in my opinion, very different from removing DRM from purchased books for backup, format shifting, etc. I'm not going there. You always have the alternative of buying a reader that does support ePUB format. YMMV regarding the ethical issues.
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Thanks. I think I understand better now.
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