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Not exactly, but if you have the DeDRM droplet from the tools set up to output stripped books into a separate folder and you drag and drop your original folder full of books onto it, then it will give you a warning message at the end that "list of so-and-so titles were not encrypted" when it runs into the non-DRM stuff, and it automatically adds _nodrm to the filename, which is really helpful for just visually checking.
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I just get 'sucess' or 'failure'. I'm sure I've done something wrong along the way, but looking over the successes, these are all the purchased/drm books that I've bought on my new computer, and those do end up with 'nodrm' tag. Anything I bought on my old computer end up as 'failure'. At this point, in some strange way, it's making sense, and I'm ok with that!
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There's actually another script included in the tools that will check and report on the DRM status of any Mobi format books.
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Problem is I download them and immediately put them in Calibre and convert them to epub. I 'guess' that the convert feature wouldn't work if they were still DRM? And honestly at this point, I wouldn't know where to start...
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I'm sorry it's gotten so complicated. This is why, out of all the current restrictive DRM schemes out there, the only one I actually approve of is the B&N/eReader DRM, which uses your name and credit card # as a glorified password for your files, which you only have to ever download and enter once, and you don't have to authorize or register stuff, and you can download the files directly from the store's website without feeding through another app, and if ever your CC# changes and you buy new books, then the supporting reader app/device will automatically record it as a new "password" while keeping the old CC's unlock info intact as well, so you can combine purchases from many different accounts.
Hopefully in future iterations, Sony will activate the part of the Adobe SDK which supports B&N-style DRM. Or Adobe will at least force people to register/enter an Adobe ID when installing Digital Editions so that their books will be still be portable to other devices, no matter what.
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Sounds great to me!!! This is why although I LOVE finding out about 'new' technology, I'm SO hesitant to rush in and try it. It took me months to decide to try the Kobo, and now 1.5 years later, here I am, but I swear I've spent more time learning how to use it to varying degrees than I have actually reading on it. And to be honest I'm not excited as much as I'm terrified of setting up my new T1. *shakes head* It's a love/hate relationship, if only technology were always as easy it sounded!
ATDrake, I really appreciate your help and patience. It's the kindness of people like you and others here at MBR as well that keep my faith in people. A very sincere thank you to you.