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Originally Posted by orangeblood
Hi gang, new member here.
If library e-books are converted by Calibre and transferred to a Kindle, how does the expiration stuff work?
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I'm assuming here that you are talking about epub or pdf library books protected by Adobe DRM. If this is the case Calibre will import the books but will not remove the DRM. You will not be able to read or convert these books in Calibre because of the DRM. And even some of the main tools for removing DRM are coded deliberately so as not to work on library books.
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Originally Posted by orangeblood
I'm unsure if these books
1) would be able to open at all on a Kindle,
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They would not. You would be stuck with a DRM protected EPub. E-Ink Kindles do not support EPubs, with or without DRM.
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Originally Posted by orangeblood
2) would open and never expire,
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If you were able to successfully remove the DRM and convert to .azw3 or .mobi, this would be the case. You would effectively have the ebook with no expiry date. However, the consensus here amongst many seems to be that it is morally acceptable to remove DRM from an EBook you have purchased, but not from a book you have borrowed.
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Originally Posted by orangeblood
or 3) would open and expire as intended.
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It is the DRM which enforces the restrictions, including expiry date. If the DRM is removed the "loan" will not expire.