Thread: Library books from OverDrive
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Old 01-04-2018, 10:13 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by spindlespine View Post
I'm new to this forum. My local Library allows me to borrow EPub books using OverDrive. I'm able to read them on my iPhone, but I would really like to read them on my Kindle. I downloaded Calibre because it allows you to convert file formats for various devices. I then downloaded a book from my local Public Library, which is supposed to be an EPub file, but is a just a tiny acsm file. Calibre doesn't recognize acsm. Is there any way to convert the file that I download from my Public Library to a Kindle friendly format, or am I just wasting my time? Does anyone have any experience with this?
An .acsm (Adobe Content Server Manager) file is a file that ADE uses to download the book from the library servers. You will need to install ADE and authorize it with an Adobe ID. After you have downloaded the .acsm file, you can open it with ADE to download the epub which you can copy it into calibre, remove DRM if needed (see Apprentice Alf for advice on removing DRM) and convert to a Kindle friendly format (AZW3 by preference).

Please note that many, myself included, do not consider removing DRM from library books as being a good idea. Unlike other books that you purchase and own, a library book is a loan and removing the DRM also removes the dropdead code.
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