[ProfJulie]

I'm posting this here for anyone else who might encounter this issue with a Mobipocket formatted ebook:

I recently purchased a couple of eBooks that were in the mobipocket format and were DRM encrypted. When I ran Mobidedrm on the files, the books were not unencrypted, so I was puzzled. When I opened the books in Mobipocket Reader on my computer, I was prompted for a password. So these books were not only DRM encrypted, but also required a password every time I opened them on my computer, which was quite annoying.

Since I had to input a password every time I opened the books on my desktop I wondered how this would work on the Cybook.

Instead of copying the books directly to my SD card (which is my usual practice) I sent the books to my Cybook through the desktop Mobipocket software option (right click on the book and select "Send"), then the password was not required when I opened the books on my Cybook.

Apparently, sending the books to the Cybook strips the password requirement out of the file. When I copied the books back to my computer, the password was no longer necessary to open the books in Mobipocket Reader on the desktop. I ran Mobidedrm on those versions of the books and the books were unencrypted successfully.