Thread: Decrypting Kobo purchases
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Old 10-15-2025, 02:14 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by apastuszak View Post
How easy is it to "liberate" books purchased in the Kobo ecosystem?
For all books, you can download your purchases in the Desktop App or in your e-reader, and use Obok + calibre to import and deDRM them.

For the majority of books (all of those that are sold as EPUB DRM), you can also download the acsm file from the Kobo website and use deDRM plugin + calibre to deDRM them (provided you have redeemed first the acsm file, through ADE or acms plugin authorized with your ADE credential)

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Also, is the kepub format still a thing for Kobo devices?
Kepub is the format Kobo uses for all books you download directly on the device (from the store, NetGalley integration, or Overdrive). You can choose to sideload books as Epub or Kepub, depending on your preferences.

I do prefer Kepub files, but tons of people here on MR prefer Epub instead. There are some differences between the format, you can try both and see which one you like more.
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