For those who liberate their eBooks

sadievan · 11-25-2010, 01:38 PM

Do you keep only your liberated books in Calibre or do you also keep your original purchased books, say from Amazon. If you keep both, how do you distinguish between the non-DRM and DRM versions.

Thanks
Carol

LGN · 11-25-2010, 05:29 PM

Purchased books are managed with Adobe Digital Editions.

toddos · 11-25-2010, 06:22 PM

Who cares about the original purchase? Once liberated, you don't need the crippled original anymore.

desertgrandma · 11-25-2010, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadievan

Do you keep only your liberated books in Calibre or do you also keep your original purchased books, say from Amazon. If you keep both, how do you distinguish between the non-DRM and DRM versions.

Thanks
Carol

Once you liberate your books, there is no difference.

There aren't "two" books, just the one, thats been 'unlocked', that can be read on any device.

The ones stored at Amazon are still there. THEY are still drm'd. If you re-download them, they will need to be stripped again.

The ones on Calibre are not.

Make sense?

desertgrandma · 11-25-2010, 08:06 PM

Oh........and this.

If you can read your books on Calibre, they are NOT drm'd.

Calibre will not read drm'd books and a pop up window will let you know if they are..

Therefore, all books on Calibre would be without drm.

sadievan · 11-25-2010, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Once you liberate your books, there is no difference.

There aren't "two" books, just the one, thats been 'unlocked', that can be read on any device.

The ones stored at Amazon are still there. THEY are still drm'd. If you re-download them, they will need to be stripped again.

The ones on Calibre are not.

Make sense?

Yes that makes sense, thank you, but I have Kindle for pc and if I use skindle, I have to copy the file to the skindle folder and then output a file that is stripped. Then that file is added to Calibre. So I have my Kindle 4 pc files in the Kindle folder and the liberated ones in the Calibre folder. There are a few that would not strip, so those remain in the Kindle follder.

Am new to all this, so trying to set up a system.

Carol

animedude01 · 11-28-2010, 12:37 AM

Personally, I keep only the liberated books in Calibre. The DRM'd books don't do me much good and I don't want Calibre accidentally sending the wrong version to my reader. I've done that before and it's a hassle to delete it and reload the liberated version.

However, that being said, the originals are still in the Adobe Digital Editions folder for epub and pdf, and in the Kindle for PC folder for Amazon books. I do that "just in case" I need them again or lose the Calibre database.

Hope this helps.

toddos · 11-28-2010, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by animedude01

However, that being said, the originals are still in the Adobe Digital Editions folder for epub and pdf, and in the Kindle for PC folder for Amazon books. I do that "just in case" I need them again or lose the Calibre database.

Backup your Calibre database and books. Then you don't need the originals. Besides, if you ever do need the originals, you should be able to re-download them from wherever you purchased them in the first place.

animedude01 · 11-28-2010, 10:26 AM

I do back up my database, but I've had occasions where somehow the liberation didn't go properly and I had to reprocess the books. I don't really have that many as I try not to buy DRM enabled books, so keeping them isn't that much of an issue.

Also, what happens if/when the store you purchased them from originally goes out of business?

alecE · 11-28-2010, 11:35 AM

Any DRMd book I buy goes into the folder called 'Locked' after I've downloaded it through Adobe. A copy without DRM is then made in the folder called 'Unlocked'. Said title then wanders into the 'Base Library' folder where I do any desired editing in Sigil (or any necessary corrections, dammit!). The 'Base Library' folder is the source used by Calibre to add to the Calibre library. Obviously there's a useful degree of backup given that different disk drives are involved.

sadievan · 11-28-2010, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animedude01

Personally, I keep only the liberated books in Calibre. The DRM'd books don't do me much good and I don't want Calibre accidentally sending the wrong version to my reader. I've done that before and it's a hassle to delete it and reload the liberated version.

However, that being said, the originals are still in the Adobe Digital Editions folder for epub and pdf, and in the Kindle for PC folder for Amazon books. I do that "just in case" I need them again or lose the Calibre database.

Hope this helps.

Thank you. This is exactly what I have been doing. So far it has been working ok. I do make back ups of my folders also.

Carol

Clancy_s · 11-28-2010, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadievan

Thank you. This is exactly what I have been doing. So far it has been working ok. I do make back ups of my folders also.

Carol

Me3.

Calibre and my liberated books are in ubuntu, ADE and the drm ones in vista (I buy my of my books from Baen so haven't bothered trying to set it up in wine).

sadievan · 12-05-2010, 12:23 AM

Ok. So I have another question for all of you. Which version do you load on your ereader, the liberated version or the DRM version?

Thanks,
Carol

toddos · 12-05-2010, 12:30 AM

Why would you ever do anything with the DRMed version of the book after liberating it?

sadievan · 12-05-2010, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toddos

Why would you ever do anything with the DRMed version of the book after liberating it?

I'm new to all of this and am just trying to sort out things and get ideas of how to do things.

Carol

11-25-2010, 01:38 PM	#1
sadievan Wizard Posts: 1,933 Karma: 5477576 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone, Kobo LC	For those who liberate their eBooks Do you keep only your liberated books in Calibre or do you also keep your original purchased books, say from Amazon. If you keep both, how do you distinguish between the non-DRM and DRM versions. Thanks Carol

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LGN Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: ProMedia eReader, Sony PRS-600	Purchased books are managed with Adobe Digital Editions.

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11-25-2010, 08:06 PM	#5
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Oh........and this. If you can read your books on Calibre, they are NOT drm'd. Calibre will not read drm'd books and a pop up window will let you know if they are.. Therefore, all books on Calibre would be without drm.

11-28-2010, 12:37 AM	#7
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Personally, I keep only the liberated books in Calibre. The DRM'd books don't do me much good and I don't want Calibre accidentally sending the wrong version to my reader. I've done that before and it's a hassle to delete it and reload the liberated version. However, that being said, the originals are still in the Adobe Digital Editions folder for epub and pdf, and in the Kindle for PC folder for Amazon books. I do that "just in case" I need them again or lose the Calibre database. Hope this helps.

11-28-2010, 10:26 AM	#9
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	I do back up my database, but I've had occasions where somehow the liberation didn't go properly and I had to reprocess the books. I don't really have that many as I try not to buy DRM enabled books, so keeping them isn't that much of an issue. Also, what happens if/when the store you purchased them from originally goes out of business?

11-28-2010, 11:35 AM	#10
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	Any DRMd book I buy goes into the folder called 'Locked' after I've downloaded it through Adobe. A copy without DRM is then made in the folder called 'Unlocked'. Said title then wanders into the 'Base Library' folder where I do any desired editing in Sigil (or any necessary corrections, dammit!). The 'Base Library' folder is the source used by Calibre to add to the Calibre library. Obviously there's a useful degree of backup given that different disk drives are involved.

12-05-2010, 12:23 AM	#13
sadievan Wizard Posts: 1,933 Karma: 5477576 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone, Kobo LC	Ok. So I have another question for all of you. Which version do you load on your ereader, the liberated version or the DRM version? Thanks, Carol

12-05-2010, 12:30 AM	#14
toddos Guru Posts: 695 Karma: 822675 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Aura, Nokia Lumia 920 (Freda)	Why would you ever do anything with the DRMed version of the book after liberating it?

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