Looking for guide for Calibre with Kobo conversion - Page 2

tinlizzie · 07-18-2023, 05:04 PM

Thank you @ownedbycats. I have the ascm file and I d/l the 2 books to the kobo desktop app, but neither my ADE nor Calibre knows what to do with any of it

JSWolf · 07-18-2023, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tinlizzie

I have the same problem. I just bought 2 books from Kobo and there is NO way I can find a usable copy of the books on my pc. I have ADE and the kobo app, where the books are thanks to a previous post here and of course Calibre, but I cannot load anything anywhere. Just spent hours trying everything in creation but no joy

. Cannot even find the plug-ins for Calibre. I do not have the latest Calibre, because I'm still using win7.

Here's what to do.

Go to kobo.com
Move the mouse pointer over my account and select My Books
Find the book you want to download
Click the ... to the right under the cover and select Download
Click Download File
Open the ACSM file in ADE and you'll have your ePub
If the ePub is DRM free, you'll download the ePub without the need for ADE

DNSB · 07-18-2023, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tinlizzie

I have the same problem. I just bought 2 books from Kobo and there is NO way I can find a usable copy of the books on my pc. I have ADE and the kobo app, where the books are thanks to a previous post here and of course Calibre, but I cannot load anything anywhere. Just spent hours trying everything in creation but no joy

. Cannot even find the plug-ins for Calibre. I do not have the latest Calibre, because I'm still using win7.

If you are trying to download a book using an .acsm file, you will need to use an authorized copy of ADE or the DeACSM plugin for calibre. I'm not sure if DeACSM will work on the version of calibre you are running.

If you are trying to get the books from the Kobo Desktop app, you will need to install Obok in calibre (it's part of the DeDRM package).

tinlizzie · 07-18-2023, 10:05 PM

Thank you @JSWOLF and @DNSB I am unable to load the acsm file into my ADE, as I only have a free account with Adobe and that action seems to require a paid account ??? I did find the books where DNSB previously posted, i.e. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Kobo\Kobo Desktop Edition\kepub, but I cannot load the files anywhere, not into ADE nor into Calibre - obviously a wrong format ????? I have reinstalled the suggested vs Calibre along with the obok plug-in but still no joy. I have tried to drag and drop the files from \kepub folder to Calibre but not a go. After a wasted day I'm ready to go back to dead tree lol.

tinlizzie · 07-18-2023, 11:03 PM

Thank you @JSWOLF and @DNSB I am unable to load the acsm file into my ADE, as I only have a free account with Adobe and that action seems to require a paid account ???
I did find the books where DNSB previously posted, i.e. ..\kepub, but I cannot load the files anywhere, not into ADE nor into Calibre - obviously a wrong format ????? Lol after wasting a day on this I'm ready to go back to dead tree. I did reinstall the suggested vs of Calibre for win7 and also installed the obok-plug-in, but I cannot load the files from \kepub anywhere

Sirtel · 07-18-2023, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tinlizzie

Thank you @JSWOLF and @DNSB I am unable to load the acsm file into my ADE, as I only have a free account with Adobe and that action seems to require a paid account ???

No, it doesn't require a paid account. Why exactly are you unable to open the acsm with Adobe Digital Editions? Do you get an error message?

tinlizzie · 07-19-2023, 12:24 AM

Thanks @Sirtel....yes it says Error? Check Activation...which I did

and it asks if I want to upgrade to a paid account.

Sirtel · 07-19-2023, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by tinlizzie

Thanks @Sirtel....yes it says Error? Check Activation...which I did

and it asks if I want to upgrade to a paid account.

Have you tried de-authorizing and re-authorizing?

tinlizzie · 07-19-2023, 01:08 AM

No, that is the one thing I have not tried...will do it tomorrow when I'm less flustered

Thank you @Sirtel ! I have finally been able to load those files into Calibre but Calibre gives me the "no available format" blurb when I load the raw files from \kepub.

DNSB · 07-19-2023, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tinlizzie

No, that is the one thing I have not tried...will do it tomorrow when I'm less flustered

Thank you @Sirtel ! I have finally been able to load those files into Calibre but Calibre gives me the "no available format" blurb when I load the raw files from \kepub.

If you load the raw files from \kepub without using Obok, you would have to rename the files to add the .epub extension before loading them into calibre. I used to do this by copying the files to a temporary directory, bulk-renaming them and then deleting after loading into calibre. You would also run into files that have Kobo's DRM which Obok removes.

tinlizzie · 07-20-2023, 12:34 PM

Thanks everyone for saving my sanity

I de/re-authorized ADE, but then ran into the
E_ADEPT_REQUEST_EXPIRED error which had me bamboozled until I re-d/l the acsm file. I had tried to load the previous day's acsm file and that was a no-go. Apparently the acsm files are time-sensitive. After that though, tg it was all downhill. I was able to load the files from ADE library to Calibre and ultimately to my device.
@DNSB Before I installed obok, I did actually add the .epub extension to the raw files, but Calibre did not know what to do with them, so obok in Calibre did the trick. Thanks again all for the help

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doctorscience · 07-21-2023, 02:36 PM

Long-time reader, first-time caller. I'm in the same position as the OP, except everything was working fine back in March and now I can't seem to get the DRM off my books so I can share them with my family. As though they're books, that I own.

Although it's possible that there's something hinky with my ADE code, because I found an epub in my Adobe folder from 2018 & I couldn't open it, either. I've installed DeDRM 10.0.3 and DeACSM 0.0.16.

Anyway, I've tried DLing from Kobo.com (desktop) to acsm files into Calibre directly, no dice. I can use the acsm to go to ADE, get an epub, pull the epub into Calibre, no dice.

When I use the Kobo desktop app, the kepub folder has a bunch of weird files with no file types. Can I pull these into Calibre? do I have to give them file extensions, or just do as is?

Should I go through the Kobo app on my phone, somehow?

JSWolf · 07-21-2023, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorscience

Long-time reader, first-time caller. I'm in the same position as the OP, except everything was working fine back in March and now I can't seem to get the DRM off my books so I can share them with my family. As though they're books, that I own.

Although it's possible that there's something hinky with my ADE code, because I found an epub in my Adobe folder from 2018 & I couldn't open it, either. I've installed DeDRM 10.0.3 and DeACSM 0.0.16.

Anyway, I've tried DLing from Kobo.com (desktop) to acsm files into Calibre directly, no dice. I can use the acsm to go to ADE, get an epub, pull the epub into Calibre, no dice.

When I use the Kobo desktop app, the kepub folder has a bunch of weird files with no file types. Can I pull these into Calibre? do I have to give them file extensions, or just do as is?

Should I go through the Kobo app on my phone, somehow?

You need to install and register ADE so DeDRM can get the key.

doctorscience · 07-21-2023, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

You need to install and register ADE so DeDRM can get the key.

Oh, I've done that long since, that's how it was working back in March & before. I can see the key in DeDRM & DeACSM.

doctorscience · 07-21-2023, 05:43 PM

I finally got my books by plugging my Kobo into my PC and using Obok DeDRM to yoink things from the reader to the computer. Victory!

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07-18-2023, 05:04 PM	#16
tinlizzie Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: palm	Thank you @ownedbycats. I have the ascm file and I d/l the 2 books to the kobo desktop app, but neither my ADE nor Calibre knows what to do with any of it

07-18-2023, 10:05 PM	#19
tinlizzie Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: palm	Thank you @JSWOLF and @DNSB I am unable to load the acsm file into my ADE, as I only have a free account with Adobe and that action seems to require a paid account ??? I did find the books where DNSB previously posted, i.e. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Kobo\Kobo Desktop Edition\kepub, but I cannot load the files anywhere, not into ADE nor into Calibre - obviously a wrong format ????? I have reinstalled the suggested vs Calibre along with the obok plug-in but still no joy. I have tried to drag and drop the files from \kepub folder to Calibre but not a go. After a wasted day I'm ready to go back to dead tree lol.

07-18-2023, 11:03 PM	#20
tinlizzie Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: palm	Thank you @JSWOLF and @DNSB I am unable to load the acsm file into my ADE, as I only have a free account with Adobe and that action seems to require a paid account ??? I did find the books where DNSB previously posted, i.e. ..\kepub, but I cannot load the files anywhere, not into ADE nor into Calibre - obviously a wrong format ????? Lol after wasting a day on this I'm ready to go back to dead tree. I did reinstall the suggested vs of Calibre for win7 and also installed the obok-plug-in, but I cannot load the files from \kepub anywhere

07-19-2023, 12:24 AM	#22
tinlizzie Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: palm	Thanks @Sirtel....yes it says Error? Check Activation...which I did and it asks if I want to upgrade to a paid account.

07-19-2023, 01:08 AM	#24
tinlizzie Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: palm	No, that is the one thing I have not tried...will do it tomorrow when I'm less flustered Thank you @Sirtel ! I have finally been able to load those files into Calibre but Calibre gives me the "no available format" blurb when I load the raw files from \kepub.

07-20-2023, 12:34 PM	#26
tinlizzie Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: palm	Thanks everyone for saving my sanity I de/re-authorized ADE, but then ran into the E_ADEPT_REQUEST_EXPIRED error which had me bamboozled until I re-d/l the acsm file. I had tried to load the previous day's acsm file and that was a no-go. Apparently the acsm files are time-sensitive. After that though, tg it was all downhill. I was able to load the files from ADE library to Calibre and ultimately to my device. @DNSB Before I installed obok, I did actually add the .epub extension to the raw files, but Calibre did not know what to do with them, so obok in Calibre did the trick. Thanks again all for the help .

07-21-2023, 02:36 PM	#27
doctorscience Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Kobo Sage	Long-time reader, first-time caller. I'm in the same position as the OP, except everything was working fine back in March and now I can't seem to get the DRM off my books so I can share them with my family. As though they're books, that I own. Although it's possible that there's something hinky with my ADE code, because I found an epub in my Adobe folder from 2018 & I couldn't open it, either. I've installed DeDRM 10.0.3 and DeACSM 0.0.16. Anyway, I've tried DLing from Kobo.com (desktop) to acsm files into Calibre directly, no dice. I can use the acsm to go to ADE, get an epub, pull the epub into Calibre, no dice. When I use the Kobo desktop app, the kepub folder has a bunch of weird files with no file types. Can I pull these into Calibre? do I have to give them file extensions, or just do as is? Should I go through the Kobo app on my phone, somehow?

07-21-2023, 05:43 PM	#30
doctorscience Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Kobo Sage	I finally got my books by plugging my Kobo into my PC and using Obok DeDRM to yoink things from the reader to the computer. Victory!