Amazon and DRM changes

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by mitra1

https://mailchi.mp/feedbooks/37s7tkd5pm
Update the list in first post

What is the connection between Feedbooks being shut down and a thread about Amazon and DRM?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

What is the connection between Feedbooks being shut down and a thread about Amazon and DRM?

That post has been posted in multiple places and non appropriate.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That post has been posted in multiple places and non appropriate.

Either the admins have removed those duplicate messages from MobileRead or I'm missing them.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by DNSB

What is the connection between Feedbooks being shut down and a thread about Amazon and DRM?

The first post lists Feedbooks as an alternative to Amazon for obtaining books.

[ownedbycats]

I removed the Feedbooks link from the original post.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jhowell

The first post lists Feedbooks as an alternative to Amazon for obtaining books.

Given that the first post was over a year ago, it's easy to forget exactly what's in there especially since the relevant part was not quoted.

[swapjim]

I want to buy an ebook that's only available from Amazon, and I want to remove the DRM to side load it to my Kobo. I don't own a Kindle device. Back in 2020 I remember being able to do this by using the Windows Kindle app, Calibre, and Apprentice Harper's DeDRM tools. But that doesn't work any more. So I tried the following:

1. Downloaded the latest Kindle app (2.3.1 70682).
2. Downloaded the latest Calibre
3. Downloaded the latest DeDRM_Tools from https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/

And that didn't work either.

Is there a link documenting the steps I need to take? Do I need, perhaps, an older version of the Kindle app? I've kept version 1.26 but it didn't manage to login.

[John F]

Originally Posted by swapjim

I want to buy an ebook that's only available from Amazon, and I want to remove the DRM to side load it to my Kobo. I don't own a Kindle device. Back in 2020 I remember being able to do this by using the Windows Kindle app, Calibre, and Apprentice Harper's DeDRM tools. But that doesn't work any more. So I tried the following:

1. Downloaded the latest Kindle app (2.3.1 70682).
2. Downloaded the latest Calibre
3. Downloaded the latest DeDRM_Tools from https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/

And that didn't work either.

Is there a link documenting the steps I need to take? Do I need, perhaps, an older version of the Kindle app? I've kept version 1.26 but it didn't manage to login.

Untill someone more knowledgable comes along, it looks to me like you didn't download the latest DRM removal tools (from what you quoted):

The latest version (2.2.x) of Kindle for PC, NoDRM's fork of DeDRM (10.0.9 beta), and KFX Input can now be used! It is also not known how long this method will remain working, so backup your books as soon as possible.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by swapjim

I want to buy an ebook that's only available from Amazon, and I want to remove the DRM to side load it to my Kobo. I don't own a Kindle device. Back in 2020 I remember being able to do this by using the Windows Kindle app, Calibre, and Apprentice Harper's DeDRM tools. But that doesn't work any more. So I tried the following:

1. Downloaded the latest Kindle app (2.3.1 70682).
2. Downloaded the latest Calibre
3. Downloaded the latest DeDRM_Tools from https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/

And that didn't work either.

Is there a link documenting the steps I need to take? Do I need, perhaps, an older version of the Kindle app? I've kept version 1.26 but it didn't manage to login.

Did you install the KFX Input plugin for calibre? The newest Kindle app will download KFX format. I would also recommend using the autorelease version of the DeDRM code available from DeDRM_tools_autorelease page.