Calibre and borrowing ebooks from British library

Kraftwerk · 07-08-2012, 09:06 AM

I have a Kindle 4 and I'm wondering if it is possible to borrow and then be able to read the borrowed ebook on my Kindle, using Calibre to convert it first, perhaps?

Or is there some other way to get round it?

Thanks

CRussel · 07-08-2012, 11:24 AM

I'm not sure what formats and download mechanism Libraries use in the UK, but if it's anything like Canada, your choices are ePub or PDF, and both are DRM'd with Adobe DRM and are actually downloaded from Overdrive. This means you need to download the books to your PC and open them with Adobe Digital Editions. To convert them for a Kindle, you'd need to remove the DRM (google Apprentice Alf) and then import into Calibre and convert to Mobi format. (Conversion from ePub works well, from PDF less so.)

The legality of this in the UK is outside my expertise and I am not trying to start an ethical discussion here, just to answer the basic question of can it be done, and how, within the requirements of Mobileread. Note also that Calibre is not the DRM removal agent. That is done by a third party add-in available from the referenced source.

Kraftwerk · 07-08-2012, 02:59 PM

The UK libraries use Epub.
I forgot about DRM which the library ebooks will most probably be using.
It looks like I will have to wait until they become available for the Kindle.

CRussel · 07-09-2012, 01:08 AM

Your decision. Here in Canada, I clean and convert for my Kindle. And, of course, in the US they actually support Kindles.

07-08-2012, 09:06 AM	#1
Kraftwerk Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite 2	Calibre and borrowing ebooks from British library I have a Kindle 4 and I'm wondering if it is possible to borrow and then be able to read the borrowed ebook on my Kindle, using Calibre to convert it first, perhaps? Or is there some other way to get round it? Thanks

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07-08-2012, 11:24 AM	#2
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,288 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	I'm not sure what formats and download mechanism Libraries use in the UK, but if it's anything like Canada, your choices are ePub or PDF, and both are DRM'd with Adobe DRM and are actually downloaded from Overdrive. This means you need to download the books to your PC and open them with Adobe Digital Editions. To convert them for a Kindle, you'd need to remove the DRM (google Apprentice Alf) and then import into Calibre and convert to Mobi format. (Conversion from ePub works well, from PDF less so.) The legality of this in the UK is outside my expertise and I am not trying to start an ethical discussion here, just to answer the basic question of can it be done, and how, within the requirements of Mobileread. Note also that Calibre is not the DRM removal agent. That is done by a third party add-in available from the referenced source.

07-08-2012, 02:59 PM	#3
Kraftwerk Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite 2	The UK libraries use Epub. I forgot about DRM which the library ebooks will most probably be using. It looks like I will have to wait until they become available for the Kindle.

07-09-2012, 01:08 AM	#4
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,288 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Your decision. Here in Canada, I clean and convert for my Kindle. And, of course, in the US they actually support Kindles.

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