Open Blinkbox books

[raydawson]

I have used Calibre for some time with my Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Touch. I have recently bought s Hudl 2 tablet, which comes with a Blinkbox reader for downloading books from Blinkbox.

Although Calibre doesn't recognise the Hudl 2 tablet, I can copy the Blinkbox books, which are in epub format, from the Hudl to Calibre, and they do list in the library.

However, if I click on a Blinkbox book in the library it gives an error 'Zip file is encrypted'.

Is there any way to get Blinkbox books into Calibre in a readable and convertible format?

Many thanks for any help.

Ray D

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by raydawson

I have used Calibre for some time with my Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Touch. I have recently bought s Hudl 2 tablet, which comes with a Blinkbox reader for downloading books from Blinkbox.

Although Calibre doesn't recognise the Hudl 2 tablet, I can copy the Blinkbox books, which are in epub format, from the Hudl to Calibre, and they do list in the library.

However, if I click on a Blinkbox book in the library it gives an error 'Zip file is encrypted'.

Is there any way to get Blinkbox books into Calibre in a readable and convertible format?

Many thanks for any help.

Ray D

It looks like Blinkbox is using its own encryption scheme, so you won't be able to convert or edit the books in calibre.

I don't know of any tools that remove Blinkbox encryption. Personally I wouldn't buy any DRMed ebooks where I couldn't remove the DRM. What happens if Tesco decides to abandon Blinkbox Books?

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Personally I wouldn't buy any DRMed ebooks where I couldn't remove the DRM. What happens if Tesco decides to abandon Blinkbox Books?

Agreed. I've bought many books from Amazon because it is usually easy to remove the DRM. If I couldn't remove the infestation I would buy from another source.