Most of the work on converting the DRM removal scripts to a calibre plugin has been done by DiapDealer and Apprentice Alf.

If you have any difficulties following the instructions in this post, the calibre developers will not be able to help. The calibre developers are not involved in the development of the DRM removal plugin, and are not able to help with any DRM removal questions. azw3 ebooks should be viewed using calibre’s internal viewer. azw3 Kindel ebooks you might need to check a checkbox in calibre’s preferences to say that. You can check that the DRM has been removed from an imported ebook by trying to view it using calibre’s built-in viewer. If you have already imported your ebooks into calibre, you will need to remove the DRMed ebooks and import them again. So to use the plugin, just import your DRMed ebooks into calibre, and the DRM will be removed. The DeDRM calibre plugin removes DRM from ebooks as they are imported into calibre. A “Success” dialog will appear, saying that the plug-in has been installed. Click on the “Yes” button in the “Are you sure?” warning dialog that appears. Click on the “Add” (sometimes “Open”) button.ĩ. Select the DeDRM_plugin.zip file in that folderĨ. Navigate to the tools folder unzipped in step 2Ħ. Click on the large “Load plugin from file” buttonĥ. Click on Plugins (under “Advanced”) - it looks like a jigsaw puzzle piece.Ĥ.

(Do not click “Get plugins to enhance calibre”, that option is reserved for ‘official’ calibre plugins.)ģ. From the Preferences menu select “Change calibre behavior”.

Download the latest tools package, and unzip it.Ģ.

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