When you want to use a different ebook reader, or if the supplier stops supporting the ebooks you’ve bought, you may lose access to your DRMed ebooks. Others require new devices to be authorised by a central server on the Internet. Some DRM schemes limit ebooks to one device only, so if you want to read that ebook on a different device, it’s necessary to download the ebook again. Ebooks with one DRM scheme can’t be read on a device that uses a different DRM scheme. When you first start using ebooks, you might not notice the restrictions very much.
DRM controls which devices you can use to read your ebook, and stops you converting your ebooks from one format to another.ĭRM makes buying and using ebooks harder. Pick a location, and you’re all set.Post updated on 22nd March, 2013 DRM: What it is and why you should care about it.ĭRM is used by publishers to restrict what you can do with your ebooks.
At this point you should be prompted to save the DRM-free ebook.
Open one up and then quit the Kindle for PC app. You’ll find your Kindle books in Archived Items. After an extended moment, the Kindle for PC application will launch. You may be required to browse to python.exe in order to run it, but either way the goal is to run it with Python. Once you’ve got all of that installed and ready, open up the unswindle.py script. Python (Anything 2.x should work fine, but if you want to follow instructions exactly ou can download 2.6.4.).Kindle for PC (Yes, this means you need Windows but it Kindle for PC reportedly works with Wine.).Too Smart Guys created the video above (the tutorial portion starting at 2:05), demonstrating how to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks that you legally purchased. If you’ve got some Kindle books you’d like to use with a different device, here’s how to remove the DRM so you can. Amazon’s Kindle jumpstarted the ebook revolution, but that doesn’t make it the eReader of choice for everyone.
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