How to remove DRM from eBooks in Linux
I've just received my Cybook, and wanted to try to convert a PDF to Mobi, using Calibre (I'm running Ubuntu), but the DRM is preventing that from happening.
Any suggestions are welcome, also on other possible/useful e-book software for Linux.
Thanks!!
wallcraft:---------------------
Almost all DRM removal tools use Python and should be Linux compatible. ConvertLIT is C, but there are pe-built Linux versions.
With LIT and Adobe ADEPT, you may need to get a key on a Windows PC (and you can't download DRMed ebooks from the ebook stores except with a Windows PC or, for Adobe, from a Mac). The actual DRM removal can be done under Linux.
Spektakel:--------------------
Thanks for answering. However, I don't understand half of what you're saying. Although I use Linux, I'm a simple man, and I haven't got much experience with manualy installing software in Ubuntu, except for double clicking some .deb files...
So, what I'm asking is basically: what "ready to install/use" software is available for Linux / Ubuntu for removing DRM from (all kinds of e-book) files, and/or for other e-book needs?
I hope this question is not too basic or broad, I've searched the forum and internet for a while, but I haven't got much further then Calibre (which I know won't strip any DRM).
wallcraft:-------------------
Once you have Python, mobidedrm.py will strip the DRM from MOBI ebooks, for example, and you can buy MOBIs using any web browser. This is a command-line program, which means that it is no harder to use from Linux than from Windows.
Part of the difficulty in answering your question is that DRM tools are specific to particular DRM schemes and also that DRM stripping tools don't typically have fancy interfaces (because no one wants to go to jail for providing "frills" to a working program). In the US, it might be legal to use a DRM removal tool but it is definitely illegal to write one.
Spektakel:----------------------
So, thanks again. By the way, I really think it's absurd that writing or even using software like this (or any software, for that matter) could get you in trouble or even in jail...
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In my home life, I only use Linux and I'm having a hard time trying to buy books because of the lack of DRM support for Linux (not that I'm a fan of DRM but that's a whole other thread). When I've tried buying Mobi formatted books from Fiction Wise, it says I need to set a code before I can download the book but I need a Mobi device to get the code. Any way around that?
I am enjoying my PRS-505 tremendously but it still seems to be easier to get in the car and drive to a brick & mortar store to buy my books!
Thanks!
wallcraft: ---------------------
MOBI is one of the best formats for Linux because does not require machine-specific software to download it. You do need a PID though. This is the kind of thing that a variant of the kindlepid.py could do on your Mac (but the current version probably won't work). For now, you could try Windows MobiPocket Reader under Wine (WineHQ - MobiPocket Reader). You don't need it to work completely, all you need is for there to be an entry under "Reading Devices" in the left pane that gives the PID of your Mac.
An alternative is to find any Windows PC that you can load Windows MobiPocket Reader on, or a PDA/cell phone that can load MobiPocket Reader, and get a PID from that. I think you need a PID not allocated to another user - but I'm not sure. If not, there are plenty of PIDs floating around in posts at MobiPocket Forums.
