Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ReadMe First
ReadMe First
ReadMe First
=====================
This ReadMe_First.txt is meant to give users a quick overview of what is availab
le and how to get started. This document is part of the Tools v6.5.1 archive fro
m Apprentice Alf's Blog: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/
The is archive includes tools to remove DRM from:
- Kindle ebooks (from Kindle for Mac/PC and eInk Kindles).
- Barnes and Noble ePubs
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1*) ePubs (including Kobo and Google ePubs downl
oaded to ADE)
- Kobo kePubs from the Kobo Desktop application
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1) PDFs
- Mobipocket ebooks
- eReader PDB books
- Scuolabooks (Link to solution by Hex)
These tools do NOT work with Apple's iBooks FairPlay DRM (see end of this file.)
* With Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and later, Adobe have introduced a new, option
al, DRM scheme. To avoid this new scheme, you should use Adobe Digital Editions
2.0.1. Some books are required to use the new DRM scheme and so will not downloa
d with ADE 2.0.1. If you still want such a book, you will need to use ADE 3.0 or
later to download it, but you should remember that no tools to remove Adobe's n
ew DRM scheme exist as of June 2016.
About the tools
---------------
These tools are updated and maintained by Apprentice Alf and Apprentice Harper.
You can find links to the latest updates and get support at Apprentice Alf's blo
g: http://www.apprenticealf.wordpress.com/
If you re-post these tools, a link to the blog would be appreciated.
Other_Tools
-----------
This is a folder of other tools that may be useful for DRMed ebooks from certain
sources or for Linux users. Most users won't need any of these tools.
B_and_N_Download_Helper
A Javascript to enable a download button at the B&N website for ebooks that norm
ally won't download to your PC. Only for the adventurous.
DRM_Key_Scripts
This folder contains python scripts that create or extract or fetch encryption k
eyfiles for Barnes and Noble, Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle for Mac/PC and old
versons of Kindle for Android.
Kindle_for_Android_Patches
Definitely only for the adventurous, this folder contains information on how to
modify the Kindle for Android app to b able to get a PID for use with the other
Kindle tools (DeDRM apps and calibre plugin).
Kobo
Contains the standalone obok python script for removing DRM from kePubs download
ed using the kobo desktop application.
Rocket_ebooks
Information about the now-obsolete Rocket ebook format and DRM, along with sourc
e for a tool to remove the DRM.
Scuolabook_DRM
A link to the tool for removing DRM from ScuolaBooks PDFs, created by "Hex".