Remove DRM from PDF and Epub with Calibre. EBook DRM places many restrictions on legitimate users and forces users to view the eBook on a single device or application. It also controls your usage and doesn’t allow you to share the book with others. In a word, DRM (Digital Rights Management) limits the number of devices on which you can read e-books.
Vendors like Amazon, Apple, and others have their ebook DRMs that allow you to read books using a vendor-specific device or app. Most of us want to read ebooks on multiple devices, and in such cases, the most possible way to overcome this limited usability is to remove DRM from the ebook.
Remove DRM from PDF and Epub with Calibre
There are many tools to help you remove DRM protection from an ebook you have purchased, and one of them is Caliber. It is a popular tool for managing ebook libraries. In addition to just managing ebooks, these tools also offer a wide range of plugins. Among them, Caliber DeDRM Plugin is the most popular as it eliminates the ebook DRM so you can read the ebook on your favorite device. The Caliber engine supports e-books from different vendors like Amazon Kindle, PDF (ACSM), Kobo KEPUB, Amazon Kindle, and Google books.
Caliber tool cannot remove DRM of ebook, but you need add DRM remove plugin to remove DRM of ebook. Here’s how you can separate DRM from ebooks using Caliber plugin.
- Install Caliber and DeDRM plugin
- Extract DRM of ebook
In this article, Theartcult will explain how to remove a DRM ebook in a Windows PC using the Caliber DeDRM plugin.
1. Install Caliber and DeDRM plugin Plugins
Download the latest version of Caliber. Run the installer and select the type of Ebook Reader you use. Select the appropriate options to complete the installation.
Download the DeDRM plugin here. Add DeDRM_ plugin.zip to Caliber.
Launch Caliber and navigate to Preferences from the menu bar.
Select the Change Caliber behavior option from the drop-down menu.
Go to the Advanced section in the new window and click on Plugins.
Click Load plugin from file and select the DeDRM_plugin zip folder. A pop-up window appears warning about a security risk.
Skip the risk and click Yes.
The zip file will be installed into Caliber and will appear in the File type add-in .
Restart Caliber.
2. Remove the DRM from the ebook
If you have eBooks on your desktop, simply Drag and drop the eBook into Caliber’s main interface. The tool will automatically remove DRM.
However, the steps are not the same if you’ve downloaded the book to your Kindle e-ink device.
If you’re using a Kindle e-ink device, connect your Kindle to Caliber via USB. It will show all the titles.
Go to Preferences and click on Advanced.
Select Plugins and click File type plugins.
Double-click DeDRM plugin and click Customize plugin .
Select the Kindle ebooks e-ink option to configure in the new Customize DeDRM window.
In the new pop-up that appears, enter the Kindle serial number. You can find your Kindle’s serial number on Google by entering the serial location along with the Kindle model name.
Once you know the serial number, enter it in the empty box and click the Ok button.
Close the window, and in the Caliber Preferences Window, click Apply.
DRM will be deleted automatically.
If the plugin fails to remove the DRM, restore all books from the library, reload Caliber, and re-add the ebooks to the library. Also, make sure you have the latest plugin version installed.
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