In data lunedì 14 settembre 2020 12:30:24 CEST, Dave Howorth ha scritto:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 06:47:53 +0200
Stakanov <stakanov@disroot.org> wrote:
In data domenica 13 settembre 2020 22:11:35 CEST, Dave Howorth ha
scritto:
I'm discussing with a publisher and author of a book how to get an electronic copy of the book. It's published for Kindle, as an ePub (with Adobe DRM) and as a PDF.
So I asked how to download the PDF but haven't got a straight answer yet (grr! :) In the meantime, is it easy/possible to read an e-book intended for a Kindle or a DRM-protected ePub? (And I'd rather not start with trying to install Adobe software inside wine unless there's some absolute guarantee of support, and even then I'd prefer not to).
https://www.epubor.com/calibre-drm-removal-plugins.html gives you an overview of the procedure.
Hmm, so this got me part of the way, but I think there's still something I don't understand.
I installed Calibre (the latest 4.23 from their site). I installed the DeDRM plugin (DeDRM_plugin.zip) from the epubor site. It said it was installed correctly (there's also a link 'GUI version for Linux' that leads to a file called alldrmremoval.tar.gz but I don't understand what that is about - Calibre didn't offer to install it)
Then I tried to open the book I bought but it just seems to open the link. When I bought the book and downloaded it, what I got was a file called URLLink.acsm which seems to be some sort of XML file rather than the content of a book - it's only 1.5 kB. I don't understand how to turn this URLLink.acsm file into the text of an actual book. I thought that's what Calibre and the plugin did?
Do not pirate content, just free you legally owned one please. Good luck and happy reading.
No, as I say I simply want to read a zero-cost book I have 'bought'. I don't understand why something that is free has DRM anyway :( You do have to download the corresponding file onto the ebook reader and then from the ebookreader while it is paired. Then you will perform the dedrming. I do not think they allow you to directly download the book file if not on a kindle directly (another limitation). I may be wrong though.
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