The set includes tools to remove DRM from eReader PDB books, Barnes and Noble ePubs, Adobe ePubs, Adobe PDFs, and Kindle/Mobi ebooks (including Topaz).
This ReadMe_First.txt is meant to give users a quick overview of what is available and how to get started.
Calibre Users (Mac OS X, Linux, Windows)
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If you are a calibre user, the quickest and easiest way to remove DRM form your ebooks is to open the Calibre_Plugins folder and install each of the plugins following the instructions and configuration directions provided in each plugins README file.
Once installed and configured, you can simply import a DRM book into Calibre and end up with the DeDRM version in the Calibre database.
These plugins work for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Mac OS X Users (Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6)
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Drag the DeDRM X.X.app droplet to your Desktop. Double-click on it once and it will guide you through collecting the data it needs to remove the DRM.
Fully extract the DeDRM_WinApp_vX.X.zip. Drag the resulting DeDRM_WinApp_vx.x folder to someplace out of the way on your machine. Open the folder and make a short-cut to DeDRM_Drop_Target and move that short-cut to your Desktop. Double-click on the short-cut and DeDRM will launch it will guide you through collecting the data it needs to remove the DRM. This progeam requires that Python and PyCrypto be properly installed. See below for details.
To use it simply drag ebooks or folders onto the DeDRM_Drop_Target short-cut, and it will remove process the ebooks.
Linux Users
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A version of the DeDRM drag and drop tool is coming for Linux. In the meantime, you should have no problems runnign the gui tools (or their command line equivalents) described next.
There are a number of python based tools that have graphical user interfaces to make them easy to use. To use any of these tools, you need to have Python 2.5, 2.6, or 2.7 for 32 bits installed on your machine as well as a matching PyCrypto or OpenSSL for some tools.
On Mac OS X (10.5 and 10.6) and Linux (recent versions), your systems already have the proper Python and OpenSSL installed. So nothing need be done, you can already run these tools by double-clicking on the .pyw python scripts.
Users of Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, need to download and install the "32-bit Mac Installer disk Image (2.7.X) for OS X 10.3 and later from http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.1/
On Windows, you need to install a 32 bit version of Python (even on Windows 64) plus a matching 32 bit version of PyCrypto *OR* OpenSSL. See the end of this document for details.
The scripts are organized by type of ebook you need to remove the DRM from. Choose from among:
"Adobe_ePub_Tools"
"Adobe_PDF_Tools"
"Barnes_and_Noble_ePub_Tools"
"eReader_PDB_Tools"
"KindleBooks_Tools"
by simply opening that folder.
In the "KindleBooks_Tools" folder the primary tool is in the "KindleBooks" folder.
If you are a Windows user, or a Linux platform using Wine, or Mac OS X or have trouble running the KindleBooks tools, there are two other tools provided. These are called "Kindle_4_Mac_Unswindle" and "Kindle_4_PC_Unswindle".
Look for a README inside of the relevant folder to get you started.
Additional Tools
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Some additional tools are also provided in the "Mobi_Additional_Tools" folder. There are tools for working with "Kindle for iPhone/iPod_Touch/iPad", finding Topaz ebooks, unpacking Mobi ebooks (without DRM) to get to the Mobi markup language inside, and etc.
There is also an "ePub_Fixer" folder that can be used to fix broken DRM epubs that sometimes provided by Adobe and Barnes and Noble that actually violate the zip standard.
Check out their readmes for more info.
Windows and Python Tools
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We strongly recommend ActiveState's Active Python 2.6 or 2.7 Community Edition for Windows (x86) 32 bits. This can be downloaded for free from:
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads
In addition, Windows Users need one of PyCrypto OR OpenSSL.
