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Calibre is a free, open source ebook reader that’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux, with an extra portable version for Windows PCs. This is particularly handy, because you can keep on a USB. In order to show calibre in a different language, open the preferences (by pressing ⌘+P) and select your language. If you are using macOS older than 10.14 (Mojave), the last version of calibre that will work on your machine is 3.48, available here.

calibre works on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) and higher.

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In order to show calibre in a different language, open the preferences (by pressing ⌘+P) and select your language.
If you are using macOS older than 10.14 (Mojave), the last version of calibre that will work on your machine is 3.48, available here.
If you are using macOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion), the last version of calibre that will work on your machine is 2.85.1, available here.

When talking about Calibre DRM Removal 2020, we will know that we should add DeDRM tools to Calibre because they are must-have if we want to remove DRM from eBooks with Calibre.

In this post, I’ll focus on DeDRM with Calibre for Kindle/Kobo/ACSM eBooks part by part — and 10+ exclusive and effective solutions if you meet errors.

Disclaimer:

1. DeDRM from eBooks is acceptable only when you want to backup or share your own files. DON’T resell those drm free eBooks and respect every author please.

2. This post introduces exactly how to dedrm eBooks from Kindle, Kobo and Adobe Digital Editions (such as Google Play books) files. Apple books and Nook ePubs are not supported now.

Does New Kindle App For Mac Work With Calibre

3. DeDRM tools only work on our own purchased eBooks, eTextbooks and rented eBooks are not supported.

4. Here what I introduced are all tested on my personal Windows laptop and Mac computer. Calibre supports Linux, if you meet any problems when running calibre drm plugins on Linux, please contact Alf team to ask for help as I didn’t test Calibre DRM Removal for eBooks on Linux.

Part 1. Preparing (What You Need)

Calibre (need calibre version 4.x and earlier)
DeDRM_tools (version 6.8.1 at the time of writing)
Kindle/Kobo/Adobe eBooks downloaded via official desktop app.
Import eBooks to Calibre to DeDRM.

Note:

1. The reason that we must use calibre version 4.x is because the DeDRM_tools only works on this version. Calibre 5.x does not work with DeDRM, until DeDRM 7.0.0 is released in the future.

2. The DeDRM_tools contains two plugins: DeDRM and Obok. The DeDRM plugin handles books that are downloaded from Kindle, Adobe Digital Editions, and some historical formats. The Obok plugin handles books that are downloaded from Kobo desktop app.

Part 2. How to Add DeDRM tools to Calibre?

This is how you add a plugin to the Calibre program.

Step1. Download Calibre version 4.x or earlier.

Step2. Download DeDRM_tools_6.8.1.zip and unzip it.

Step3. Add downloaded plugin zip file to Calibre.

Run calibre, select “Preferences” > “Plugin” > “Load plugin from file”, then choose the “DeDRM_plugin.zip” or “Obok_plugin.zip” from the unzipped DeDRM_tools_6.8.1 archive, click on the “Open” button. Ignore the “Are you sure?” warning dialog(Yes”), then A “Success” dialog will appear, saying that the plug-in has been installed. Click on “OK” and then “Apply”.

Step4. Restart Cablire.

Part 3. DRM removal plugin failed to install Issues

Have followed the above steps but the calibre dedrm plugin is not working?

SyntaxeError: invalid syntax

As of calibre 5, calibre has moved from Python 2 to Python 3, because Python 2 has been end-of-lifed.

The DeDRM plugins that have not yet been ported to Python 3. To resolve this bug, you will have to roll back to calibre 4.x until the plugin is imported.

Unhandled exception: does not contain a top-level init.py file

You see this error may be because you added the whole archive file into calibre. Unzip the DeDRM_tools_6.8.1 archive, and look in the DeDRM_tools_6.8.1 folder for the zip file(named DeDRM_Plugin.zip and Obok_plugin.zip) to load into calibre.

Another reason is the downloaded drm plugin file is not the latest version. If so, you should remove the older version plugin first, and then download the latest one and import them again to calibre.

Part 4. How to unlock DRM from Kindle KFX eBooks with Calibre plugin?

Since Amazon started using new KFX format to Kindle eBooks, calibre plugin no longer works for unlocking DRM from KFX format. The DeDRM plugin here works with non-KFX Amazon books only, and the solutions introduced here are walkaround solutions, not the direct (quick) one.

Note:

1. The plugin doesn’t work on books downloaded from Kindle Fire(HD) tablets, Kindle for Android/IOS applications.

2. The tools do not work with the Windows 8 AppStore Kindle app.

3. To convert KFX to ePub/PDF with Calibre, the KFX Input Plugin (version 1.36.0 at the time of writing) must be installed too.

4. If you have a Kindle e-ink device, don’t directly download and import books to calibre as it doesn’t work on these files. But you can download and transfer via USB to your device, then the downloaded file will be .azw3 format. Import azw3 to Calibre and configure the DeDRM plugin by inputting KSN, then you can also remove drm.

Walkaround 1. (For Windows) Install an outdated Kindle (such as version 1.24)

If you have downloaded the latest Kindle for PC, deregister the Kindle PC app first, and then uninstall it from your windows computer.

Install, launch, and register this Kindle installation with your own amazon account.

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Don’t forget to uncheck the auto-update from Kindle’s settings. Otherwise, when you launch it next time, it will update to the latest version automatically, which does not work with DeDRM.

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If asked if you want to update to the newest version, always select “Skip this version” please.

Now you can select books from your Kindle library and download them to your local Windows.

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Important:

You can find(and even change) the kindle for pc books location by clicking on “Tools” > “Options” > “Content” > “Change Folder”.

Import Kindle books to Calibre library, and the DRM will be removed.

As the above image shows, the drm removed KFX books will be turned to KFX(non-DRM). After you installed the kfx input plugin to calibre, you can continue to convert kfx eBooks to other formats.

Walkaround 2. (For Mac) Avoid KFX downloads by renaming renderer-test on Kindle for Mac

Important:

For mac computer users, we can also use an older version kindle for mac（such as v1.23) to get around the new kfx format. But in fact, considering that the older version kindle app can’t run on catalina and big sur, while more users have updated (or will update soon) their mac system to the newest one, so here I write down this solution in detail for Mac users, save your time to understand and test.

The key to avoiding KFX downloading from K4Mac 1.25+ is to block KFX with chmod -x, then do