Almost all Kindle ebook files are DRM-protected. If you want to load your purchase into your favorite third-party e-reader or reading software, chances are you’ll need to strip it of DRM first. DRM-protected Kindle books can only be opened with a Kindle or one of Amazon’s Kindle apps. Removing DRM isn’t illegal, but doing so in order to distribute copyrighted material usually is.Īlthough DRM is intended to stop the illegal distribution (or sharing) of digital content, that’s not the only reason you’d want to remove it.You need either a Kindle device or an old version of Kindle for Windows or Mac to be able to remove DRM from Kindle files.Calibre supports converting Kindle books to other formats and is capable of Kindle DRM removal with the use of the DeDRM extension.We’ll also show you how to remove DRM from Kindle books once you have the files downloaded so you can read them on any kind of device or app. In this guide we’ll first show you how to download Kindle books directly onto a device. The encryption in a given file is tied to your device, so you’ll need your Kindle’s serial number to perform the decryption.- Last Updated: 15 Apr'22 T13:28:46+00:00ĭRM - short for “digital rights management” - is found in basically every type of digital media, and e-books are no exception. This is a Python script which strips the DRM from an encrypted Kindle book. Stripping the DRM: ch33s3w0rm/kindle_dedrm. I’ve got a script that works now, which leans on two other tools to do the heavy lifting: I prefer solutions that use command-line tools and (ideally) run inside Docker container – they tend to be much more portable between machines. Google suggests that Calibre can do this with the right plugins, but I don’t use Calibre for anything else, and I want to install new software as little as possible. I never bought any books from Microsoft, but I do have a collection of Kindle books, and this story was a reminder to investigate ways to remove the DRM from those. They were turning off the DRM servers behind their ebook store, and refunding customers for any books they’d bought. A few months ago, Microsoft made headlines when they announced they’d be turning off people’s books.
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