Remember that Calibre can also be your ebook library on your Linux desktop. It’s fairly easy to set Calibre up to automatically rip all of the DRM out of your ebook library and put the control back in your hands. By letting you convert your now-unencumbered book to different formats, it’s much easier to use your ebook on just about any device. You can select from a variety of output formats. If you want to get more creative with it, click on the “Convert books” button. The DRM is gone, and the book is free to use however you choose. Your previously DRM’d book will open up in a new window for viewing.

Then, click the “View” button on the main menu. Click on your book in the library list to highlight it. You should be able to open up your newly imported book in the Calibre viewer. Click on the “Add Book” button in Calibre and browse to your book. That’s actually the only time that it works, so if you have ebooks already in your library(you shouldn’t) that have DRM, you’ll need to remove them and import them again. The plugin removes DRM automatically when an ebook is added to your library. Think of it like a cross between Kodi and Handbrake, but for ebooks. In addition to all that, it lets you remove DRM and convert your ebooks between formats. Calibre even helps you author your own ebooks. It’s much more than a reader and a library. In short, it prevents you from using your legally purchased property the way you want.Ĭalibre is one of the best ebook tools out there. It’s pretty hard to deny that DRM has a negative impact on ebooks. There, now that that’s out of the way, you can focus on getting rid of it from all of your ebooks.

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RequirementsĪ working Linux install with root privileges. This will work on any Linux distribution. Install Calibre and use it to remove ebook DRM.

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