Amazon Already Broke BookFab’s Kindle DRM Removal Software

Last week I posted about new DRM removal software for Kindle ebooks that was recently released by a company that’s known for releasing decryption software, and it looks like Amazon has already disabled their method of DRM removal.

A few folks over at MobileRead claim that they’ve encountered problems getting ebooks to download using the new BookFab Kindle Converter software, and one of them received the following reply from DVDFab’s customer support regarding the issue:

“The Amazon site has recently made an update on the encryption part, which requires an update of BookFab. Our developers are actively working on it. Please kindly wait for an update. We would appreciate your continued support and patience.”

That hasn’t stopped DVDFab from selling their BookFab Kindle Converter software, despite it not doing what they claim it can do. Considering it costs $71.99 for the lifetime license, that’s a big red flag. They do offer a free trial, though, so you can do a test to see if it works before buying. You definitely should do that before buying in light of these reports.

It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes them to find a workaround to get things up and working again. Their first attempt only lasted about a week. Things aren’t looking very promising at this point; they should’ve seen this coming. Amazon isn’t going to stand by and allow DRM removal software to function if they can find a way to stop it.

Amazon has been going out of their way to undermine DRM removal and jailbreaking Kindles for years and they aren’t going to stop now.

If you own an E Ink Kindle it’s still possible to get the ebooks off of it for DRM-removal and conversion to other formats (for free), but Amazon is actively closing off all other methods so the list of options is dwindling rapidly.