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How to Fix Recent Issues with Calibre DeDRM Plugin

September 29, 2020 by Nathan 30 Comments

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Lately there have been a number of reports in the Calibre forum of the DRM removal plugin not working with the latest version of Calibre, but luckily there are a few workarounds to get things back up and running again. The reason the DeDRM plugin and some other plugins aren’t working is because Calibre was […]

Alf’s DRM Removal Tools Now Support Kindle’s KFX Format

April 14, 2018 by Nathan 9 Comments

Apprentice Alf

Last week Apprentice Alf released a new version of the DeDRM tools with added support for KFX format, so now you can easily import KFX books to Calibre to create backups and convert them to other formats. KFX is Amazon’s latest format for Kindle ebooks. It adds support for the newer enhanced formatting features and […]

Removing DRM from Kindle eBooks in Jeopardy Moving Forward?

January 11, 2017 by Nathan

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In February Amazon is expected to release an update for their Kindle for PC program that could make removing DRM from Kindle ebooks problematic. When Amazon came out with their new enhanced typesetting engine in 2015, they started to change the Kindle ebook format from AZW to KFX to accommodate the added features. Since then […]

B&N Using New Nook DRM Key, Sending Even More Customers Away

March 4, 2015 by Nathan

Sometimes it seems like someone on the inside at Barnes and Noble is secretly trying to take down the Nook business from the inside out. That’s about the only thing that could explain the continued bad decisions that keep sending more and more people away from Barnes and Noble’s Nook devices and Nook books. This […]

Sony Working on New eBook DRM, Could Enable Sale of Used eBooks

November 4, 2014 by Nathan

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Despite closing down their own ebook store and sending customers to Kobo, and deciding to discontinue their line of dedicated ebook readers, Sony still continues to remain attached to the ebook industry. According to reports on the German ebook website, Lesen.net, Sony has developed new copy protection for ebooks that will compete with the widely-used […]

HarperCollins Now Adding Digital Watermark DRM to eBooks

September 22, 2014 by Nathan

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HaperCollins has started using a new digital watermarking DRM, in addition to regular ebook DRM, to add additional security to their ebooks. HaperCollins and LibreDigital are the first companies to start using Digimarc’s new Guardian Watermarking DRM technology, which inserts unique, traceable code into ebooks at the time of transaction. The watermark DRM gives publishers […]

Adobe Hardens DRM Protection, Likely to Send More People to Amazon to Buy eBooks

January 22, 2014 by Nathan

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The world of ebooks is going to get a lot more complicated thanks to Adobe, a company that has nothing to do with the actual writing, making, or marketing of the ebooks you purchase, but that doesn’t stop them from wanting to cash in on them as much as possible nonetheless. The way they’ve found […]

Adobe DRM Just Went From Bad to Worse

October 8, 2013 by Nathan

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As if being forced to buy ebooks crippled by Adobe’s DRM isn’t bad enough, now Adobe’s system has been hacked and all the Adobe DRM ID’s and passwords have been compromised. If you’ve ever been required to create an account with Adobe just to be able to read your purchased ebooks on the device or […]

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