The name is KindleForPC-installer-0.exe for PC and KindleForMac-44182.dmg for Mac.

Version 1.17 of Kindle is no longer available directly from Amazon, so you will need to search for the proper file name and find it on a third party site. Either stick with version 1.17 or earlier, or modify the executable by changing a file name (PC) or disabling a component of the application (Mac). There are two options to get the older formats. Starting with version 1.19, Kindle for PC/Mac uses Amazon's new KFX format which isn't quite as good a source for conversion to ePub as the older KF8 (& MOBI) formats. Recent Changes to Kindle for PC/Kindle for Mac

Once a book has been downloaded with the new scheme, it's IMPOSSIBLE to re-download using the old scheme (without buying it again).īut otherwise, if your ebook is from Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble or any of the ebook stores selling ebooks compatible with Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1, you should be able to remove the DRM that's been applied to your ebooks. While major ebook stores aren't using the new scheme yet, using ADE 2.0.1 will ensure that your ebooks are downloaded using the old scheme. ADE 3.0 and later might use a new encryption scheme that the tools can't handle. Do NOT use Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 or later to download your ePubs.Authors need to sell books to be able to write more books. You must not use these tools to give your ebooks to a hundred of your closest friends.You must own the ebook - the tools won't work on library ebooks or rented ebooks or books from a friend.For example, they don't work on any ebooks from Apple's iBooks store. There are a few, uh, provisos, a, a couple of quid pro quos. Just download and use these tools, that's all! Uh, almost. Longer term, you can never be sure that you'll be able to come back and re-read your ebooks if they have DRM, even if you save back-up copies.

preventing the use of text-to-speech software. DRM also allows publishers to restrict what you can do with the ebook you've bought, e.g. Kindle KF8 to Kobo ePub), so you are restricted in the range of ebook stores you can use. When your ebooks have DRM you are unable to convert the ebook from one format to another (e.g. Why would I want to remove DRM from my ebooks? What's DRM?ĭRM ('Digital Rights Management') is a way of using encryption to tie the books you've bought to a specific device or to a particular piece of software. Providing free open source tools to remove DRM from your ebooks. Overview What's this repository all about?

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