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I suppose most people have seen this: theverge.com/news/612898/amazo…

Follow-up question: Anyone out there with hands-on experience for de-DRM-ing downloaded books on MacOS? There seem to be a few tools out there, all a little on the sketchy side. I could do this on Linux if the tools are better there.

Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books

Amazon is removing a Kindle feature that allows purchased books to be downloaded to a computer for backup or transfer via USB.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷

What works for me (MacOS 15.3): Calibre, current version, github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools deDRM plugin, add Kindle serial number in plugin configuration. Restart Calibre, import the awz(3) files downloaded from Amazon with the "Download & transfer via USB" option. I have imported and converted my 210 eBooks that way successfully.

GitHub - noDRM/DeDRM_tools: DeDRM tools for ebooks

DeDRM tools for ebooks. Contribute to noDRM/DeDRM_tools development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Paul van Buuren 🍉

Calibre and several plugins for it are your friends.

I recently downloaded the books I bought through the Kobo store and removed DRM from it.

epubor.com/calibre-kobo-drm-re…

Remove DRM from Kobo with Calibre Kobo DRM Removal Obok_plugin

How to remove kobo drm? How to remove drm from kobo with Calibre ObokPlugin for free? How to remove drm from kobo plus ebooks?
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Don Whiteside

The de-DRMing is a hint fiddly to initially set up but pretty rock solid once you do it and as simple as drag and drop. I found the process of actually downloading the files in quantity to be the really hard part. There’s a bit of python on GitHub that works well enough, though you either need to read Chinese or make liberal use of google translate.

I did it not long ago for my 2000+ kindle books. Look in some of my recent past toots to a link to a write up I did of the process

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1P1sces 🇪🇺

@1P1sces AFAIK, there isn‘t anything practical. There was some workaround involving an Android SDK to run the Android Kindle App. I gave this a try, but had to cancel when the installations gobbled up most of the free space on my M1 MB Air. It’s simply not worth the effort for me. But do consult the Mobiread forum mentioned elsewhere for the Android recipe.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷

You installed the outdated 7.2.1 version of the plugin. I did the same. Crashed. But the 10.0.3 version I linked to in my reply to your post works. github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

GitHub - noDRM/DeDRM_tools: DeDRM tools for ebooks

DeDRM tools for ebooks. Contribute to noDRM/DeDRM_tools development by creating an account on GitHub.
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