

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.

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?
