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Originally Posted by leebase
The "kept up to date" post would have:
- links to the latest versions of Calibre and Plugin that work
- links to the "last official working copies of the kindle app" for those who use that method
- step by step "how to"
- list of file formats able to be liberated, and which one's are not yet
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There was literally one time that Calibre version mattered as far as DRM was concerned, and that was a fairly long time ago when there were some major changes. Now, as long as you are somewhere near current with Calibre (you can be an entire major version behind), DRM is not an issue. The only exception is a very few textbooks or books released in certain geographical areas. Since Calibre and NoDRM are free, it costs you nothing to learn whether the particular book you care about is a problem.
The current version of NoDRM works with all versions of the Kindle for PC application. So, the "last official working copy" is available from Amazon.
All file formats that can be imported into Calibre can have DRM removed. You might need to add plugins for the file formats.
Step by step (if this too much detail, mods, please nuke whatever is bad):
- Install Calibre
- Download NoDRM plugin (Google is your friend)
- Install NoDRM plugin into Calibre (plugin install in Calibre is covered by Calibre online help)
- Open NoDRM plugin configuration in Calibre
- Follow the instructions included with the downloaded NoDRM to configure it correctly
- Download book from Amazon in some way (Kindle for PC, Download and Transfer via USB, etc.)
- Import downloaded file into Calibre