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what's up guys Michael here today I'm
coming to you another video this time
I'm doing an update on how to remove DRM
protection on books in this example
we'll be doing purchased books from
Amazon without having a Kindle device so
that's another exception but I'm just
doing an update to one of the older
videos of mine so let's get started with
this now this video will probably be a
little bit longer around 10-15 minutes I
assume but again if you follow the steps
you should be able to remove the DRM
protection from your books and convert
it to any other format that you'd like
so let's get started I have all these
steps written down so I will also post
them in the description but we'll start
with the first step so you have to
download certain application so I'm just
gonna be following the steps as we go so
we have to download the calibra and the
latest version so if you go on google
chrome and search for calibra you will
see the download page you can download
it on Windows Mac OS Linux we're using
Windows work today so I just download it
and installed it I'm not gonna be
explaining the installation process I
hope you can do this yourself just to
save a little bit of time now that's one
of the applications another application
would be Kindle for PC now important to
note is that the version has to be below
1.25 so 1.24 seems to be the best the
reason is that the KFX files that are
downloaded will be allowing us or these
files will be appropriate for the the
plugin that we're going to be using on
calibra the newer versions of
fortunately the DRM protection wouldn't
be removed if you have a newer version
of Kindle for PC so you have to download
this one if you just search on Google
you can see a lot of different options
available I've already installed Kindle
for PC so I have it here and if you go
to help and about Kindle you can see the
version one point twenty four point
three the rest doesn't matter 1.24
that's the main thing so that's the
second thing you also have to download
the dr d drm tools okay it's a it's a
zipped file that will allow us it's
basically a plug-in for calibra to
decrypt and remove that protection from
our files so i've downloaded all three
so we have the calibra plugin and Kindle
for PC I've already installed Kindle /
for PC I also installed Kali bruh so you
can see it up here so that's how it
looks and I downloaded our plugins now
these plugins will have if you open it
you will see a lot of different files so
the best thing is to extract that zipped
file so extract it to the folder cuz
otherwise it's gonna be messy so we have
all that and we'd be looking at the ste
DRM Calibra plugin that's what we're
looking at don't extract this file okay
the zipped file will keep it the way
this so let's go to the next one so
install application so I assume you guys
installed all successfully so the next
step would be for Kindle for PC we have
to go to settings and we make sure to
unchecked the updates otherwise on the
next launch of Kindle for PC the
application will update and you're gone
you're not
to be able to remove the protection on
those files anymore
so how do we do this we basically go to
tools options and then you can see this
automatically install updates when
they're available now this was ticked
and by default it is ticked so we'll
have to remove that and click on safe to
remove it now I've already done that so
that's done next step Kalyan we will
have to go to calibre application and
install the DRM plugin so don't input
any special settings so let's see how it
goes so we go to calibre and what you
have to go to is preferences sneak in
here preferences at the bottom here in
Advanced section you see plugins so we
click on that we can also click on show
only user installed plugins and we have
to load plug-in from file ok so this is
the spot here load plugins from file and
now we have to search for our download
that Kali Bram plugins so we go to that
unzipped folder and then we'll see
caliber plug-in and then we have our
zipped file this is completely fine DDR
M underscore plugin let's go for it so
let's open that so again we're getting
the notice that it's our risk could be
virus and malware but again this plug-in
and I will in the description I will
provide you with the link on where to
download that so don't worry totally
safe let's click on yes it's
successfully installed however we have
to reinstall or reopen close and open
really calibre application so let's
click on apply close will close calibre
all together all together and I will
just click on calibre again and we open
it
now it's starting up so that step is
considered done so we have done step
three and step four so we're ready to
really remove the DRM protection okay so
now I will purchase a book from Amazon
and send it to our Kindle for PC so
that's the next step so let's have a
look
so I already prepared a book that I'd
like to download so I click on Kindle
edition and I will just buy now and I
will also choose to download it to my
Kindle for PC so it's going to be
straightaway going to my Kindle for PC
if you don't choose this option that's
okay you can later on send it and force
it to be sent to Kindle for PC so I'm
just gonna click on buy now and that's
done and I'm just gonna go back and
we're gonna open my Kindle for PC and if
i refresh that should bring our book and
it is downloading here so you can see
our book is downloaded so it is in the
downloaded folder I specifically removed
all my other books so it doesn't kind of
mix up with the others and you can
clearly see it if I open it we can view
it through the through the Kindle for PC
and you could start reading but
obviously that's not why we are here
so I have a downloads download it so by
default
this content is downloaded in this
folder here okay so we're gonna go there
and try to see if we can find that file
and that's the next step so locate our
KFX file in default destination folder
you can change that folder but for the
sake of the video we're sticking to the
same one so it's documents my Kindle
content and you can see the book here
this is the book you can see the time
stamp it is the same and now the name of
the folder it doesn't make sense okay
this name of the folder so if you have
multiple books on your Kindle for PC you
may end up with a lot of kind of folders
called this way and it will be hard to
note which one is the book that you've
just purchased don't download it or that
you want to convert some tests but the
best way is to either delete all the
books and just stick with downloading
one by one or you can sort them by date
modified and just when you download it
just notice the time stamp and just look
for the most the most latest folder that
has been created so I'm opening this and
we're looking for that Kindle content
this is our book here okay now what
we'll do we will simply drag it and drop
it to our calibre so that's the next
step let's have a look
drag and drop the above KFX file into
the calibre it should be able to open it
so normally without the plugin it would
give you an error message that basically
there is a DRM protection so let's have
a look I will drag it and drop it to
calibrate
and it's processing so it may take a
moment depending on your PC and you can
see straight away that it's showing me
the main cover the size the format KFX
and if I didn't have the plug-in
installed I wouldn't have this it would
be an error message or if I try to open
it it would give me an error message
that there is a DRM protection however
because we've used the right
applications and the right file we are
able to remove that DRM protection so I
can start reading that book now the
final step is really just to convert
that book to whatever format that you'd
like okay and I will just quickly run
through this now my PC doesn't seem to
be that fast apologies for that I'll
just close that and just show you how to
convert it so basically you can right
click on your book convert books convert
individually and then you can see you
can change title authors usually
everything should be perfect however you
can modify a little bit so we have our
input format KFX so that's the file that
we've drag-and-drop and I can move it to
mobi ePub PDF whatever format you want
so for the sake of the video I will move
it to or convert it's already mobi now
in terms of the settings here I usually
don't change anything I just scroll to
the bottom of the list and
for mobi output I usually select or take
the option to not add any table of
contents okay the book itself usually
have the table of contents I don't need
it
so once I'm happy with that with the
settings which again you can go through
and maybe modify it a little bit I click
OK and the job is being done in
background and now with probably you'd
have a better PC so that would take just
seconds from my laptop it takes a minute
probably or more depending on the size
of the book but that's about it guys all
the steps are done and we've
successfully converted that book now I
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