But I also believe in controlling the content I buy and that is why I strip the DRM. I did not write it to assist in committing piracy I believe in buying content, when possible.

These instructions are written in order to assist the average user in protecting their purchases.

Note that these instructions were written without the permission or participation of Kovid Goyal, the creator of calibre.

Note that these instructions are Windows only, and some details will be different between the various versions of Windows.The process is minimally difficult and I’d like to share it with you. But first, a few warnings. I have long been on the side of removing DRM (it’s the best way to protect your purchases), but up until today I had never gone beyond pointing my readers at tools. It’s the cause of more pain and agony than a Snooki photo, and today I plan to help fix that. They worked for me on that day.ĭRM is the bugaboo of ebooks.

Update: These instructions were updated on 11 July 2015. How to Add a Kindle DRM-Removal Plugin to calibre

How to use calibre dedrm plugin