Disclaimer: I don't endorse pirating e-books. If you do this, you won't hurt Amazon or Sony, but you might hurt the author.
![]() Sermon: Why DRM Is Bad![]()
Like many people you own an Amazon Kindle device for reading e-books.
And like many companies that trade in digital intellectual property, Amazon includes digital rights management (DRM) software in their e-books. The stated purpose is to prevent piracy, and for that DRM is modestly effective. But DRM also inconveniences legitimate customers.
Calibre for Mac is a free program that helps you manage your e-book libraries and create e-books from other sources for use on portable devices. Calibre for Mac is an open-source freeware program, and it's easy to download and install. The initial setup is easy, but requires an e-mail address to link to the user's e-reader. The 4.4 version of Kindle DRM Removal for Mac is available as a free download on our software library. This program's bundle is identified as org.pythonmac.unspecified.KindleDRMRemoval. The program is included in Productivity Tools. The actual developer of this software for Mac is eBook Converter.
The problem here is that America's copyright lawyers figured out how to change the rules of ownership. When you buy a paperback book, its content belongs to the author, but the physical book belongs to you. You can loan it to someone, trade it, sell it, or just keep it and reread it as many times as you want. But when you 'buy' a Kindle book, you're renting temporary authorization from Amazon to store the book on up to 6 Amazon-approved devices. This arrangement is bad for customers, for a number of reasons:
But DRM isn't going away, so...
To Remove the DRM from a Kindle E-Book:
(July 2017: Updated for Calibre 3 and added screenshots.)
(December 2017: Added a note about using Calibre with a Kindle reading app instead of an e-ink Kindle.) (April 2018: As of version 6.6.0, Apprentice Alf's DRM removal tools support Amazon's newer .kfx file format. You'll also need to install the KFX conversion plugin to import your .kfx files into Calibre.)
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Finally, back up your DRM-free files. You do back everything up, right?
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While converting ebooks, Kindle DRM Removal Mac also provides followingfunctions:Best Quality: It is the best tool to convert Kindle bookson Mac. During the process of conversion, it will keep the best conversion qualitywithout losing any displaying elements and details. The reading effect of images,forms and fonts will keep the same with the original ebook.Fastest conversion speed: If you have many ebooks want to convert simultaneously,it will provide the fastest way to convert the files. Only waiting for few secondsor minutes, you can get the new converted ebooks. Because it supports batch dealing,you only need to add all the files to the software's list, then it will convertall the files automatically.Easy to use: No need to set various parameters, or adjust details. By adding filesto the software, the software will recognize the ebook's format automatically andadjust accordingly. It is completely automatic and saves your time to the maximumextent.No need to backup existing files: The software will create ebook file under thenew catalog automatically without changing the existing ebooks, so you don't needto backup the ebook or worry about losing files.How to remove DRM from Kindle Books on Mac1.
Install Kindle for Mac on you Mac operation system and use your Kindle ID toactivate it. If you haven't installed Kindle for Mac, click here to download it. 2.
Download the ebooks which you want to convert through Kindle for Mac. If yourebook is copied from other equipment, it might not be converted. If your ebook isdownloaded through Rent From or Borrow mode, it also can't be converted.3. Open Kindle DRM Removal Mac, and click Add button to add the ebooks you wantto convert.4. Click Start button to start conversion after all the files are added.5. Click Open button, you will find the new ebooks which are converted.Now you can read the new ebooks on other electric equipment.
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