For example, a couple of years ago, CoolReader was widely praised as an up and coming ebook manager – today, its Linux development seems to have been abandoned, and you are unlikely to get it to compile while using a recent kernel. In fact, another mark of online reading’s popularity is how quickly ebook managers seem to come and go.

Many, however, use a specialized manager to organize their books, newspapers, and articles online. Some readers prefer to trust to Google Books or Library Thing to organize their reading when online editions are available others use a general collection manager, although many, like Tellico, are designed for physical objects rather than electronic ones. With all this reading material comes an increased need to manage it. In 2017, over 266 million ebooks were released in the United States alone, and the numbers have increased every year since 2003. Today, many people read online from their everyday computers – and in ever-increasing numbers. However, e-readers have become a niche market. Follow the setup instructions to authorize.Īfter following these steps, I'm able to remove the Adobe DRM on the ebooks I purchase for backup purposes.If you are reading on a screen, nothing beats the resolution and glare controls of an e-reader.Navigate to and select the file downloaded from step 2.acsm file with Calibre, download the ebook, remove the Adobe DRM and save the book to your computer as an. acsm file when you try to download the ebook from the vendor website. When you purchase an ebook encrypted with Adobe DRM, you're sent a. Select OK to acknowledge your awesomeness.Select Yes on the confirmation dialog box.

Navigate to the folder created from step 2 and select DeDRM_plugin.zip.Open Calibre and navigate to Preferences -> Plugins.Next, we need to install the plug-in that removes Adobe DRM.

Per the Download for Linux page on, execute the following command: sudo -v & wget -nv -O- | sudo sh /dev/stdin Install noDRM / DeDRM_tools plugin for Calibre I've not yet looked into what I need to remove DRM from Kindle books. This is the process for removing Adobe DRM from ebooks. If this can help someone else backup their ebooks, well that's good too. I'm writing this little guide as a note to myself on how to setup Calibre to make backup copies of the ebooks I purchase on my Linux system. How to setup Calibre to remove DRM from ebooks on Linux Januon Michael Harley's blog

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