Your previously DRM’d book will open up in a new window for viewing. Then, click the “View” button on the main menu. Click on your book in the library list to highlight it. You should be able to open up your newly imported book in the Calibre viewer. Click on the “Add Book” button in Calibre and browse to your book. That’s actually the only time that it works, so if you have ebooks already in your library(you shouldn’t) that have DRM, you’ll need to remove them and import them again. The plugin removes DRM automatically when an ebook is added to your library. Think of it like a cross between Kodi and Handbrake, but for ebooks. In addition to all that, it lets you remove DRM and convert your ebooks between formats. Calibre even helps you author your own ebooks. It’s much more than a reader and a library. In short, it prevents you from using your legally purchased property the way you want.Ĭalibre is one of the best ebook tools out there. It’s pretty hard to deny that DRM has a negative impact on ebooks. There, now that that’s out of the way, you can focus on getting rid of it from all of your ebooks. $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged userĭRM sucks.# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command.RequirementsĪ working Linux install with root privileges. This will work on any Linux distribution. Install Calibre and use it to remove ebook DRM.

Calibre kindle patch