8 min readDRM protects Kindle eBooks to prevent unauthorized distribution or usage of them. However, its restriction can become annoying. Even if you pay for the Kindle books, you will still use that eBook under limitations.
Therefore, to help your cause, our article shows three simple methods to remove DRM from Kindle books. See the below list to understand why you need to remove DRM from Kindle Books:
Reasons to remove DRM from Kindle Books
- Enable Kindle Books Editing: You will not be able to change any of the text in any DRM-protected Kindle book. You may encounter errors in the book, such as misspelt author names or page numbering issues. If you remove the DRM protection, you may quickly rectify and amend these problems.
- Open Kindle books outside the application: DRM-protected Kindle books are frequently only accessible on specified or limited devices. However, you can play it on any device once its DRM is removed. By eliminating the DRM protection from your Kindle book, you can break the bonds.
- Own your book forever: Some Kindle books have a time limit attached to them. It indicates that once the timer expires, you won't access it. By removing the DRM from your Kindle book, you can break free from the time constraint.
3 ways to remove DRM from Kindle books
Method 1. Remove DRM from Kindle books with Epubor Ultimate(Recommend)
Method 2. Remove DRM from Kindle books with Calibre
Method 3. Remove DRM from Kindle books with Python Scripts
Method 1. Remove DRM from Kindle books with Epubor Ultimate
Epubor Ultimate is a tool that makes reading eBooks enjoyable and straightforward for everyone. You can read eBooks, unprotect them from DRM, and convert them between formats.
Price: Its Lifetime license costs $49.99/1 PC, $54.99/1 MAC.
Compatibility: Windows and Mac
Follow the below steps to remove DRM from Kindle books with Epubor Ultimate:
Step 1: Download and launch the Epubor Ultimate.
Step 2：Remove DRM in Kindle books.
On the left side of the interface, you can see some options, including "eReader", "Kindle", "Adobe", "Kobe" and some others. Select the "Kindle" button. In the displaying items, find the target you want to remove DRM. Drag it into the right side. The DRM will be removed automatically.
If you want to remove DRM or convert the format of other files that don't belong to any option, you can click the "Add" button.
Method 2. Remove DRM from Kindle books with Calibre
Calibre is a fantastic program for removing DRM from Kindle books. It features a cool feature that allows you to remove DRM from Kindle books, even though it's a library management application. You don't have to pay anything because it's free and open-source.
Follow the below steps to remove DRM from Kindle books with Calibre:
Step 1: Go to Calibre's official website, download and install the software. Visit Site.
Step 2: Select Kindle as an e-reading device.
On installation, Calibre will prompt you to select the device and manufacturer to read your e-books. Choose Kindle in this step.
Step 3: Get the DRM removal plugin from Github and install it.
The plugin allows you to decrypt DRM-protected Kindle books. Then, extract all of the contents of the downloaded file into a folder.
Step 4: Open the Calibre program and go to Preferences.
Step 5: Select Plugins > Load plug-in from file from the Preferences box.
Step 6: A window will now open. Go to the folder with extracted DRM plugin. Click on the DeDRM calibre plugin file to add it.
Step 7: On the Calibre main interface screen, click the Add books button.
You will be able to load your Kindle books into the Calibre application after hitting that button.
Step 8: Disable DRM in Kindle books.
The DeDRM plugin removes DRM protection from Kindle books simply by loading them into calibre. So, now you have your Kindle books with DRM removed.
Method 3. Remove DRM from Kindle books with Python Scripts
Using tools and software programs is easy to remove DRM from Kindle books. But, this method does not use any tool or software. Instead, you will have to use written Python scripts to remove the DRM from Kindle books.
You may feel intimidated by the mention of Scripts and Python in this method. But, don't worry, you don't have to do the programming yourself. Instead, you will just run the already written code.
Note: Feel free to skip to the following method if you are looking for a tool to remove DRM from Kindle books.
Step 1: Install Python on your computer. Visit Site
Step 2: Download and Install Pycrypto, Python's DRM removal script. Visit Site
Step 3: After extracting Pycrypto, run the KindleBooks.pyw file.
It will ask you for the input file, output file, and Kindle book information.
Provide all of that by going to the Kindle.info file on your downloaded Kindle book. Then, the script will run and remove the DRM protection from your Kindle book.
Conclusion
Kindle books are DRM protected, and hence you can not open them outside of their application. However, you can remove Kindle DRM using the three methods described in this article.
Removing Kindle DRM through Python scripts can be challenging and time-consuming for you. Also, Calibre requires you to download the extra plugin to remove the DRM from Kindle books.
Therefore, the most recommended method is to use Epubor Ultimate software. All you have to do is add your Kindle books to it, and it will do the magic for you.
Price: Its Lifetime license costs $49.99/1 PC, $54.99/1 MAC.
Compatibility: Windows and Mac
