eBook DRM Removal

ePub DRM Removal FAQ

Updated : July 6th, 2013

“ADEPT Key Error: Failed to decrypt user key, Wrong Key Fail 8005 problem decrypting session key, this book maybe B&N ebook”

check “Re-build key file” to create new file, then try again.

if new key file doesn’t work, you still get same error, then de-authorized in digital editions and authorized again, do as follow:

1 De-Authorize in digital edition, press CMD+Shift+D in Mac to de-authorize in Mac,

for windows, press CTRL+SHIFT+D to deathorize digital editions,
you also need delete these 2 path in windows registry :

‘Software\Adobe\Adept\Device’
‘Software\Adobe\Adept\Activation’

2 Authorize your computer again, go to menu Help -> Authorize Computer

2 Run Converter again.

How to get read DRM ePub in iPad?

Apple’s iBooks app is your portal to reading and buying eBooks on the iPad—and it includes a section with a few free books. But don’t forget, just like iTunes and the iPod can import and play music downloaded elsewhere, the iTunes and the iPad can import and display books downloaded elsewhere. Formats are limited, however. The iPad only supports ePub (with or without DRM).

Your local library may be a great source for free ePub checkouts. Also, Project Gutenberg has 30,000 free ePub books you can download, all of which have fallen out of copyright. There’s lots of good stuff in this collection if you read classics, and the project even has an RSS list for new arrivals.

How to read public library ebook on Kindle?

if public library provide OverDrive ebook, you can borrow and read it on your Kindle 3, this is tutorial how to do that.

1. Install digital editions.

You will download a .acsm file when you download a OverDrive ebook, .acsm file is a download link, doesn’t have ebook content, you install Adobe digital editions first, register a Adobe ID using any email, so you can open .acsm file and download a drm epub file that opened in digital editions.

2. Install PDF epub drm removal and remove DRM from public library epub file

PDF epub drm removal is tools to removal adobe drm from epub/PDF, click here to download,  run it after installation, find ebook file, normally adobe ebooks are in “My Document\My Digital Editions” folder, select epub/PDF file and click “Remove DRM” button, a new epub/pdf file was created without DRM protection, we will convert epub ebook to Kindle ebook format in next step.

3. Install Calibre and convert epub to Kindle format.

Kindle 3 doesn’t support epub format ebook, it support .mobi format ebook, we can’t read public library epub ebook in Kindle directly, fortunately there is another freeware Calibre that convert epub to mobi format. click here to download calibre,

Run Calibre after installation, drag new epub/pdf file into calibre, click “Convert” button on toolbar, select .mobi format to convert to, then it will create a new .mobi file.

4 Read public library mobi ebook in Kindle

just copy .mobi file into Kindle, you can read it.