Welcome to the tools!

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This ReadMe_First.txt is meant to give users a quick overview of what is availab
le and how to get started. This document is part of the Tools v6.5.1 archive fro
m Apprentice Alf's Blog: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/
The is archive includes tools to remove DRM from:
- Kindle ebooks (from Kindle for Mac/PC and eInk Kindles).
- Barnes and Noble ePubs
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1*) ePubs (including Kobo and Google ePubs downl
oaded to ADE)
- Kobo kePubs from the Kobo Desktop application
- Adobe Digital Editions (v2.0.1) PDFs
- Mobipocket ebooks
- eReader PDB books
- Scuolabooks (Link to solution by Hex)
These tools do NOT work with Apple's iBooks FairPlay DRM (see end of this file.)
* With Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and later, Adobe have introduced a new, option
al, DRM scheme. To avoid this new scheme, you should use Adobe Digital Editions
2.0.1. Some books are required to use the new DRM scheme and so will not downloa
d with ADE 2.0.1. If you still want such a book, you will need to use ADE 3.0 or
later to download it, but you should remember that no tools to remove Adobe's n
ew DRM scheme exist as of June 2016.
About the tools
--------------These tools are updated and maintained by Apprentice Alf and Apprentice Harper.
You can find links to the latest updates and get support at Apprentice Alf's blo
g: http://www.apprenticealf.wordpress.com/
If you re-post these tools, a link to the blog would be appreciated.
DeDRM plugin for calibre (Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux)
------------------------------------------------------Calibre is an open source freeware ebook library manager. It is the best tool ar
ound for keeping track of your ebooks. The DeDRM plugin for calibre provides the
simplest way, especially on Windows, to remove DRM from your ebooks. Just insta
ll the DeDRM plugin from the DeDRM_calibre_plugin folder, following the instruct
ions and configuration directions provided in the ReadMe file and the help links
in the plugin's configuration dialogs.
Once installed and configured, you can simply add a DRM book to calibre and the
DRM-free version will be imported into the calibre database. Note that DRM remov
al only occurs on IMPORT not on CONVERSION or at any other time. If you have alr
eady imported DRM books you'll need to remove them from calibre and re-import th
em.
Linux users should read the section at the end of the DeDRM_plugin_ReadMe.txt fi
le.
DeDRM application for Mac OS X users: (Mac OS X 10.4 and above)
--------------------------------------------------------------This application is a stand-alone DRM removal application for Mac OS X users.
For instructions, see the "DeDRM ReadMe.rtf" file in the DeDRM_Macintosh_Applica

tion folder.
N.B. Mac OS X 10.4 users need to take extra steps before using the application,
see the ReadMe.
DeDRM application for Windows users: (Windows XP through Windows 10)
-----------------------------------------------------------------***This program requires that Python and PyCrypto be properly installed.***
***See below for details on recommended versions and how to install them.***
This application is a stand-alone application for Windows users.
For instructions, see the DeDRM_App_ReadMe.txt file in the DeDRM_Windows_Applica
tions folder.
Obok plugin for calibre (Mac OS X, Windows)
------------------------------------------This plugin allows you to import kePub ebooks from your kobo desktop application
. It is separate from the DeDRM application because it has to work in a differen
t way. It will find all the books downloaded to your kobo desktop application, a
nd let you choose which ones to import, removing the DRM as they are imported.
For instructions, see the obok_plugin_ReadMe.txt file in the Obok_calibre_plugin
folder.
Other_Tools
----------This is a folder of other tools that may be useful for DRMed ebooks from certain
sources or for Linux users. Most users won't need any of these tools.
B_and_N_Download_Helper
A Javascript to enable a download button at the B&N website for ebooks that norm
ally won't download to your PC. Only for the adventurous.
DRM_Key_Scripts
This folder contains python scripts that create or extract or fetch encryption k
eyfiles for Barnes and Noble, Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle for Mac/PC and old
versons of Kindle for Android.
Kindle_for_Android_Patches
Definitely only for the adventurous, this folder contains information on how to
modify the Kindle for Android app to b able to get a PID for use with the other
Kindle tools (DeDRM apps and calibre plugin).
Kobo
Contains the standalone obok python script for removing DRM from kePubs download
ed using the kobo desktop application.
Rocket_ebooks
Information about the now-obsolete Rocket ebook format and DRM, along with sourc
e for a tool to remove the DRM.
Scuolabook_DRM
A link to the tool for removing DRM from ScuolaBooks PDFs, created by "Hex".
Windows and Python

-----------------We **strongly** recommend ActiveState's Active Python 2.7 Community Edition for
Windows. This can be downloaded for free from:
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads
We do **NOT** recommend the version of Python from python.org as it is missing v
arious Windows specific libraries, does not install the Tk Widget kit (for graph
ical user interfaces) by default, and does not properly update the system PATH e
nvironment variable. Therefore using the default python.org build on Windows is
simply an exercise in frustration for most Windows users.
Note that currently (June 2016) ActiveState Python puts the tcl library in the w
rong place, and it needs to be manually moved. See this thread at activestate.co
m for the latest information: https://community.activestate.com/node/19090
In addition, Windows Users need PyCrypto:
There are many places to get PyCrypto installers for Windows. One such place
is:
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/modules.shtml
Please get the latest (currently 2.6) PyCrypto meant for Windows Python vers
ion 2.7
Once Windows users have installed Python 2.7, and the matching PyCrypto, they ar
e ready to run the DeDRM application or individual scripts.

Apple's iBooks FairPlay DRM

--------------------------The only tool that removes Apple's iBooks Fairplay DRM is Requiem by Brahms vers
ion 3.3.6 and works with iTunes 10.5. Requiem 4.0 and later do not remove DRM fr
om ebooks.
Requiem has a Tor website: http://tag3ulp55xczs3pn.onion. To reach the site usin
g Tor, you will need to install Tor (http://www.torproject.org). If you're willi
ng to sacrifice your anonymity, you can use the regular web with tor2web. Just g
o to http://tag3ulp55xczs3pn.tor2web.com.
Alternatively, you can download it from these download links:
Requiem 3.3.6 for Windows: http://www.datafilehost.com/download-f7916922.html
MD5: 10ab191f2d86c692d57f6a07b4622cf8
Requiem 3.3.6 for Mac OS X: http://www.datafilehost.com/download-47fce8b7.html
MD5: 6d4167d47e6982ddbb8528212198b520
Requiem 3.3.6 source code: http://www.datafilehost.com/download-172920e9.html
MD5: 1636862796d573c693d56bcc526b60bd
If you have any problems with Requiem, I suggest you contact Brahms directly thr
ough their Tor website.
No support for requiem is provided at Apprentice Alf's blog.

Credits
------The original inept and ignoble scripts were by i cabbages
The original mobidedrm and erdr2pml scripts were by The Dark Reverser
The original topaz DRM removal script was by CMBDTC
The original topaz format conversion scripts were by some_updates, clarknova and
Bart Simpson
The original obok script was by Physisticated
The alfcrypto library is by some_updates
The ePub encryption detection script is by Apprentice Alf, adapted from a script
by Paul Durrant
The ignoblekey script is by Apprentice Harper
The DeDRM plugin was based on plugins by DiapDealer and is maintained by Apprent
ice Alf and Apprentice Harper
The DeDRM AppleScript was by Paul Durrant and is maintained by Apprentice Alf an
d Apprentice Harper
The DeDRM python GUI was by some_updates and is maintained by Apprentice Alf and
Apprentice Harper
The Scuolabooks tool is by Hex
Many fixes, updates and enhancements to the scripts and applicatons have been ma
de by many other people. For more details, see the commments in the individual s
cripts.