Can't remove DRM

[SirWelRed]

I have been using caliber for several of my other books right now I'm trying to get it to remove DRM from Amazon books so I can convert them into ePub but there are several books I just cannot remove it from. I am using the latest DRM removal, but I just cannot remove it do any of you other people have books that you just can't remove it from or is it just me?

[theducks]

You should really take this Q to where you got your tools.
MR Policies say we can't help with remove, only point you to DeDRM.

[jhowell]

Answering in general, there are some categories of Kindle books that Amazon always delivers with the latest unbroken DRM. Some examples are textbooks published by Pearson and some English language books published in India. Nothing can be done with those books unless a copy was downloaded before Amazon last updated their DRM.

As stated previously for details about specific books it is best to raise an issue at NoDRM’s GitHub.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by SirWelRed

I have been using caliber for several of my other books right now I'm trying to get it to remove DRM from Amazon books so I can convert them into ePub but there are several books I just cannot remove it from. I am using the latest DRM removal, but I just cannot remove it do any of you other people have books that you just can't remove it from or is it just me?

Your problem is in using caliber instead of calibre.

You want to make sure you are running the latest DeDRM. Here is the URL for the latest version.

https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools_autorelease/tags

[Inquisitive_Ram]

I suspect at some point Amazon will withdraw their support for older devices and only allow books to be transferred to kindles, or downloaded from the website, in KFW format.

At that point, it would not be possible for DRM to be removed.

At that stage I would hope Amazon's own library app improves to offer a more sophisticated way of categorising books etc

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Inquisitive_Ram

I suspect at some point Amazon will withdraw their support for older devices and only allow books to be transferred to kindles, or downloaded from the website, in KFW format.

At that point, it would not be possible for DRM to be removed.

At that stage I would hope Amazon's own library app improves to offer a more sophisticated way of categorising books etc

It is entirely possible to remove the DRM from the KFX format even right now.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Inquisitive_Ram

I suspect at some point Amazon will withdraw their support for older devices and only allow books to be transferred to kindles, or downloaded from the website, in KFW format.

I am surprised that Amazon still allows Download & Transfer via USB. These days a Kindle user is more likely to have access to wifi than to a PC. Doing away with downloads for newly published books is more likely than completely banning old devices.

Originally Posted by Inquisitive_Ram

At that stage I would hope Amazon's own library app improves to offer a more sophisticated way of categorising books etc

I doubt it. The more Amazon is able to lock customers into their platform the less incentive they have to improve the service. Their efforts in recent years have focused more on selling books than on what happens after they are bought.

[Quoth]

But a Kindle user is most likely to be using an App, not a Kindle eink.

I'll stop buying ebooks from Amazon if they discontinue Download and Transfer.

There are also scenarios where WiFi isn't allowed, but a browser works.

[Sirtel]

I'll stop buying from Amazon if it's no longer possible to remove the DRM from their books by any means. At the moment it's possible to deDRM KFX files downloaded via the Kindle app, as well as the files acquired via Download & Transfer. Hopefully at least one of these methods will continue to work.