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Something i have been foing for years in calibre is saving the de-drm version of all ebooks that i bought. And getting the txt version of the files.
The ebook format is basically a subset of html if you ever look into it. And as time goes on ebook readers have different ways to show these books. Most of the time, its great! Sometimes its not. Give it another 50 years and we will see what works and what doesnt. But i garentee at least the txt files will still work.
I didnt know what authors and publishers go though. Thanks for that lemmydividebyzero
Does DeDRM still work? The last time I tried under Linux I was unable to get it to run. If I remember correctly, ADE was the culprit.
I've used libgourou successfully many times in the past year to remove DRM using my ADE key.
I angrily started doing this for every book I buy after changing reading device to a newer Kobo, and discovering that all the download links for .acsm files that my book store provides will expire after two years. I.e. after those two years it's impossible to move them to a new device unless I remove DRM.
How do you get your ADE key?
Create an account with ADE then activate using
adept_activate -u "your.adobe.id@email.com" --output-dir ~/.adeptIIUC this eats up an activation (I think they allow at most five) so back up the contents of that directory. You should be able to bring it with you to other computers.