(6) you try to open the epub in Calibre. It gives you an error, because the epub is in fact encrypted.

(7) you ponder reading it in ugly adobe editions, but you're committed now. Onwards, through the fog!

In order to read it in calibre you need to remove the security of the book. In order to do that you need to install a plugin into calibre.
(8) after installing the slightly finicky plugin, finally it works and you can now actually view the epub in calibre.
(9) If you want to copy it to your hardware ereader of choice, you need to save a copy of the epub, finally without the drm, and then you can put it on your ereader.
(10) realize it's now 3am and cry yourself to sleep.

No one should have to go through this shit. 3/3

#fuckDRM #ebook #itsTheLittleThings