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All 319 of my Kindle books are now saved on my NAS and unlocked.

I had to re-add my old Kindle Paperwhite device from 2019 to my account to enable downloads, but once done https://github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader worked great.

Then I installed https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/releases/tag/v10.0.9 into Calibre, configured my Kindle's Serial Number and imported the downloaded files.

One bulk conversion to epub later and everything that I bought the past 15years is now actually mine - just before Amazon locks shit down further on the 26th.

GitHub - treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader: Allows you to bulk download all your Kindle eBook in a more automated fashion. This tool allows you to create backup copies of the books you've already purchased.

Allows you to bulk download all your Kindle eBook in a more automated fashion. This tool allows you to create backup copies of the books you've already purchased. - treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-...

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Dustin Feb 19, 2025

@foosel thank you, the DeDRM Tool was a missing piece for me.

Marcin Juszkiewicz 🙃Feb 20, 2025

@digitalkrampus @foosel

KindlePC 1.17 may be the other missing one. Just do not allow it yo update to newer version.

It is old enough to make use even of old dedrm possible.

Jim P.Feb 19, 2025

@foosel My wife has a few thousand books, lots were free/ARCs, but we don't have any Kindle that enables the download option, sadly. I've been checking into some Emulated Android methods but no luck so far with anything that sounded promising.

Gina Häußge Feb 19, 2025

@jimp I remember that over a decade or so ago I did it with their windows app, so maybe that's still an option?

Jim P.Feb 19, 2025

@foosel I looked into it but apparently it can't read newer books and lots of the copies alleging to be the version you need are actually malware instead.

The most promising current method seem to be using an old Android version via an emulation layer like Bluestacks. I just haven't had the time/spoons to read all the way through it and make it work right yet.

Gina Häußge Feb 19, 2025

@jimp If you can make it work that way, it should at least keep working though, right? So no time pressure?

Jim P.Feb 19, 2025

@foosel That's what I'm hoping, since at least for now* only the direct download method is going away.

Gina Häußge Feb 19, 2025

@jimp If you figure out that approach I'd be interested.

I'll try to source my books from other (legal) places from now on, but some stuff I can only get at Amazon, so I might need another solution still in the future.

Jim P.Feb 19, 2025

@foosel Same here. I have no interest in pirating books, just maintaining access to ones we have already purchased. I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon pulls the rug out from certain books/genres the way things are going and starts deleting books certain people don't like.

This is the method I've been looking at: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=352278

DRM workaround: Kindle for Android - MobileRead Forums

DRM workaround: Kindle for Android Amazon Kindle

bigiain Feb 20, 2025

@jimp I also won’t pirate ebooks, I want the authors to get paid. But if Amazon tries to deny me access to books they’ve taken my
money for, I’ll have zero qualms going to my offsite backup, Anna’s Archive, and redownloading books I’ve paid for. @foosel

bigiain Feb 20, 2025

@jimp Do you have anyone you could borrow a resl Kindke device from for a day or two? Get them to log out from their Amazon account on it, you log in with yours and download everything, then you just need to save the Kindle’s serial number to be able to strip the drm. (If you’re looking n Sydney Australia, I have a spare Kindke you can borrow.) @foosel

Jim P.Feb 20, 2025

@bigiain @foosel Nobody I know personally anywhere near me (in the US) has a kindle of the proper type/vintage. All the ones I'm aware of were Kindle Fire tablets, sadly.

Dustin Feb 19, 2025

@foosel just replying here for anyone else to find.

On macOS the top-level DeDRM .zip file wouldn't load into Calibre correctly, it was complaining that the archive didn't have a __init__.py file.

Manually unzipping the top-level archive and only loading the contained DeDRM_plugin.zip file worked as expected, correctly loading into Calibre.

Denys Dmytriyenko Feb 20, 2025

@digitalkrampus @foosel you do have to unzip the DeDRM_tools_*.zip and only import the actual DeDRM_plugin.zip file, per the instructions.

BTW, there are actually 2 plugins in the DeDRM_tools_*.zip file. The second one is Obok_plugin.zip to import Kobo ebooks. And 3 readme text files with specific instructions...

Dustin Feb 20, 2025

@denix @foosel guess I should’ve read the instructions! 🫠

Anthony Bosio Feb 20, 2025

@foosel Did you convert everything to EPUB? I got everything into Calibre but the convert options are vast. I’m not sure if one-size-fits all with the defaults is ok or what. Wondering if I will discover later that I need to redo some with different settings and kinda worried I won’t be able to then.

Denys Dmytriyenko Feb 20, 2025

@abosio @foosel my understanding is that DeDRM happens when you add/import your *.azw books into Calibre and they stay that way w/o DRM in there in your local library. You can convert them later as many times and into different formats.

Hopefully others will correct me if I'm wrong - I only spent last few hours dealing with this myself w/o any prior knowledge...

Anthony Bosio Feb 20, 2025

@denix @foosel I had that sense too, but I was not sure. Thanks!

Alec Perkins Feb 20, 2025

@abosio @foosel epub is a good option, but if you can successfully convert it now you should be able to convert it later so long as you retain the serial number of the Kindle.

Timo Feb 20, 2025

@foosel Thank you for sharing. I also just did that

Ben Sycha Feb 20, 2025

@foosel nerd snipe direct hit! My evening activities might have just changed 😂

Gina Häußge Feb 20, 2025

@wasrel Sorry not sorry 😅

Ben Sycha Feb 27, 2025

@foosel and yes I did end up downloading and converting them all 🤣

Now thinking custom firmware for kindle....

Preslav Rachev Feb 20, 2025

@foosel Downloading was a little fiddlier than I thought, but it worked eventually. I had no idea that I'd amassed over 100 books on the Kindle.

Next step - turn them into ePub, I suppose.

Max Feb 21, 2025

@foosel 348 for me downloaded, yet to dedrm them though.

First time I ran the download I picked my eink paperwhite, which had 8 fail to download. I kept that download folder and pulled another copy using a fire, which had no failures.

Going to install calibre this weekend to see whether there is any reason to keep one over the other...