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For Linux users who want to remove DRMs from ebooks they've legally purchased, so as to read them on the ebook reader they've also legally purchased for their intended purpose: I've updated my setup to replace using #AdobeDigitalEditions through wine with the simple and marvelous libgourou library.

Details here:

https://amrhaps.net/english/post/2025/07/13/Adobe-Digital-Editions%2C-Linux%2C-and-DRMs%3A-Updated-again

With thanks to @mart1oeil who told me years ago this should be possible 🙂

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Adobe Digital Editions, Linux, and DRMs: Updated again - American Rhapsody

The most popular posts on that blog are, by far, those in which I gave detailed instruction on how to remove DRMs from Adobe Digital Editions Books, the first one in 2011 and the

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Parigot-Manchot φ Jul 13, 2025

@krazykitty @1HommeAzerty @mart1oeil Few years ago, Calibre+magic plugin was enough and simple.
Does it not work now ?

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klausner Jul 13, 2025

@krazykitty @mart1oeil ❤️❤️❤️ i can finally read my eBooks without the detour of my husbands Windows computer. That Is so great!

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Akkana Peck Jul 14, 2025

@krazykitty @mart1oeil Thank you! That's amazing!

I had to add a make install (still with the PREFIX) after the make. Everything else was perfect.

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sebbe://Jul 14, 2025

@krazykitty @mart1oeil Thanks for sharing. I've been using Calibre + DeDRM on Linux (Fedora) for a year now. Works great. My ereader supports DTM but I'd like to keep a backup without DRM that depends on an Adobe service to be reachable. Quite impressive that they managed to monopolize all of DRM ebooks.
Link to guide: https://linuxconfig.org/calibre-drm-removal-for-ebooks-on-linux

Calibre DRM Removal for Ebooks on Linux

Learn how to remove ebook DRM on Linux using Calibre. Install Calibre and its plugin to manage and convert your ebook library easily.

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