You don't need a kindle, a kindle app is fine as I have tested it out before. thought I did use different programs but they were basically convert the book to epub.
One clarification, and a tip. Firstly, some books can come from Amazon without DRM. TOR, for example, doesn’t put DRM on their books. As for making quicker/simpler, Calibre has some automation features. Somewhere in the setting you can specify a folder that it will auto import books from. Set that up and then if calibre is running and you put books files into that folder they will automatically be imported. There is also a setting in preferences to automatically convert books when importing With that automation in place the process of importing and converting becomes pretty painless, but you’ll still have to download the books individually
Thanks for the very useful video. A hint from my side: As long as you connect your Kobo to your computer, a button "Send to device" appears on calibre. After importing the Kindle ebook into calibre and converting it to a drm-free version, you can just click on the "Send to device" button and the ebook will be automatically uploaded to your Kobo. No need to drag-n-drop it.
Thank you so much.. That's something I wanted to know. I prefer to use the option Calibre gives me instead of copy and paste or drag the file to Kobo's folder. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video! I've been thinking of getting a color Kobo, but I was hesitant to take the plunge since all of my ebooks are from Amazon.
Thanks for making this easy! I don't have a kobo yet but the sheer thought of having to do this for 400+ books kept me from really looking into them despite wanting to make the switch. I think I'll start converting some of my library a little at a time so that when I do switch I won't have as much work to do
That's what I'm doing...a little at a time. I have way too many ebooks and not enough time or patience to convert and send them all to my kobo one by one!
If you're having issues with Calibre crashing, it's likely you need a newer version of the deDRM plug it. The current version may be found here: github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/releases/tag/v10.0.3 (you can also find this new link in the description)
Thank you for showing how to get the DeDRM plugin to work. Everywhere I have looked on how to install it, never mentioned entering the serial number of the Kindle. Now that I have that missing piece, it works.
This is perfect and a very timely video tutorial cause I just finished preordering the Kobo color Libra and was wondering how was I going to read my Kindle books in the Kobo. You’ve just solved my problem. I have the items and software already so I’ll be ready to follow your instructions once I receive my Kobo. Many thanks!
Amazing video! Very easy to follow and worked perfectly! I do have to say you can bulk upload to your kobo, at least on Windows. I just selected all of my books and clicked "Send To Device" up the top. Everything worked perfectly, thank you very much for making this vid! I picked up my Kobo Libra Color today and was a bit sad to not have all my books on one device, problem solved 🤩
You saved my day! 🎉🎉🎉 I've just received the Kobo Libra Colour and I have so many kindle books .. to have all my books on one EReader. Perfect! Thank you sooo much!! 😊
This was so helpful, Dylan! Thank you. I pre-ordered the Kobo Libra Colour and was sad I would have to start all over regarding buying books I wanted to annotate with the stylus. Reddit always talks about Calibre and it just didnt compute with me. This helped me so much.
This is excellent. I’ve used calibre and Apprentice Alf’s plugin since 2018 but I didn’t know about linking to a kindle device. I’ve just downloaded a kindle book on computer (using an old version of the kindle app because my plugin can’t remove drm from newer books or books downloaded on new app), then dragged and dropped those books into calibre. I’ll get things set up the way you’ve done it to see if it’ll remove the drm on the new books. I’ll be sure to get the same drm plugin you used. That’s a nice recliner, btwv
Thank you so much! Unfortunately it is a headache to get started, but once you have everything up and running the process is pretty easy. I wish there was an easier way!
Very helpful! I don’t know how I missed this when it posted. I see a lot of folks are ditching Kindle and moving to Kobo to retain ownership if Amazon gets squirrelly with removing books we’ve paid for. I’m about to jump on that bandwagon.
Thank so much for this video, I get a Kobo and was looking how transfert all my books (a lot of books 😅😅) and your video will save my life. It’s really well explained. THANK YOU !!
OMG THank you sooo much. If only I'd found your video 12 hours ago! Thank you for mking the process so simple and easy to understand. You sir, are a legend.
Thank you so much!!! This was so helpful and honestly took the headache out of moving from kindle to kobo. I was so worried about losing hundreds of books but so far everything has worked great 😁
Yes - me too. I was instantly regretting buying Kobo - there seemed to be fewer books, and generally more expensive, and that really nasty trick of forcing you to preauthorise payment methods for future purchases. But now I can see that I can still buy books on Amazon and just transfer them. It's a shame that Kobo does that preauthorisation forcing move as I shan't be buying many books from them. Thanks for these tips. My 4 Kindles are long since in the graveyard, but my Amazon account still recognises them.
Finally got this set up and holy cow it works! Previously, I couldn't remove DRM from newer books, but I just did it your way and it actually worked on the newer books!
oh-oh. I just tried loading a third book and it says I don't have a compatible device registered for this content. My Kindle is an old one with the keyboard so I'll probably need a newer Kindle. Strange though. It didn't have any trouble with 2 books published in March but did with a book from February.
Thank you for this! I've really been wanting to switch from kindle to kobo and this made it easier--I was already dreading this part but its not hard at all!
@@dylancanread The video was helpful. I did have a question though. When you transfer a book from your kindle to your kobo will that book still have all your notes and highlights you've made?
This was a really useful video! Thank you very much. You pushed me over the edge from my Kindle (I've been reading on a Kindle for 15 years or more) and into a new color Kobo reader. I'm assuming that with the DRM removed that you can highlight and take notes on books? I'm also assuming the Kobo has a dictionary function similar to my Kindle?? Again, thank you for the great video.
Just got my Libra colour yesterday and I followed your steps it worked perfectly. Thank you so much 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 didn’t know I can bulk convert and download to kobo tho so I sat there and converted 71 books individually 😂😂😂😂
Grazieeeee!!! Super Many Thanks my dear!! You made my day!! Super duper step by step video tutorial that i will highly recommend to anybody I know of that want to switch to the fantastic world of Kobo
Thank you - very helpful for new Kobo converts. Especially configuration of the plugin. In the last step you can upload the epub version to Google Drive or Dropbox on your Kobo.
Hi Dylan. Thanks for your tutorials. I have followed the steps, but am experiencing a problem. Calibre7.12 will not accept the DeDRM plugin. Any ideas. Cheers.
a bit of an easier way to load the books all at once is to plug your kindle into your computer and add them straight to calibre from the downloads folder.
Hi Dylan, Thanks for the videos, I'm a fan. I purchased a Kindle reader, when they first came out. I also still have my Kindle DX. I wonder if you have any area where someone can ask an in-depth question, or two. Thanks again! (That chair looks so comfy!)
@13:10 - I have the Kindle App on my computer and I can download my library... I can also find the folder where my Kindle saves those books. Can you use those files? Would you need an actual Kindle Device is you went this rout?
Thank you so much for this video. I was kind of stressing about getting my purchases on my Kobo Libra Colour from Amazon. My other question was with you converting the book to epub then are you able to use all the features on the kobo like increase/decrease font, change font, annotating etc??
Thank you so much, you just plugged a very stupid hole in what was going wrong with mine. I was downloading books "to" an older Kindle to try and avoid downloading with the newer KFX file type, but I used a different Kindle serial number in my KFX plugin so I kept getting errors. Thank you so much 🤦🏻♀️
Hmmm - Do you think I could tweak this for a similar process of reading a kobo book on a kindle? My local independent bookstore sells ebooks but they say (Kobo ebook) next to the title so I have always been worried that I wouldn't be able to read them on my kindle. Would love to support my local bookshop with ebook purchases!
Great video! Just FYI- I tried to copy and paste my serial number from the Amazon website, but it didn’t work. When I typed it in, though, it worked great!
Thank you so much for this video! Definitely the easiest directions I've seen for how to do this. One question though, would this also work for ebooks bought from Barnes and Noble (nook books) or would you need to transfer them differently?
Is there any way to do this without having a kindle? I have a kobo (that I love) but some books aren't available on the kobo store unfortunately that I'd like to read. I've never had a kindle though
You need a kindle device bound to your account to use this method, otherwise you won't be able to use the "Download and Transfer via USB" option. If your kindle device is still bound to your account (still appear on your "Devices" page) you're fine, even if you have no idea where the physical device is (hell, it could have been incinerated as garbage years ago for all Amazon cares). If this is not the case and you really want to convert your kindle library (remember that this is a one time procedure, at least as long as you maintain careful backups of your Calibre library), just buy the cheapest Kindle device you can find (reconditioned ones are fine), bind it to your account, record its serial number and throw it in a drawer.
Hi Dylan, thank you for the video. I just picked up a Clara Colour and was hoping to port the Kindle Books I had over but I don't own a physical Kindle (no serial). Just a bunch of books and audiobooks. Is there any workaround you're aware of for that? Thanks, J
This definitely works for getting them on my Kobo Libra, but I do have an issue I'm running into. To start, I don't actually have a kindle so I can't add a serial number to the plug in, yet seemingly it still gets transferred. The issue I have is when actually trying to read the files on my Kobo. Aside from the cover/first page, everything is zoomed in to only show the top left each page, with no option to zoom out, which makes reading manga, or pretty much anything impossible. Would having a kindle serial number fix that, or am I doing something else wrong?
Hi, so i also just use the kindle app and i want to convert my books to my kobo. You say it worked for you but i can't seem to make it work. How did you do it?
Doesn’t work . Caliber crashes every time I press “customise plugin”. You show how to download for the plug-in v 7.2.1 but you have v.10 and say we should install that. Where are we supposed to find that? You show one thing, then say another.
Can you do one on putting books bought from Kobo onto Calibre for storage? Do they need to have the drm removed as well? Can books purchased from Kobo be sideloaded onto a kindle?
Hi. Thanks for the video!. Did you tried to remove the DRM from kobo books too? so you can read your books bought on kobo store on your kindles? My sole objective is to have all my legally purchased e-books free to read them on any device.. thanks again!
I have problem to instal DeDRM plugin, and it show the error message "The plugin in '/Users/polinchi/Downloads/DeDRM_tools_10.0.3.zip' is invalid. It does not contain a top-level __init__.py file". Could anyone help on this? Thank you.
Thanks for an easy to follow video. Question - I never bought a Kindle but use their Cloud Reader. I do have a Kobo Sage. Is it possible to move books from Kindle Cloud Reader to Kobo Sage?
Great tutorial, thanks! Even if you bought the ebook, unfortunately the United States' DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent ANY form of copy protection (DRM) even for personal use. You can buy 100 copies of an eBook, but if you circumvent DRM on books you bought, it is illegal in the United States according to the DMCA. Even for only your own personal use.
What Mac and OS are you using? I have an 2019 iMac with intel running Sonoma and my Libra Colour that I just bought will not connect. The Device itself says it's connected but I won't show up in my finder anywhere.
Amazon doesn’t put DRM on the books the publisher does. The same for Kobo, books purchased from the Kobo store also have DRM. That’s why books from Baen and TOR are refreshing as they come without DRM. You should fix the disinformation in your video. But you did a good job on explaining how to remove DRM from Kindle books. Using the NoDRM or DeDRM plugins you can also remove DRM from Kobo books. There are also some plugins that allow you to convert your books to Kepub which is Kobo's preferred format.
Just scraping the tip of this process.. am I buggered if I don’t have an actual kindle? I have just been using the Kindle iOS app for a couple bits.. mostly on my Kobo and upgrading to the Colour.. 😐
No mention of Kindle Unlimited... Doesn't appear you can copy them over while reading. Which I guess makes sense, but... Kinda sucks, cuz that means I can't use KU anymore if I want to read on my Kobo.
thank-you very much for this video. I'm thinking of leaving the amazon system ( kindle ) due to the proprietary issues on e-books. I have been using Epubor Ultimate to remove the DRM after purchasing books from amazon. Then I can change the file format to whatever I would like. Your dedrm system via calibre is a great idea. I do use calibre as well. So . . . my ultimate question is. If I want to move my entire kindle library from my kindle oasis ( all categorized in genre's ) can I move that entire collection in bulk from calibre ( which all have DRM removed ) to my new Kobo Clara Color ? If, I choose to leave the amazon eco system. This would be so advantageous knowing that using Kobo I can use any formated book and not just be stuck in the amazon eco system.
do we have to own a kindle? i only use kindle on my phone and ipad so i dont own an actual kindle...how do i find my serial number?? or is there another way to get my kindle library to calibre
I keep getting a error when trying to add the plug to caliber "calibre, version 7.16.0 ERROR: Unhandled exception" how do I fix this? im a little computer stupid.
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You don't need a kindle, a kindle app is fine as I have tested it out before. thought I did use different programs but they were basically convert the book to epub.
how to get kobo to kindle?
One clarification, and a tip.
Firstly, some books can come from Amazon without DRM. TOR, for example, doesn’t put DRM on their books.
As for making quicker/simpler, Calibre has some automation features. Somewhere in the setting you can specify a folder that it will auto import books from. Set that up and then if calibre is running and you put books files into that folder they will automatically be imported. There is also a setting in preferences to automatically convert books when importing
With that automation in place the process of importing and converting becomes pretty painless, but you’ll still have to download the books individually
Thanks for the very useful video. A hint from my side: As long as you connect your Kobo to your computer, a button "Send to device" appears on calibre. After importing the Kindle ebook into calibre and converting it to a drm-free version, you can just click on the "Send to device" button and the ebook will be automatically uploaded to your Kobo. No need to drag-n-drop it.
Thank you so much.. That's something I wanted to know. I prefer to use the option Calibre gives me instead of copy and paste or drag the file to Kobo's folder. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video! I've been thinking of getting a color Kobo, but I was hesitant to take the plunge since all of my ebooks are from Amazon.
Thanks for watching! I hope the video was helpful! :)
@@dylancanread It definitely was. I will be saving this video for if I ever do buy a Kobo.
same here.
Thank you, really helpful! As a Kindle owner for about 10 years, I wanted to try the Kobo but was hesitant as I didn't want to lose my Kindle library.
Calibre is such an OG ebook application. I will always love it. Great video
Thanks for making this easy! I don't have a kobo yet but the sheer thought of having to do this for 400+ books kept me from really looking into them despite wanting to make the switch. I think I'll start converting some of my library a little at a time so that when I do switch I won't have as much work to do
That's what I'm doing...a little at a time. I have way too many ebooks and not enough time or patience to convert and send them all to my kobo one by one!
Tell your parents I said thank you for creating you because this video was a god send!!!
What if i dont have a kindle? I use my phone for kindle. Help! I want to transfer to my kobo 😭
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same question 😭🙏
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You saved me from having a complete meltdown. THANK YOU!!
If you're having issues with Calibre crashing, it's likely you need a newer version of the deDRM plug it. The current version may be found here: github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/releases/tag/v10.0.3 (you can also find this new link in the description)
THANK YOU!!!
It keeps giving an error when trying to add plug in
This was a HUGE help. Thank you for leaving this comment.
Thank you for showing how to get the DeDRM plugin to work. Everywhere I have looked on how to install it, never mentioned entering the serial number of the Kindle. Now that I have that missing piece, it works.
thank you for teaching about DRM and DRM Removal, it's a very important topic more people should know about!
This is perfect and a very timely video tutorial cause I just finished preordering the Kobo color Libra and was wondering how was I going to read my Kindle books in the Kobo. You’ve just solved my problem. I have the items and software already so I’ll be ready to follow your instructions once I receive my Kobo. Many thanks!
I can’t tell you enough how grateful I am for you putting this informational video together. This really helped me out so much. Thank you.
Amazing video! Very easy to follow and worked perfectly!
I do have to say you can bulk upload to your kobo, at least on Windows. I just selected all of my books and clicked "Send To Device" up the top.
Everything worked perfectly, thank you very much for making this vid! I picked up my Kobo Libra Color today and was a bit sad to not have all my books on one device, problem solved 🤩
Okayyy coming thru with the helpful vids, as someone who is going from kindle to the new libra color, this vid is perfect; ty!!😊
Thank you, I've just bought a Kobo colour after owning a Kindle and this was a great help.
You saved my day! 🎉🎉🎉
I've just received the Kobo Libra Colour and I have so many kindle books .. to have all my books on one EReader. Perfect! Thank you sooo much!! 😊
Perfect! Thanks for the info, will use this when I get my Kobu because there are books on amazon I want that aren't on Kobu plus!
This was so helpful, Dylan! Thank you. I pre-ordered the Kobo Libra Colour and was sad I would have to start all over regarding buying books I wanted to annotate with the stylus. Reddit always talks about Calibre and it just didnt compute with me. This helped me so much.
Im so glad it was helpful!
Excellent! We need more technical videos and tips like this!!
Thanks for watching! Glad this one was useful :)
Thank you so much for this video!! It was super helpful and I can know read my Kindle books on my new Kobo Libra Color. In love!! 😊
This is excellent. I’ve used calibre and Apprentice Alf’s plugin since 2018 but I didn’t know about linking to a kindle device. I’ve just downloaded a kindle book on computer (using an old version of the kindle app because my plugin can’t remove drm from newer books or books downloaded on new app), then dragged and dropped those books into calibre.
I’ll get things set up the way you’ve done it to see if it’ll remove the drm on the new books. I’ll be sure to get the same drm plugin you used.
That’s a nice recliner, btwv
This is some of the best directions I've found so far! tbh though I still think this is really complicated. I'm hesitant to change ecosystems
Thank you so much! Unfortunately it is a headache to get started, but once you have everything up and running the process is pretty easy. I wish there was an easier way!
Very helpful! I don’t know how I missed this when it posted. I see a lot of folks are ditching Kindle and moving to Kobo to retain ownership if Amazon gets squirrelly with removing books we’ve paid for. I’m about to jump on that bandwagon.
Thank so much for this video, I get a Kobo and was looking how transfert all my books (a lot of books 😅😅) and your video will save my life. It’s really well explained. THANK YOU !!
OMG THank you sooo much. If only I'd found your video 12 hours ago! Thank you for mking the process so simple and easy to understand. You sir, are a legend.
Thanks for this! That was a very simple and straight forward guide.
Thank you so much!!! This was so helpful and honestly took the headache out of moving from kindle to kobo. I was so worried about losing hundreds of books but so far everything has worked great 😁
Yes - me too. I was instantly regretting buying Kobo - there seemed to be fewer books, and generally more expensive, and that really nasty trick of forcing you to preauthorise payment methods for future purchases. But now I can see that I can still buy books on Amazon and just transfer them. It's a shame that Kobo does that preauthorisation forcing move as I shan't be buying many books from them. Thanks for these tips. My 4 Kindles are long since in the graveyard, but my Amazon account still recognises them.
Finally got this set up and holy cow it works! Previously, I couldn't remove DRM from newer books, but I just did it your way and it actually worked on the newer books!
oh-oh. I just tried loading a third book and it says I don't have a compatible device registered for this content. My Kindle is an old one with the keyboard so I'll probably need a newer Kindle. Strange though. It didn't have any trouble with 2 books published in March but did with a book from February.
Thank you for this! I've really been wanting to switch from kindle to kobo and this made it easier--I was already dreading this part but its not hard at all!
Perfect, thank you. I'd requested a book from Kobo for a while now, all the time it was waiting on Amazon... awesome.
also instead of dragging and dropping you can highlight as many books as you want and click send to device~
Thanks Dylan! I'm planning on getting the new kobo libra colour so I'm glad there's a way I can transfer my books from my kindle.
Awesome! I think you'll love it! Hope the video will be helpful :)
@@dylancanread The video was helpful. I did have a question though. When you transfer a book from your kindle to your kobo will that book still have all your notes and highlights you've made?
hmm... that's a great question that I'm honestly not sure about. I would think not, but I will have to test it to see for sure!
This was a really useful video! Thank you very much. You pushed me over the edge from my Kindle (I've been reading on a Kindle for 15 years or more) and into a new color Kobo reader. I'm assuming that with the DRM removed that you can highlight and take notes on books? I'm also assuming the Kobo has a dictionary function similar to my Kindle?? Again, thank you for the great video.
Just got my Libra colour yesterday and I followed your steps it worked perfectly. Thank you so much 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 didn’t know I can bulk convert and download to kobo tho so I sat there and converted 71 books individually 😂😂😂😂
Thanks you so much!!! I've been trying to figure out the drm issue for days now
This was so helpful! I've been struggling to figure this out and almost caved and bought a new kindle...Thanks for saving my wallet!
I've always thought it was pronounced ka-lee-bray -- learn something knew every day.
Haha it may be pronounced that way! I’m honestly not sure
That was super helpful, thank you!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching :)
Grazieeeee!!! Super Many Thanks my dear!! You made my day!! Super duper step by step video tutorial that i will highly recommend to anybody I know of that want to switch to the fantastic world of Kobo
Thank you for this, I just posted the question on your other video about viewing Kindle and Nook
Literally saved my so much money! Thank you for doing this video 🥰
Thank you - very helpful for new Kobo converts. Especially configuration of the plugin. In the last step you can upload the epub version to Google Drive or Dropbox on your Kobo.
Thank you so much! I was trying to figure out how to get it to work for the longest time!!
Hi Dylan. Thanks for your tutorials. I have followed the steps, but am experiencing a problem. Calibre7.12 will not accept the DeDRM plugin. Any ideas. Cheers.
Thank you so much! This video made it so much easier to set up
This is extremely useful. Many thanks!!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching :)
a bit of an easier way to load the books all at once is to plug your kindle into your computer and add them straight to calibre from the downloads folder.
Such a good tutorial! Thank you so much. You've gained a new subscriber!
@dylancanread Have you been able to add multiple libraries to the overdrive on the kobo libra color?
So, it looks like you can only do this if youve had a Kindle previously? Like, if I've been reading on my phone, there wont be a device #?
That's so useful thanks! I've really struggled to get this to work. but it works perfectly. Happy reading/
Hi Dylan, Thanks for the videos, I'm a fan. I purchased a Kindle reader, when they first came out. I also still have my Kindle DX. I wonder if you have any area where someone can ask an in-depth question, or two. Thanks again! (That chair looks so comfy!)
How can you get the covers to be the correct or same size?
Please also do a video tutorials for converting Nook ebooks for reading in a Kobo ereader. Thank you.
Thank you for the suggestion!
this was SO easy and useful!! THANK YOU!
@13:10 - I have the Kindle App on my computer and I can download my library...
I can also find the folder where my Kindle saves those books. Can you use those files? Would you need an actual Kindle Device is you went this rout?
I would also love to know this
Thank you so much for this video. I was kind of stressing about getting my purchases on my Kobo Libra Colour from Amazon. My other question was with you converting the book to epub then are you able to use all the features on the kobo like increase/decrease font, change font, annotating etc??
Yes! You are able to do all those things :)
@@dylancanread yes! Thank you again for answering my question. Can’t wait to get my Libra Colour.
for some reason my pc won't recognize either De-drm plug in. help!
Yea I had to unzip the files before adding the plugin on pc
You should use the plug in to convert the file to a Kepub file :)
Thank you so much, you just plugged a very stupid hole in what was going wrong with mine. I was downloading books "to" an older Kindle to try and avoid downloading with the newer KFX file type, but I used a different Kindle serial number in my KFX plugin so I kept getting errors. Thank you so much 🤦🏻♀️
Hmmm - Do you think I could tweak this for a similar process of reading a kobo book on a kindle? My local independent bookstore sells ebooks but they say (Kobo ebook) next to the title so I have always been worried that I wouldn't be able to read them on my kindle. Would love to support my local bookshop with ebook purchases!
What if you dont have a kindle but use the kindle app?
It won't work because you need the Kindle serial number to complete the process.
@@keljo60 There is a button in configuration for kindle on Android and Mac/PC.
Great video! Just FYI- I tried to copy and paste my serial number from the Amazon website, but it didn’t work. When I typed it in, though, it worked great!
worked great! thanks
Thank you so much for this video! Definitely the easiest directions I've seen for how to do this. One question though, would this also work for ebooks bought from Barnes and Noble (nook books) or would you need to transfer them differently?
Thank you for this video!
thank you man. I just press Like and subscribe for just this helpful video.
Thankyou so so much! Extremely useful!
Is there any way to do this without having a kindle? I have a kobo (that I love) but some books aren't available on the kobo store unfortunately that I'd like to read. I've never had a kindle though
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What if I dont have my kindle device anymore? How can I do that?
You need a kindle device bound to your account to use this method, otherwise you won't be able to use the "Download and Transfer via USB" option. If your kindle device is still bound to your account (still appear on your "Devices" page) you're fine, even if you have no idea where the physical device is (hell, it could have been incinerated as garbage years ago for all Amazon cares).
If this is not the case and you really want to convert your kindle library (remember that this is a one time procedure, at least as long as you maintain careful backups of your Calibre library), just buy the cheapest Kindle device you can find (reconditioned ones are fine), bind it to your account, record its serial number and throw it in a drawer.
Hi Dylan, thank you for the video. I just picked up a Clara Colour and was hoping to port the Kindle Books I had over but I don't own a physical Kindle (no serial). Just a bunch of books and audiobooks. Is there any workaround you're aware of for that?
Thanks,
J
This definitely works for getting them on my Kobo Libra, but I do have an issue I'm running into.
To start, I don't actually have a kindle so I can't add a serial number to the plug in, yet seemingly it still gets transferred. The issue I have is when actually trying to read the files on my Kobo. Aside from the cover/first page, everything is zoomed in to only show the top left each page, with no option to zoom out, which makes reading manga, or pretty much anything impossible. Would having a kindle serial number fix that, or am I doing something else wrong?
Hi, so i also just use the kindle app and i want to convert my books to my kobo. You say it worked for you but i can't seem to make it work. How did you do it?
Doesn’t work . Caliber crashes every time I press “customise plugin”. You show how to download for the plug-in v 7.2.1 but you have v.10 and say we should install that. Where are we supposed to find that? You show one thing, then say another.
Sorry am new to this. If I don't have a Kindle can I still buy Kindle books and do this. I won't have a serial number to log in Amazon.
Can you do one on putting books bought from Kobo onto Calibre for storage? Do they need to have the drm removed as well? Can books purchased from Kobo be sideloaded onto a kindle?
why does it say the plug in invalid? Using windows pc
Hi. Thanks for the video!. Did you tried to remove the DRM from kobo books too? so you can read your books bought on kobo store on your kindles? My sole objective is to have all my legally purchased e-books free to read them on any device.. thanks again!
I have problem to instal DeDRM plugin, and it show the error message "The plugin in '/Users/polinchi/Downloads/DeDRM_tools_10.0.3.zip' is invalid. It does not contain a top-level __init__.py file". Could anyone help on this? Thank you.
I'm getting the same error message when I try to load the plug in to Calibre
You are amazing! Thank you for the video. The easiest step-by-step I have come across and I have been searching like a woman possessed.
Thank you!
Thank you awesome video 😊
Thanks for sharing this!
I honestly think this is why I'd opt for a eink tablet
Thanks for an easy to follow video. Question - I never bought a Kindle but use their Cloud Reader. I do have a Kobo Sage. Is it possible to move books from Kindle Cloud Reader to Kobo Sage?
Great tutorial, thanks! Even if you bought the ebook, unfortunately the United States' DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent ANY form of copy protection (DRM) even for personal use. You can buy 100 copies of an eBook, but if you circumvent DRM on books you bought, it is illegal in the United States according to the DMCA. Even for only your own personal use.
I dont's have the DeDrum pluggin option so I can't type in my kindle serial number.
What Mac and OS are you using? I have an 2019 iMac with intel running Sonoma and my Libra Colour that I just bought will not connect. The Device itself says it's connected but I won't show up in my finder anywhere.
Amazon doesn’t put DRM on the books the publisher does. The same for Kobo, books purchased from the Kobo store also have DRM. That’s why books from Baen and TOR are refreshing as they come without DRM. You should fix the disinformation in your video. But you did a good job on explaining how to remove DRM from Kindle books. Using the NoDRM or DeDRM plugins you can also remove DRM from Kobo books. There are also some plugins that allow you to convert your books to Kepub which is Kobo's preferred format.
For me calibre crashes every time I try to open the DRM to input my kindle serial number, does anyone know of a solution Please?
I'm having the same issue. I'm following this thread.
I resolved my issue by using an newer version of DEDRM. 10.0.3 or higher should work.
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@@donmoe3083 Thanks that has worked
How did you do that?
Question, I use the kindle app on my iPad so when asked on calibre to enter serial number of kindle it won't allow it. Is there a work around.
Just scraping the tip of this process.. am I buggered if I don’t have an actual kindle? I have just been using the Kindle iOS app for a couple bits.. mostly on my Kobo and upgrading to the Colour.. 😐
No mention of Kindle Unlimited... Doesn't appear you can copy them over while reading. Which I guess makes sense, but... Kinda sucks, cuz that means I can't use KU anymore if I want to read on my Kobo.
thank-you very much for this video. I'm thinking of leaving the amazon system ( kindle ) due to the proprietary issues on e-books. I have been using Epubor Ultimate to remove the DRM after purchasing books from amazon. Then I can change the file format to whatever I would like. Your dedrm system via calibre is a great idea. I do use calibre as well. So . . . my ultimate question is.
If I want to move my entire kindle library from my kindle oasis ( all categorized in genre's ) can I move that entire collection in bulk from calibre ( which all have DRM removed ) to my new Kobo Clara Color ? If, I choose to leave the amazon eco system. This would be so advantageous knowing that using Kobo I can use any formated book and not just be stuck in the amazon eco system.
I’m having a problem. When I try to customise plugin Calibre crashes and that’s as far as I’ve managed to get
do we have to own a kindle? i only use kindle on my phone and ipad so i dont own an actual kindle...how do i find my serial number?? or is there another way to get my kindle library to calibre
I keep getting a error when trying to add the plug to caliber "calibre, version 7.16.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception" how do I fix this? im a little computer stupid.