What is PDF EPUB DRM Removal? It is a tool that can assist you to remove DRM from Adobe PDF and EPUB books. To completely own your purchased books, or backup your PDF or EPUB books, PDF EPUB DRM Removal is a neccessary tool. What we can do with it? Below are the common scenarios when you need a PDF EPUB DRM Removal.
1. You have purchased lots of books from Kobo, Sony, Nook, Google Play, Smashwords, etc, but you want to read them on your newly bought iPhone or iPad.
2. With Adobe DRM protected pdf or epub books, you can't flexibly share your books with your friends or family. They have to register their device with your account, which you may not accept.
3. Besides, DRM protection prevents you from converting your epub or pdf ebook to other format like mobi with some freewares.
All these are restricted due to Adobe DRM protection.
So here just introduces best PDF EPUB DRM Removal to assist you to remove DRM from Adobe PDF and EPUB books.
Part 1. Features of PDF EPUB DRM Removal
Part 2. How to use PDF EPUB DRM Removal
Features of PDF EPUB DRM Removal
This tool supports two kinds of OS: Windows and Mac.
1 Just like its name, it's the combination of PDF DRM Removal and EPUB DRM Removal. Powerful enough to remove DRM from both Adobe PDF and EPUB books, covering books purchased from many popular online stores like Kobo, Sony, Nook, Google Play, Lulu, Smashwords, etc.
2 Besides, it has added the "EPUB-Fix Tool" which can easily save your broken EPUB file.
3 Decryt and convert books in batch.
4 In addtion, it brings no harm to your or books and creates a new EPUB/PDF file while removing DRM, so there is no need to backup the source files.
How to use PDF EPUB DRM Removal
After you get the tool ready, this part is going to teach you how to remove drm from EPUB & PDF on Adobe Digital Editions on both Mac and Win.
Note: The PDF EPUB DRM Removal tool in this video guide is the previous version, so the interface is a little different from the one you downloaded. But don't worry for all the steps are almost the same.
Step 1: Install Adobe Digital Editions and authorize it
Download and install Adobe Digital Editions in your computer.
If it's the first time you use it, click "Help"->"Authorize Computer" to authorize your Adobe ID.
Step 2: Sync and open your Adobe PDF and EPUB books with ADE
After purchasing books from the previous mentioned ebookstores, launch Adobe Digital Editions to sync and download your PDF and EPUB books.
Usually your books synced through ADE will be in the following folder:
For Win: ...\My Documents (Documents)\My Digital Editions ...
For Mac: Users/Your computer name/Documents/Digital Editions ...
If you can't find them, you can also switch to "File" Menu -> "Item Info" -> "Location" to check the location of your downloaded PDF or EPUB book.
The file I get is acsm format instead of EPUB or PDF. What should I do?
The book downloaded from Kobo library or Google Play store is usually .acsm file. After downloading it, double click the file and it will be automatically opened with ADE. If it seems to open with another one, you can right click on the .acsm file and then choose "Open with Adobe Digital Editions". During the process, your .acsm file will be converted to EPUB or PDF format and downloaded to your ADE library automatically. Go to the path presented above to find your EPUB or PDF books.
- Detailed guide about how to convert acsm to EPUB
- Details about how to convert acsm to PDF free
- You may also want to know how to read acsm on Kindle
Step 3: Add EPUB or PDF to EPUB PDF DRM Removal
When you run PDF EPUB DRM removal, you will see the following interface. Your books in ADE library will be listed out in the left column under adobe tab. You can click "Adobe" tab to automatically load all the books. If you just intend to decrypt a few books, you can drag the books from
the left side to the right window.
Clicking "Add" button also allows you to import your books. Batch decryption is high supported, therefore, you can add several books at one time.
Step 4: Remove DRM from Adobe PDF EPUB books
Drad and drop the books to right column, they will be decrypted immediately. You can click "Folde icon" to get your DRM free PDF and EPUB books.
With DRM free PDF and EPUB books, you're now able to backup and share them freely and read them on multiple devices.
Q: Why did I get the error message "problem decrypting session key" while authorizing ADE?
A: This problem may occur if you use different ADE versions to download ACSM files or open eBooks. In this case, you have to delete all your downloaded books under your ADE folder and redownload them with the authorized Adobe ID again.
Q: Will the tool bring any damage to my books and how is the quality of the DRM free PDF and EPUB ebooks?
A: This tool removes DRM from books by merely removing the DRM header and creating a new PDF/EPUB file. So it will bring no quality loss to the effect and your original PDF and EPUB books. As for the decrypted pdf or epub, they are aso with 100% original formatting and quality.
Q: What if my EPUB file is damaged?
A: Don't worry for this PDF EPUB DRM Removal tool has added the built-in EPUB-Fix tool. For small and light damage, it can easily deal with it. For having access to this feature, click "Tools" menu->"EPUB-Fix Tool".
Q: Am I able to print out those PDF and EPUB books when they're DRM free?
A: The 3.0 and later ADE has cancelled the printing feature. For Adobe DRM protected PDF and EPUB books, you can only print a few pages even if you use the previous version. However, with non-DRM PDF and EPUB books, you can freely print them out.
If you are interested in removing PDF and epub DRM on mac, just read the detailed guide on PDF/EPUB DRM Removal Mac published on Epubor website.
Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.