The main reason you’d want to remove DRM from your Kindle books - besides piracy - is to use a third-party e-reader or reading software other than Amazon’s Kindle applications. The aim of this is to make it harder to illegally distribute the ebook files outside of the Amazon store. Kindle DRM essentially stops you from opening or editing a book unless you’re using Amazon’s hardware or software to do so. Almost all Kindle ebook files are DRM-protected. If you want to load your purchase into your favorite third-party e-reader or reading software, chances are you’ll need to strip it of DRM first. DRM-protected Kindle books can only be opened with a Kindle or one of Amazon’s Kindle apps. We’ll also show you how to remove DRM from Kindle books once you have the files downloaded so you can read them on any kind of device or app.Īlthough DRM is intended to stop the illegal distribution (or sharing) of digital content, that’s not the only reason you’d want to remove it.

In this guide we’ll first show you how to download Kindle books directly onto a device. If you’ve bought an ebook from Amazon but want to read it with a device or program that doesn’t support the Amazon Kindle format, you’ll need to remove the ebook DRM before converting it to other ebook formats, as this guide will show you.ĭRM - short for “digital rights management” - is found in basically every type of digital media, and e-books are no exception.

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