Remove DRM from PDB ebook from B&N (Barnes & Noble),...

Originally Posted by johnr267

Sorry for that, OK I followed the steps above up to Point 10, where I just couldn't get the terminal input correct and kept getting an error message "ereader2html is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file". I've then played around with the other inputs and got the same message.

Overall my input was as follows (details changed of course):
ereader2html good life.pdb outdir "john dow" 123456789012345

Not sure if this is correct - ie have I put spaces where I should, or inadvertently excluded spaces etc.

Make sure it has the .py file extension. Then try to launch it like this:

ereader2html.py good life.pdb outdir "john dow" 123456789012345

[spunky]

Not sure if this helps put I was told to put in only the last 8 digits of my credit card and it worked.

[CCUC]

I have the same problem. Any tips?

[kcl34]

Hi Johnr267, can you please help me remove DRM from a pdb ebook for me? thanks
kcl

[55kevy]

I have downloaded erdr2pml.py, downloaded and installed python, and from the command prompt set at the directory where the .pdb I want to convert and the erdr2pml.py are located I enter:

c:\users\me\my docs\my ebooks\dir erdr2pml.py samedir\book.pdb samedir "My Name" mycreditcardnumber

And get a nice message that erdr2pml is from Dark Reverser and is to convert .pdb to .pml and the syntax and that you only have to enter the last 8 digits of cc number. But there is no conversion. I've tried this without the full directory path in front of the book file and get the same message. Should the erdr2pml.py file be stored in the same directory as the python? or what else am i doing wrong?

Originally Posted by 55kevy

I have downloaded erdr2pml.py, downloaded and installed python, and from the command prompt set at the directory where the .pdb I want to convert and the erdr2pml.py are located I enter:

c:\users\me\my docs\my ebooks\dir erdr2pml.py samedir\book.pdb samedir "My Name" mycreditcardnumber

And get a nice message that erdr2pml is from Dark Reverser and is to convert .pdb to .pml and the syntax and that you only have to enter the last 8 digits of cc number. But there is no conversion. I've tried this without the full directory path in front of the book file and get the same message. Should the erdr2pml.py file be stored in the same directory as the python? or what else am i doing wrong?

Try to place erdr2pml.py and your book.pdb into the same directory. And use simple names for your ebooks and directories (without spaces, special characters,...) Then it should work as described in the post above:

erdr2pml.py book.pdb samedir "Name" CCN

or just

erdr2pml.py book.pdb "Name" CCN

[55kevy]

That is what I have done. Both the .py and the .pdb files are in the same directory, I'm running the command prompt set at the same directory, and I'm setting outdir as the same directory. So what now?

[55kevy]

OK - tried it one last time: command prompt set at directory where erdr2pml.py and book.pdb are and used the syntax:

erdr2pml.py book.pdb "my name" ccn

And it worked! So now I just have to tackle the other 300 titles.

Originally Posted by 55kevy

erdr2pml.py book.pdb "my name" ccn

And it worked! So now I just have to tackle the other 300 titles.

Then it is a good idea to create a batch file for that. I'm not an expert in that, but the following should work:

for %f IN (*.pdb) do call erdr2pml.py %f "name" ccn

or something like that:

for /f %%a IN ('dir /b *.pdb') do call erdr2pml.py %%a "name" ccn

The /f flag is used to return filenames (not directories).
"dir /b *.pdb" returns a bare directory listing (no filesize, attributes, etc.) with filenames that match the *.pdb pattern.
"%%a" is our variable.

[stehr]

I'm having trouble with this. When I enter:
erdr2pml.py a.pdb "My name" CCN
I receive the error:
File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: invalid syntax (highlighting the name of the book 'a')

I've tried renaming the files as numbers or all lowercase letters, but to no avail. What am I missing?

Thanks!