How to remove DRM from sony ebooks (BBeB and EPUB) with ineptkey.pyw, inepepub.pyw

[hopscotch]

Originally Posted by Stream Recorder

It is possible to remove DRM protection from EPUB files using free python scripts:

Circumventing Adobe ADEPT (Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology) DRM for EPUB:

Thank you Stream Recorder, you are a genius. Was given Xmas present that was the wrong ebook for my reader. You have solved my problem.

[radcontra]

IDLE 2.6.4
>>> C\freePDF\ineptkey.pyw
SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
>>>

I'm fairly unskilled about this stuff, but what am I doing wrong?

I get this error in both Python (command line) and Command prompt, too.

Originally Posted by jhgeorge1935

I also am trying this stuff. I have everything loaded and I created the adeptkey.der ok when I load this stuff into the ineptepub.pyw box it states at the top of the box:
Error: Problem decrypting session key
Am I missing something?
I have all of the files you discussed loaded

Does this happen with ebooks from B&N?

How to remove DRM protection from B&N (Barnes & Noble) EPUB ebooks

How to tell whether your book is in fact Adobe ADEPT-encrypted (Mac)
Copy the original e-book file, putting the new copy on your Desktop, so that you are not working with the original file. (If you option-drag the file to the Desktop, you'll get a new copy of the file on the Desktop.) Then change the filename extension of the copied file on the Desktop from whatever it was originally to .zip. You can do that by doing Get Info on the copied file on the Desktop (shortcut: command-I) and editing the extension in the Name & Extension field. You will then click "Use .zip" in the dialog box that comes up to confirm your intention. Also, still in the Get Info window, set "Open with:" to the Mac's Archive Utility. (Do not click on "Change All ... " unless you want any double-clicked ZIP archive to use this utility.) Now close the Get Info window.

Once you have the .zip extension on the copied file and have the file set to open in Archive Utility, double-click the file. You should see the ZIP file expand into a new folder on your Desktop. The new folder's name reflects the name of your book. Open that folder. In it should be a META-INF folder. Open it. In the META-INF folder should be a file called rights.xml. Open it in TextEdit (best way: drag its icon to the TextEdit icon on the dock). The very first line of the rights.xml file should look something like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<adept:rights xmlns:adept="http://ns.adobe.com/adept">
<licenseToken xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/adept">

If it looks nothing like that, then almost certainly your book is not ADEPT-encrypted!

[radcontra]

Originally Posted by radcontra

I'm fairly unskilled about this stuff, but what am I doing wrong?

I get this error in both Python (command line) and Command prompt, too.

I finally ran the two programs, and I'm happy to report I can read in ADE the book I previously bought. The victory is pyrrhic, however, because Powell's stops purchase of new ebooks with the same geographical restrictions at purchase.

This only works with ADE. Powell's has changed its purchasing policy, so I can no longer buy ebooks I cannot legally read. I bought a number of ADE ebooks before this policy change that became unreadable. I cannot test this procedure with Palm ebooks, because all my current Palm books are legally readable, and now I cannot buy new ones.

Thanks!

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

If it is an epub file with Adobe Digital editions DRM, then you must use a program to determine your adeptkey.der file (after registering with Adobe Digitial Editions website) and once you have that you can remove the drm.

Download ineptkey.pyw and ineptepub.pyw and use them as mentioned above. Many DRM epubs have faulty zip archives built so you might need to fix that as well.

Originally Posted by jhgeorge1935

I also am trying this stuff. I have everything loaded and I created the adeptkey.der ok when I load this stuff into the ineptepub.pyw box it states at the top of the box:
Error: Problem decrypting session key
Am I missing something?
I have all of the files you discussed loaded

adeptkey.der created with ineptkey.pyw prior to ADE version 1.7.2 can't be used with EPUB eBooks downloaded with ADE 1.7.2. If you use it with the latter ebooks, you will get the "problem decrypting session key" error. Read the following thread to learn how to solve the problem:
ineptepub.pyw error: Problem decrypting session key

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

I have followed these instructions installing python and pycrypto, then saving the INEPTKEY AND INEPTEPUB scripts with the pyw ext. When I run (double click) either of these nothing happens except it opens as a text file ??? Please advise, am I missing something completely, am I supposed to do something else, maybe something with python??????

Originally Posted by any ANONYMOUS forum user

I have followed these instructions installing python and pycrypto, then saving the INEPTKEY AND INEPTEPUB scripts with the pyw ext. When I run (double click) either of these nothing happens except it opens as a text file ??? Please advise, am I missing something completely, am I supposed to do something else, maybe something with python??????

May be python is installed improperly. Try to right-click the pyw files and run them with python.

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

Thanks for the prompt reply. For anyone else who has this problem, the solution is to download the scripts for INEPTKEY and INEPTEPUB, do not copy and paste them in a text file, as the script has to be just right anything not in the right place and it won't work. Follow all the other instructions and you'll be Singing and Dancing!

Originally Posted by any ANONYMOUS forum user

Thanks for the prompt reply. For anyone else who has this problem, the solution is to download the scripts for INEPTKEY and INEPTEPUB, do not copy and paste them in a text file, as the script has to be just right anything not in the right place and it won't work. Follow all the other instructions and you'll be Singing and Dancing!

Windows doesn't show file extensions by default, so you can have problems renaming python scripts. You can go to the settings and change them so that Windows Explorer shows all file extensions.

Alternatively you can use software like freeware Unreal Commander. Or if you are an experienced user, you can rename files from a command line.