[Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire?

[Mary Popish]

That's helpful, Andi! Thank you. I imagined it was something like this, but
I thought it was worth reaching out to see.

Thanks so much!

*Mary Popish*
Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator
Disability Resource Center
Portland State University

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:18 AM Andrea L. Dietrich <adietrich at cornell.edu>
wrote:


> Hi,

>

>

>

> If it’s book they bought through Amazon then it’s probably DRM protected

> so Calibre won’t convert it by default. There are plugins you can get for

> removing DRM protection but the legality is not 100% clear so I probably

> shouldn’t share the details on here. But if you do a search for “Calibre”

> “DeDRM” you’ll find a lot of information.

>

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>

> Good luck!

>

>

>

> -Andi :)

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>

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Mary Popish

> *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:10 PM

> *To:* athen-list at mailman12.u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Athen] Converting Kindle to PDF via Calbire?

>

>

>

> Hi all,

>

>

>

> Hope you are well! I'm writing to see if anyone has used Calibre to

> convert a Kindle book to PDF. I am working with a student who can only find

> a textbook on Kindle or paperback, and they need it digitally. (And the

> delivery time for the paperback is well into midterms!) However, the Kindle

> format isn't working for the student.

>

>

>

> If anyone has used Calibre with Kindle, please let me know! I haven't

> gotten it to work, but I'm hoping there might be a step or a setting I'm

> missing. Or if you've got other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

>

>

>

> Thanks, all. Take care!

>

>

>

> Mary

>

>

>

> *Mary Popish*

>

> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator

>

> Disability Resource Center

>

> Portland State University

>

>

>

> Phone: (503) 725-9119

>

> Fax: (503) 725-4103

>

> Email: drc at pdx.edu

>

> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc

>

> Pronouns: she / her / hers

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