Kindle Hacking 101 – E Book DRM Removal

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1. globalteamincome1 | February 12, 2011 at 4:18 am

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   With Over 90 Titles To Choose From Such As How To Make Hash At Home
   And How To Start A Marijuana Dispensary
2. renatoram2000 | February 12, 2011 at 4:57 am

   A quickie: Topaz is not a new format or encryption scheme, it’s a *different* format that Amazon uses for OLD books, for publishers that don’t want to make the effort to convert. It’s a pretty crappy scan/ocr format, too. Avoid it like the plague, regardless of DRM.
   (it’s been cracked, too, btw)
3. MehtaMezhan | February 12, 2011 at 5:20 am

   @eddFACE1 Note the specific use of “Kindle for PC.” There may be a Mac version of the software (I don’t own a Kindle), but perhaps the Mac version doesn’t function the same way.
4. cruster69 | February 12, 2011 at 5:34 am

   DRM : a great incentive to not use .torrents
5. eddFACE1 | February 12, 2011 at 6:02 am

   What is the reason why you can’t run these Python scripts on a Mac? You can easily install Python, which I presume is all you need to run these scripts…
6. pdurrant | February 12, 2011 at 6:16 am

   Latest script is the all-in-one KindleBooks.pyw script that can be found on Apprentice Alf’s blog.
7. starojitski | February 12, 2011 at 7:06 am

   Your video, although outdated, helped me to start looking for current Kindle DRM removal solution. After reading a few blogs i compiled the simples removal solution so far.
8. shatner85 | February 12, 2011 at 7:33 am

   Thank you so fucking much!!!!
9. quiltinmaniac | February 12, 2011 at 8:24 am

   When I open unswindle.py, I get? the error message “Error: Unsupported version of Kindle for PC”.

   I just downloaded the Kindle for PC app today, 1/3/11. Any workaround?? Thanks.
10. quiltinmaniac | February 12, 2011 at 8:33 am

    @flawns search their site for Kindle, and it still comes up.
11. quiltinmaniac | February 12, 2011 at 8:58 am

    When I open unswindle.py, I get the error message “Error: Unsupported version of Kindle for PC”.

    I just downloaded the Kindle for PC app today, 1/3/11. Any workaround?? Thanks.
12. quiltinmaniac | February 12, 2011 at 9:15 am

    When I open unswindle.py, I get the error message “Error: Unsupported version of Kindle for PC”.

    I just downloaded the Kindle for PC app today, 1/3/11. Any workaround?? Thanks.
13. BCFran3 | February 12, 2011 at 10:03 am

    on W-7 or XP can not find the python exec folder I drag the “torrent” over what I think, it jumps but does not open the Kindle for PC app, Help please
14. jayry55 | February 12, 2011 at 10:50 am

    @spastikman can you help me find a drm removal thing for itunes? i can’t seem to find any that work
15. jayry55 | February 12, 2011 at 11:29 am

    so where do we get the stuff after python?
16. flawns | February 12, 2011 at 11:39 am

    you guys took down your kindle page…. well so much for that
17. maw88ify | February 12, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    In Linux Ubuntu or Linux Mint, Mac , and Windows just use >> Calibre to convert any PDF , and almost a ebook to? work on the Kindle … I use it in Linux? Ubuntu for my wife’s Kindle …
18. BoiseShan | February 12, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    Me, too. anything?
19. sacredpotion24 | February 12, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    @spastikman i know exactly how you feel man… i have an account on nooktalk.com and i cant read the books people send because there drm encrypted…. go figure and i have no way to fix it.. .. if you find a way let me know… again, i know EXACTLY how you feel I’ve ripped countless audio/video files from/for Microsoft and apple formats… but this… CRAZY
20. spastikman | February 12, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    man, I’ve had to remove drm off apple audio/video, computer games, and all kinds of other stuff. Ironically, the hardest DRM to remove for me is a simple ebook DRM. crazy.
21. DejectedPanda | February 12, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Thanks. I just switched from the Kindle to the Sony Pocket Touch and this is great.
22. ShUtThfUcKuP | February 12, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    hey Steve hows the blue dog…..
23. tjrssibelle | February 12, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    @MaxHardcoreRulez I used skindle and it seemed to be working with the new K4PC
24. MaxHardcoreRulez | February 12, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    @tjrssibelle I’m also getting the same thing. Not working. Any fix yet?
25. tjrssibelle | February 12, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    @pox98
    hey guys, whenever i dragged the unswindle file to the python icon i got error saying “unsupported version of kindle for pc”…how do i fix that?