
Amazon acquired Comixology, the largest digital comics provider, in 2014. As expected, Comixology merged with Amazon in February 2022, integrating its store into Amazon.com. Previously purchased books remain accessible via the Comixology app, Kindle app, or Kindle Cloud Reader, allowing DRM removal just like Kindle books.
However, users have criticized the poor image rendering quality in the Kindle app and Cloud Reader. Comixology once revolutionized digital comics with its Guided View technology, but many features disappeared after Amazon’s takeover. Despite recent updates, the new Comixology experience is widely seen as a mess. Removing DRM from your Comixology books may help restore a better reading experience. Here's how to help you remove DRM from your Comixology books.
1. Get Your ComiXology Comics into Amazon Kindle Ecosystem
All purchases made in Comixology will also appear in Kindle Books after merging your comiXology and Amazon account. Here's the video guide to help you get your comiXology comics into Amazon Kindle ecosystem. Anyway, you will end up using an Amazon account to use comiXology at last.
After merging your comiXology and Amazon account, comiXology purchases will be readable on Kindle apps and devices. You'll have more flexibility to decide where and how you read your books.
How to Remove DRM from Kindle & ComiXology Books?
Step 1Get your comiXology comics into your Amazon Kindle account.
Now you have the option to read comiXology books on Kindle apps. To see your comics on Kindle, you can follow the above video tutorial to get your comiXology comics into your Amazon Kindle account.
If you purchase comiXology comics from the Amazon website or the built-in Kindle app store. You can jump to step 2.
Step 2Download your comiXology comics with Kindle for PC/Mac.
In order to calculate the decryption key for your comiXology comics, you need to use the Kindle for PC/Mac to download Kindle books. Your comiXology comics will be synced after signing in Kindle desktop app with your Amazon account. Your book will start downloading after you double-click its book cover.
Warm Reminder: To ensure Epubor Ultimate can remove Kindle DRM, you must use Kindle for PC version 2.4.0 to download your Kindle books.
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For Mac users, the best way to remove Kindle DRM is to use an eInk device (released before 2024). For a detailed step-by-step guide, refer to this guide on removing DRM from Comixology books on Mac.
Step 3Install DRM Removal on your computer.
Epubor Ultimate is known for its powerful feature of removing Kindle DRM effortlessly. Similarly, Epubor Ultimate can remove DRM from your ComiXology comics with no hassle.
Step 4Remove DRM from your comiXology comics.
Launch Epubor Ultimate, all your downloaded comiXology comics will show up under the Kindle column. Next just select your comiXology comics and drag & drop them to the right main window of the software. Boom! All your comiXology comics are decrypted in seconds! You can find the decrypted files by clicking the book folder on the lower right corner of the software.

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