How to Remove Kobo DRM for Free with Kobo Book Downloader

To remove Kobo DRM for free, you can use Kobo Book Downloader to download and liberate your purchased Kobo books. However, the new Kobo book download master is perfect for users who are proficient in computers. If you are not a tech-savvy, you can use professional paid software - Epubor Ultimate to remove Kobo DRM effortlessly.

1. What is Kobo Book Downloader?

kobo-book-downloader is a command line program. It looks like this:

With kobo-book-downloader, you can download your purchased Kobo books on Mac/Windows/Linux and remove the DRM protection from them. The resulting EPUB files can be read on any compatible reading app, such as calibre. Unlike obok.py, kobo-book-downloader doesn't require any pre-downloading through a Kobo e-reader or application. Of course, you do not need to download and upload any plugin to calibre in order to remove Kobo DRM smoothly.

2. How to Use Kobo Book Downloader to Remove Kobo DRM

Step 1Set UP the Environment

kobo-book-downloader requires to be used with Python 3+. Make sure that you have installed Python 3 or higher version from their official webpage. If you are not a tech geek, you can search Google for video tutorials about how to install Python on your computer.

Step 2Download and Extract the Kobo Book Downloader Zip

You can download Kobo_book_downloader as a zip and save it on your desktop. Then you have to extract it.

Step 3Open the Terminal Window

Let's take a Windows computer as an example here.

First, open your computer's Start menu by clicking the Windows icon on the bottom-left corner of your desktop or pressing the Win key on your keyboard.

Second, after opening the Start menu, type cmd on your keyboard to search for the menu items.

Last, open the Command Prompt or PowerShell terminal in a new window by pressing the enter key.

Step 4Pip Install -r requirements.txt to Install Its Dependencies

Typically the requirements. txt file is located in the root directory of the project. So from your terminal enter the directory where the kobo-book-downloader is by typing cd desktop/kobo-book-downloader-master/kobo-book-downloader-master and press enter key on your keyboard. Then run pip install -r requirements.txt to install its dependencies.

Step 5Log into Your Kobo Account

kobo-book-downloader will prompt for your Kobo e-mail address and password. Once it has successfully logged in, it won't ask for them again, it doesn't store them either, from then on it works with access tokens.

Kind Reminder: If you are not a tech geek, the following operations might be challenging for you to get it through.

1. enter your Kobo e-mail address and password

kobo-book-downloader will prompt for your Kobo e-mail address and password after running this command line: python kobo-book-downloader list

2. then open http://authorize.kobo.com/signin in an incognito window in your browser, but do not log in! Then open the developer tools (press F12 in Chrome).

Then select the console tab > paste the following code (in the terminal window) there and press Enter.

3. A captcha should show up in the login window. Tick the box in front of I am Human, then you will get a captcha response in the console window.

4. Copy and paste the captcha response to the terminal window:

Then you are ready to download your kobo books.

Step 6List All Your Kobo Books in the Terminal Window

To list all your books, you need to type or just copy & paste this command line to the terminal window: python kobo-book-downloader list --all and press the enter key to run the command line. Here's what you will get after running it:

Step 7Create a Folder to Save your Downloaded Kobo Files

In my case, I create a folder named kobo on my desktop. So the location of this folder is C:\Users\User name\Desktop\kobo

Step 8Download a Kobo Book and Name the File Automatically

Copy & paste the command line to the terminal window: python kobo-book-downloader get /dir/ kobo file description name

For instance, my dir should be my newly created kobo folder, which is C:\Users\User name\Desktop\kobo. If I want to download the kobo file named Zero Hour: The Original Short Story by Eamon Ambrose, as you can see in the screenshot, so you need to copy its file description name before the kobo title. So the complete command line should look like this: python kobo-book-downloader get C:\Users\User name\Desktop\kobo 64566bff-d6a7-465d-bf14-7a48789fc3a6(The user name should be your own account name). The kobo file will be downloaded to the desktop kobo folder after running the command line.

Honestly speaking, if you are not a tech geek, this tool might be very complicated as well as difficult for you to use. So we strongly suggest you use paid Kobo DRM Removal program, like Epubor Ultimate, to remove Kobo DRM with no hassle. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you remove Kobo DRM.

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