Hi Annie, That's kind of my take on DRM as well. And I would never share a book that I had removed the DRM from with others.
So how do you convert books in Caliber without the command line? Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > You can convert without installing the command line. But I have some troubles > with it. I can not figure out how to convert a folder of books. > > I am only removing DRM because of accessibility, I do not like to do it, but > on the other hand should I when scan the books, use a lot of time, and not > always get the result I would like. > > Best regards Annie. > Best regards Annie. > On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Georgina Joyce <r...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hello Donna, >> >> I'm affraid I haven't had the sighted support to get the command line tools >> installed. The graphical interface is inaccessible. To install the command >> line tools requires opening the advanced preferences of the program. I >> believe that I'll be able to convert ebooks into different formats from the >> command line. As I do currently on Windows. >> >> However, Calibre will not convert books that have DRM. You'll have to use >> another tool to remove DRM. Depending upon what country you reside will >> influence your personal feelings about removing something that the producers >> have employed to stop such activity. >> >> I personally, remove DRM from books I've purchased for personal use. Simply, >> in order to access it. But I respect that some people wish to obey the >> strict letter of the law of their country. I would rather buy an iBook >> version of a book than have to remove DRM from another format. >> >> HTH >> >> Gena >> >> On 04/03/2013 12:08, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I haven't followed this thread closely, so my apologies in advance if I'm >>> covering old ground. >>> >>> What is the current status with Caliber? I've seen posts where people were >>> having trouble using it. Is it a good accessible resource for converting >>> files to ebooks? What will it do and not do? How does it handle DRM >>> management? >>> thanks, >>> Donna >>> >> >> -- >> "If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives >> outside the box" Barbara Otto >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
