Hi Annie, Thanks, you've obviously spent a lot of time on this. Would you mind telling me how you do this in Windows? You can write me off-list at doniado...@me.com. Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Donna. > > You can use the converter function. If you have removed the DRM, you can > convert. My problem is, that I can not figure out how to do a folder of > books, so I am using windows for that, because I have found out how to do it > there, but I wish I could find the correct command for it on the mac, so I > will not have to start up wmware and windows 7 for that. I will find the > information I have gathered, and maybe we can use that for something. Another > thing is, that if someone made some automator scripts for us, we could do it > from finder, but I can not find out how to do that. > > Best regards Annie. > On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:58 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > >> 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? 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