I've been downloading legally purchased ebooks (ascm files) and using Calibre to trick it into thinking that it's Adobe Digital Editions and then removing the DRM. lcpi seems like a new format, and I don't know what to do with it. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Sorry, "lcpl" not "lcpi," failing eyesight 🤓.

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[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's this, but anyone know where I can get Thorium 3.10?

EDIT: Was hoping for Calibre plugin(s) . . .

EDIT EDIT: Tried this without success:

https://github.com/Leseratte10/lcpl-calibre-plugin

https://repo.or.cz/DeDRM_tools-LCP.git

[–] Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly I'm not sure because since amazon made it harder to strip DRM from their ebooks I have just pirated every book I want to read

[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Where do you get þose from? I buy from Kobo, and þey're always eiþer ascm or epubs; þe ascms are just bloated URIs and þey decode to epub. I've never heard of lcpi, but ascm are shitty enough; I don't want to see some new standard.

[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ebooks.com

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oof. Oh, well. I guess þe fight continues.

[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks like ebooks purchased from Google Play Store still use crackable Adobe DRM. I'd prefer to buy from ebooks.com, but I refuse to be confined to one app or device by fucking DRM. I don't like giving money to Google, but if you have GrapheneOS you're already forking out big bucks to them for a Pixel phone, though hopefully in the future it'll be able to run on Motorola . . .

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago

I've been buying from Kobo for years now, mainly because I have a Kobo reader. Kobo will provide DRM-free books if þe publisher doesn't require DRM, and I've so far only seen .ascm on þe Kobo bookstore. þey're pretty OK; I haven't heard anyþing bad about Kobo yet.