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September 18, 2024
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This started happening this evening after downloading a new epub this evening.

There is 0 reference to this online.

Any help?

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ramgom

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I'm so glad I found this thread, had no idea this plugin existed for Calibre to remove ACSM directly there and I just installed it and it worked like a charm, now I do everything with Calibre, this is the perfect set up. Thanks a lot

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Anonymous

I hate Calibre

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Anonymous

I have managed to use purely Pyhton and the DeACSM plugin

Install the latest version Python and then uncompress the plugin and using CLI:

cd .\Downloads\DeACSM\
pip install oscrypto

python register_ADE_account.py

When registering I got an error which I fixed by changing libadobe.py

str_to_hash = serial + devkey_bytes.decode('latin-1')

to:
str_to_hash = serial + devkey_bytes

hashed_str = hashlib.sha1(str_to_hash.encode('latin-1')).digest()

to:
hashed_str = hashlib.sha1(str_to_hash).digest()

Possibly the latest version doesn't need to, I have not checked.

And then the last command:

python fulfill.py Windows_PowerShell_Step_by_Step-epub.acsm

Then you can follow a similar method using the DeDRM plugin. No Calibre needed. But, of course, this is not for regular users.

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powem

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That's good info - thanks!

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mark_1316

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I put in refund requests for all the books facing this issue. Google has issued refunds for them. I am just going to buy them elsewhere.

It is not a solution...But at least not paying for nothing.

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hedlesbabey

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From Adobe

Joelle2708248140bq

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OK so if this software is end of life, yet there's no mention of that in all the Adobe sales copy (they dont sell ADE but they do sell the ebook protection tools) that's truly.... messed up

Joelle2708248140bq

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Indeed. The big three in this case -- Google, Adobe, and Amazon -- leave users with no recourse if they arbitrarily decide to leave us in the lurch. There is, or used to be, a clause in the Amazon ToS that the company can, at any time, without warning, and without recourse by the user, remove any book from your Kindle that you previously purchased from them. If you irritate the powers-that-be, you can be locked out of your Amazon account and lose access to all your books. Every time you click that box for accepting the ToS, you agree to give that power to Amazon. Google and Adobe probably have something like that, as well.

My understanding is that Apple is the only company that has bulletproof DRM. The only options to remove it that I have seen require that it be done on a Mac, and the quality of the output is suspect.

This whole business of DRM is a dog's breakfast. I like being able to carry around an entire library in my hand, but I'm not married to it. The death of the book printed on paper is extremely exaggerated.

As long as removing DRM or tampering with DRM enforcing software for any reason, including abandonware or fixing a bugged device, remains a crime under that blasted US millenium act, people need to loudly protest anytime DRM breaks. We need to complain to the publishers, not just the platforms. Technically if the platform the publisher told people to use stops working, they owe us a replacement!

Kindle is worse and Amazon even adds Kindle DRM to books by publishers who actively don't want DRM and at least Google does not do that. I think all others do... 😞

rodochopper

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My solution is with calibre, download and install the plugin DeACSM, log with my adobe account in the plugin configurartion, restart calibre, then add the acsm to the calibre library, the epub file will be downloaded to the calibre folder.

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bisenberger

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Bam! worked like a charm. Calibre is super! My favorite reader.

Thanks rodochopper!

rodochopper

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YAW! glad to help!

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Anonymous

Oct 2nd 2024 and I get the same error. The book I purchased from Google is in both pdf and epub format, the pdf format worked fine. It seems to be specific to epub only

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elis_9552

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Is this related to specific books or all?

I'm having troubles with the The Prince by Machiavelli: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=orOkDwAAQBAJ

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bisenberger

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Same issue here.

Maybe when Google Books sales start dropping off, they will address the issue.

Will look into Kobo; Kindle is not an option.

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Kim_Sohee7424

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I have the same issue

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lourenco stelior2008747

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Colleagues, there is currently no solution to this error.
The best option is:
1. Ask Google to refund the book;
2. Buy the book from another supplier. I bought it again from Kobo.
Have a good week.

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sung_0481

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I'm having the same problem. I sent an e-mail to Google, but the answer keeps being the same and only says I should ask here. Will it be released over time? I've been so frustrated for days. T T

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Christophe98A720392069

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Something similar has happened previously (seriously, search for adobe digital editions / google play / issues and you'll see this crops up from time to time over the years). I give this a few weeks, and then your purchases will probably work again. For some reason Google is terrible at telling anyone what is actually happening, or if they're actually solving the issue, but each time I've encountered it, they manage to fix it after a few weeks.

Sucks if you want to download whatever you bought immediately though.

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powem

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Yes, this is not the first time I've encountered it, either. It never lasted this long previously, though. Google is such a behemoth, these book sales likely are about as significant as a mosquito bite on a brontosaurus.

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