How to Access UK Library Books on a Kindle: 9 Steps

Questions and Answers

Many of the United Kingdom’s library authorities allow their readers to access books in digital formats. The Overdrive system is widely used and delivers books in the ePub format with Digital Rights Management Protection.

The Amazon Kindle platform uses it’s own format however other formats can be used through the [Kindle Personal Document Format][1]. Unfortunately the ePub format is not supported.

Fortunately using a combination of freely available tools books delivered by Overdrive in DRM protected ePub format can be accessed on a Kindle.

1: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200767360

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Steps

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   Install INEPT scripts. You’ll need ineptkey and ineptepub. You’ll also need Python 2.6 or later and pyCrypto on Window, this is explained in the article.

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   Install Adobe Digital Editions.

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   Install Calibre.

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   Download the book in ePub format through your library.

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   If you have not done so already retrieve your ADEPT key using `ineptkey.pyw`.

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   Remove the DRM protection from the book using `ineptepub.pyw`. Adobe Digital Elements stores books in `<user home=””>My DocumentsMy Digital Editions`.

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   If you have not done so already configure Calibre to send to your kindle email address.

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   Add the book in DRM free ePub format to your Calibre library.

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   Using Calibre convert the book to mobi format and send to your kindle.