So I caved and bought some books from Kyobo that were definitely not on thé usual channels and they have them in such a way that you can only read them from the app. So I downloaded them to my phone using the mobile app (the app doesn’t support Linux and is basically a Rootkit anyway) and copied the files from Android/data. They’re OEBPS by structure but come in regular folders, is it feasible to just zip them and import to Calibre?
Edit: I found a Calibre plugin for the DRM itself, so it’s more “How to make this folder a file”
Edit: so you can just zip them up and import as epub BUT the DRM plugin only goes as far as the metadata, the content itself shows up garbled. Don’t know how to get around that one…
i found this blog post from 2018, might potentially be helpful: https://archive.is/HLCPW
seems like it worked until ~2021 and got blocked, but perhaps there’s a similar method still working…
https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/kxzlfq/removing_kyobo_drm_fasoo_from_epub/
They use fasoo drm: https://en.namu.wiki/w/Fasoo DRM
Send me the link for the apk, if they offer free books I will try to remove the DRM. Seems like a fun activity. I am bored.
Can’t promise I will succeed though.
If you want to reverse engineer the app yourself use apklab and http toolkit. That is what I use.
Give the name of a free book. Also what an awful app, it is an abomination. Is there a way to change the language to English, don’t know Korean?
I know, I hate the app too - precisely why I was trying to get this book onto my ereader
https://ebook-product.kyobobook.co.kr/dig/epd/ebook/E000013374986 here’s one where the first volume’s free for the next 5 days - no English storefront UI unfortunately, you might have to use a translator for the website
Thank you I used google lens to navigate, but does it require phone permissions.
Comfirmed that it is protected by fasoo
DRMONE This Document is encrypted and protected by Fasoo DRM
AFAIK no public DeDRM methods exist for Korean eBook stores. You’re sadly on your own. This country fucking sucks.
Would you be able to see if this one’s fake or not? I tried it and it got me the metadata but not anything else: https://github.com/leoincedo/KyoboKr
That’s explicitly metadata-only. No mention of DeDRMing.
