DRM not removing - followed instructions as listed in READ ME

[shizunaluver]

calibre Debug log calibre 4.18 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE') ('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362') Python 2.7.16+ Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free') Interface language: None Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 8, 0) && Hello World Plugin (1, 0, 0) calibre 4.18 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE') ('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362') Python 2.7.16+ Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free') Interface language: None Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 8, 0) && Hello World Plugin (1, 0, 0) Turning on automatic hidpi scaling devicePixelRatio: 1.0 logicalDpi: 120.0 x 120.0 physicalDpi: 141.76744186 x 141.402061856 Using calibre Qt style: True [0.00] Starting up... [0.00] Showing splash screen... [0.66] splash screen shown [0.66] Initializing db... [0.69] db initialized [0.69] Constructing main UI... [3.09] main UI initialized... [3.09] Hiding splash screen [9.45] splash screen hidden [9.47] Started up in 9.47 seconds with 124 books stdout+stderr from file dialog helper: ['', ''] piped data from file dialog helper: ['\xa9\xf4u7\xa3@/U\xb1U\xceV\x06\xc5\xf0\x1dtY2\xb3k+>\x0fd\xd7\xe3._&\xc5;', 'C:\Users\luver\Downloads\Weird & Wonderful Holiday Romance Anthology 18 Holiday-themed Romances with a Twist!.azw3'] DeDRM v6.8.0: Trying to decrypt Weird & Wonderful Holiday Romance Anthology 18 Holiday-themed Romances with a Twist!.azw3 Using Library AlfCrypto DLL/DYLIB/SO MobiDeDrm v0.42. Copyright © 2008-2017 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al. Decrypting Kindle Format 8 ebook: Weird & Wonderful Holiday Romance Anthology: 18 Holiday-themed Romances with a Twist! Found 0 keys to try after 0.1 seconds Crypto Type is: 2 DeDRM v6.8.0: Failed to decrypt with error: No key found in 0 keys tried. DeDRM v6.8.0: Looking for new default Kindle Key after 0.1 seconds searching for kinfoFiles in C:\Users\luver\AppData\Local Found K4PC 1.25+ kinf2018 file: C:\Users\luver\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\storage.kinf2018 Decrypted key file using IDString '2449984119' and UserName '6c75766572' DeDRM v6.8.0: Found 1 new key MobiDeDrm v0.42. Copyright © 2008-2017 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al. Decrypting Kindle Format 8 ebook: Weird & Wonderful Holiday Romance Anthology: 18 Holiday-themed Romances with a Twist! Got DSN key from database default_key_1 Found 4 keys to try after 23.4 seconds Crypto Type is: 2 DeDRM v6.8.0: Ultimately failed to decrypt after 23.4 seconds. Read the FAQs at Harper's repository: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/blob/master/FAQs.md Running file type plugin DeDRM failed with traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 172, in _run_filetype_plugins File "calibre_plugins.dedrm.init", line 625, in run File "calibre_plugins.dedrm.init", line 575, in KindleMobiDecrypt DeDRMError: DeDRM v6.8.0: Ultimately failed to decrypt after 23.4 seconds. Read the FAQs at Harper's repository: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/blob/master/FAQs.md Added Weird & Wonderful Holiday Romance Anthology: 18 Holiday-themed Romances with a Twist! to db in: 3.6 Added 1 books in 28.9 seconds Worker Launch took: 0.216000080109

[ElleKayEm]

Is this from the website for "download & transfer via USB"? Needs to be an E-ink Kindle (not a Fire) and you need to enter its serial number into the DeDRM plugin customization.

[shizunaluver]

I only own a kindle fire. I followed the directions for "download & transfer via USB" as the instructions made it sound like there were extra steps needed if an e-ink was in use. How am I to get the book's files otherwise?

Suggestions for fixing?

[ElleKayEm]

Then you will need to use Kindle for PC. See this post for details:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283371