Best Adobe Digital Editions Converter

Charles Ison
3 min readDec 18, 2020

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Adobe Digital Editions books are locked in the program. What does it mean? A lot of Adobe Digital Editions are proteted by DRM. It is the DRM that limits us from reading Adobe Digital Editions on other devices. Want to read Adobe Digital Editions on a Kindle device? An adobe Digital Editions Converter is a must. Here is a conclusion of the best 2 Adobe Digital Editions Converter for you to download.

1. Calibre

Calibre is an open-source ebook management tool. Along with the DeDRM plugin, Calibre has also become the most popular tool in converting ebooks. Since it’s an open-source project, it’s totally free to use. Undoubtedly, it is a good Adobe Digital Editions Converter in terms of its powerful functions.

Available on: Windows, Mac, Linux.

Pros:

# Can convert most of Adobe Digital Editions ePub and PDF books, except Nook and iBooks.

# A large wide selection of output ebook formats, including PDF, Mobi, AZW3, FB2, TXT, DOCX and etc.

# Excellent ebook library management function.

# Fast conversion speed and good output quality.

# Totally free to use.

Cons:

# Not user-friendly. Difficult to get started.

# DeDRM plugin must be installed to convert Adobe Digital Editions books. Hard to figure out especially for newbies.

# Have to add books manually one by one.

# As a freeware, no customer support is provided.

How to Use Calibre

Step 1. Download and run Calibre.

Step 2. Download the latest version of DeDRM plugin from GitHub and unzip the zip file.

Step 3. Run calibre, click Preferences > Plugins > Load Plugin from File to add the DeDRM plugin to Calibre

Step 4. Click “Add books” button to add the Adobe ebooks to Calibre. If you don’t know where the Adobe Digital Editions ebooks are stored, you can find them here:

For Windows: C:\Users\Your Computer Username\Documents\My Digital Editions

For Mac: \Users\username\Documents\Digital Editions

Step 5. Click Convert books > Choose output format as PDF > Click OK.

2. Any eBook Converter

Any eBook Converter is a light-weight eBook converter tool, similar to Epubor Ultimate. It also supports converting Adobe Digital Editions ebooks. You can also try this tool if you think Calibre is hard to use. But it’s a pity that this tool does not provide Mac version. It’s only available on Windows PC.

Available on: Windows.

Pros:

# Can convert ebooks from Kindle, Adobe, Kobo & Nook eBooks.

# Convert ebooks to EPUB, PDF, Mobi, AZW3, KFX, or TXT format.

# Easy to use.

# No need to install plugin.

Cons:

# Not available on macOS.

# Not free. It costs $29.95.

# The conversion speed is slower than Calibre.

How to Use Any eBook Converter

Step 1. Download and run Any ebook Converter on Windows.

Step 2. Click “Library” on the top left. A column will show, click “Adobe” tab.

Step 3. Drag the Adobe books from the left column to the right side.

Step 4. Click the convert button, select the output format and then click to “Convert to xxx”.

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