Archive Downloader is tools to download archive.org books to pdf format ebooks, there is thousands free book on archive.org, some books can only be borrowed for 1 hour, these types of books do not have a download button as usual, Achive Downloader download these book in PDF format, Archive.org’s bookreader is supported, pdf page is image page, page has good resolution for read and print, new PDF file can print or read in Windows,Mac without limitation, share your ebook with friends.
Archive Downloader is tools to download 14 day loan book or 1 hour loan book in archive.org, it is simple easy to use, just 1-click,
There is demo limitation in demo version, only 10 pages download in demo, all pages in full version.
Step by Step Guide
- Install Achive Downloader and run it, copy book link from browser and paste in downloader address bar, login arhive account,
- Read book in downloader it, click Download button when it is ready,
- it will download pages one by one, if user stop it , it resume downloading from begin of book.
- it create pdf file in output folder when all pages downloaded.
Second Part: how to download the books from Archive in Digital Editions
you must understand that some book available at archive, you need to borrow it first, then you need to download the URLLINK.acsm that will be used by adobe digital edition, that’s why it is very important to be signed in, and there are 2 types of borrow: 1) borrow the book for 14 days and 2) Borrow the book for 1 hour
borrow the book for 14 days: What you need to do is go to the archive page of the book you want then click on borrow the book for 14 days, then press on download PDF/ePub… Then press on download the book, i highly recommend to download the book as pdf not epub cz the epub version is mostly corrupted and have missing parts… then a file called URLLINK.acsm get downloaded to your pc, mainly to your download folder, it is very small like few kb, you will need this file in the next steps
PS: IF SOMEONE ELSE BORROWED THE BOOK FOR 14 DAYS, YOU CANNOT BORROW IT UNLIT HE/SHE RETURNS IT, OR THE 14 DAYS PERIODE EXPIRE
2_ Borrow the book for 1 hour: these types of borrow does not have a download link on archive page like the 14 days borrowing period do, SO you cannot download URLLINK.acsm the usual way, but there is a work around it in order to be able to download the URLLINK.acsm file which will help us download the pdf book
So first make sure you click on borrow this book for 1 hour (very important step)
Next step, there is create book download link for the URLLINK.acsm file of the book you want to download
https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&identifier=XXXXXXXXXXXXX&format=pdf&redirect=1
example for this:
Archive link: https://archive.org/details/pasta0000unse_m6m5
Identifier: pasta0000unse_m6m5
URLLINK.acsm download file link: https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&identifier=pasta0000unse_m6m5&format=pdf&redirect=1
Now open the URLLINK.acsm link you got in your browser, anda file called URLLINK.acsm get downloaded to your pc, also mainly to your download folder, which you will need it in the next steps
You must have already clicked “Borrow for 1 hour” and have Adobe Digital Editions installed and set up
From the URL of the Archive book, copy the Identifier.
Example: For https://archive.org/details/legalfoundations0000comm,
the Identifier is “legalfoundations0000comm”
Paste the Identifier into this next link by replacing the “XXXXXXXXXXXXX”
https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&identifier=legalfoundations0000comm&format=pdf&redirect=1
Now open the URLLINK.acsm link you got in your browser, anda file called URLLINK.acsm get downloaded to your pc, also mainly to your download folder, which you will need it in the next steps.
After the URLLINK.acsm is downloaded open it with adobe digital edition, and let it download the whole book you want as pdf file. the downloaded pdf file usually you can find it at C:/Users/your.pc.username/Documents/My Digital Edition as already stated the downloaded book is DRM protected so you need to remove the DRM protection. ePub DRM Removal will remove the DRM protection.
VBK to PDF – Vitalsource Downloader Mac
New Vitalsource Downloader Mac v2.0 is Safari Extension, it work with Safari browser, download Bookshelf book to pdf with 1-click, this is step by step guide.
1. Download, install and run Vitalsource Downloader Mac.
click “open safari extension preferences” button to turn on extension in Safari.
Edit website
2. Open book in Safari, wait it ready to download
In safari, open a new Safari window by Menu “File->New Window”,
in App, when Extension turn on, it show above image, click “Goto Vitalsource” to login Bookshelf, open book,
login Bookshelf in Safari browser, open book,
When App get information about book, it show above image, it is ready to download.
if App doesn’t get book info, click “Reload book” button to reload page and send book to App,
3. Download book
Switch to Safari, click icon in Safari toolbar to popup window, click Download button to start downloading,
it will go through all pages one by one, if Page stuck over 3 minutes, click “reload book” button to resume download,
user also can stop it anytime to take one day break, next time open same book and download rest pages.
if captcha show up, user clear captcha and downloading will continue automatically .
4. Build book
when all pages downloaded, it will create pdf file and show PDF path,
5. Turn off Extension
Turn of extension in safari Preference Extensions tab, Bookshelf app may close itself.
Kindle DRM ebooks on Android phone
Do you want to read Kindle ebook on Android phone? Kindle ebook has proprietary format that doesn’t support by other e-reader.
But the truth of the matter is that’s not completely true. Technically other e-reader can display Kindle ebooks in their native format, even Kindle DRM eBooks.
Kindle DRM Removal is tools to remove drm protection from Kindle ebooks, it create a .mobi file that was able to convert to text/epub/PDF using calibre, this is tutorial about remove drm from Kindle drm ebooks.
1. Downloading Kindle drm removal
What you need to do is to visit ebook-converter.com, download and install Kindle drm removal
Run Kindle drm removal
select mobi file to decrypt, you navigate to the folder containing Kindle ebook files, it should be in folder “C:\Users\your-name\Documents\My Kindle Content” folder.
if this mobi file is copy from Kindle reader, then you should input PID of Kindle, you find it at “Home->Menu->Device Info->Serial Number”
Remove drm
click “Remove” button, it will create a new mobi file that can convert to other format using Calibre, you read it anywhere.