I have a book in my Kobo library that I want to put in Calibre. When I try to download it on my computer or phone, all that downloads is a URLLink.acsm file. Anyone know what's going on?

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s the Adobe Digital Editions resource file. Put that link into the ADE application and it’ll download the ebook.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

There is also a Calibre plugin that's supposed to deal with .ascm files. I've never managed to get it to work personally but maybe someone else will have more luck.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is there a straightforward way to do this on Linux?

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This tool is easy to use and works well, and then just use something like calibre to strip the DRM.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks, I'll give this a try!

[–] Mesren@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hey! I think I'm here suuuuper late, but as far as I'm aware, any book on Kobo that has DRM applied to it will give you that file. It requires adobe digital editions or something to access. If it doesn't have DRM it should hand you an epub. You can still get it by using Kobo's desktop app and using Obok in Calibre. I got that to work even using the desktop app running through a compatibility layer on Linux. I hope that helps! Sorry it took a month for anyone to respond!