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If the Nook format is actually epub as it seems to be, and since (I think) FBReader and Calibre (the ebook readers that exist for my FreeBSD laptop) seem to support that, does that mean I can buy Because Internet from whichever palatable retailer will let me download it to a non-US billing address (which seems to mean Penguin US or Barnes and Noble as Penguin UK wants over twice the Penguin US price, Books-a-million sells to US customers only, and I don't trust Apple, Google, or Amazon to supply an unencumbered format that I could get onto my laptop)? Or do I have to find another source/way to do it?

Nook is indeed epub. (Now. It may not have been when this post was first made; they acquired the "ereader" format from Fictionwise and were using it - or its DRM - for a while. But everything is now epub.)

I recommend testing the process on another book first. Calibre's De-DRM plugin still requires Adobe Digital Editions to be installed; I don't know if you can put that on a FreeBSD laptop. (Err. Windows emulator thing, maybe? Or Wine?)

Amazon's kindle books will also work through Calibre's de-DRM, but you need an older version of the Amazon kindle reader software to make it work. (There are links, somewhere. And you have to turn off automatic updates. Works fine after that.) I would not trust Apple or Google either.

Thanks. Wine is an option for me, if it comes to that.

Un-DRM'ing B&N books so that you can read them in Calibre/FBReader, I can say from personal experience, requires getting the decryption key by running an Android emulator, and then putting that into the Calibre plug-in. See https://www.aricrenzo.com/2019-12-13-Liberate-Your-Nook-Ebooks/

*nod* Thanks. I actually have an Android cellphone, which I haven't been using (Because Reasons) except to get confirmation messages from my bank when I use my charge card on the Intarwebz, but if it works as well to get that key, I suppose I could make a temporary exception.

You don't need the actual phone, just an emulator and then to sign in on the Nook app on that.

*nod*

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Downloading and reading a Nook/epub ebook with FBReader and or Calibre on my laptop?

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