diff --git a/DeDRM_calibre_plugin/DeDRM_plugin/DeDRM_Barnes and Noble Key_Help.htm b/DeDRM_calibre_plugin/DeDRM_plugin/DeDRM_Barnes and Noble Key_Help.htm index 47da891..aba641d 100644 --- a/DeDRM_calibre_plugin/DeDRM_plugin/DeDRM_Barnes and Noble Key_Help.htm +++ b/DeDRM_calibre_plugin/DeDRM_plugin/DeDRM_Barnes and Noble Key_Help.htm @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - @@ -24,28 +24,17 @@ li {margin-top: 0.5em}
In mid-2014, Barnes & Noble changed the way they generated encryption keys. Instead of deriving the key from the user's name and credit card number, they started generating a random key themselves, sending that key through to devices when they connected to the Barnes & Noble servers. This means that some users will find that no combination of their name and CC# will work in decrypting their ebooks.
+In mid-2014, Barnes & Noble changed the way they generated encryption keys. Instead of deriving the key from the user's name and credit card number, they started generating a random key themselves, sending that key through to devices when they connected to the Barnes & Noble servers. This means that most users will now find that no combination of their name and CC# will work in decrypting their recently downloaded ebooks.
-There is a work-around. Barnes & Noble’s desktop app NOOK Study generates a log file that contains the encryption key. You can download NOOK Study from https://yuzu.com/nsdownload.
-Once downloaded, install the application, register with your Barnes & Noble or nook account, and download at least one DRMed ebook through NOOK Study. It will be saved somewhere in a folder called "My Barnes & Noble eBooks" in your Documents folder.
-Now import that book into calibre. The log file and the key in the log should be automatically found by the plugin and used to decrypt the book.
-If the automatic process doesn't work for you, you can still find extract it manually and save it as a .b64 file for import into the plugin's preferences as follows:
-Someone commenting at Apprentice Alf's blog detailed a way to retrieve a new account key using the account's email address and password. This method has now been incorporated into the plugin. - -
On the right-hand side of the plugin’s customization dialog, you will see a button with an icon that looks like a green plus sign (+). Clicking this button will open a new dialog for entering the necessary data to generate a new key.
Click the OK button to create and store the generated key. Or Cancel if you don’t want to create a key.
@@ -69,6 +58,11 @@ li {margin-top: 0.5em}Once done creating/deleting/renaming/importing decryption keys, click Close to exit the customization dialogue. Your changes wil only be saved permanently when you click OK in the main configuration dialog.
+Books downloaded through NOOK Study may or may not use the key fetched using the above method. If a books is not decrypted successfully with any of the keys, the plugin will attempt to recover a key from the NOOK Study log file and use that.
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