I've recently been exposed to VitalSource as a course I'm taking has its primary textbook only available from VitalSource. In any case, I've found Bookshelf to be quite annoying and slow, so I took out some time to figure out the format.vbk Format The.vbk format is, at its core, a container format. It contains all the components of the book, laid out as files in the container. It's sort of like the type of large resource packs you see in games these days. The file is read from the end: there is a 'magic number' that identifies the file as in.vbk format, the size of the header, and the header itself. The header is an XML string that contains basic information about the file, such as version, built date, file table info, sanity info, and some metadata.
The rest of the data are file data as laid out by the filemap. There are currently four distinct categories of book formats that can be contained by the.vbk file. They are vitalbook, epubbook, picturebook, and pdfbook. VitalBook The vitalbook format (aka DashML) is basically an XML document, stored with VitalSource's proprietary serialization format.
The document has a custom XML schema. Images and videos are stored as file entries in the.vbk container. Patent for the serialization format can be found. Also of interest is, which includes an old copy of the DTD for the XML, starting on page 35. Last known DTD version is 3.2. EPUBBook The epubbook format is just the contents of an EPUB file put inside a.vbk container, along with search indexing data. The files can be extracted and packed to a Zip file for a valid EPUB book.
PictureBook The picturebook format contains images of each page of a book. Alongside those images are a manifest, text contents of each page, metadata file for position of glyphs (for text selection), linebreaks, and links, and index files. This format may be harder to convert to e-book reader formats, considering they're just images.
Probably the best format to convert to is PDF. PDFBook The pdfbook format is basically the same as picturebook, except instead of images of pages, there is a single PDF of the book. The text content and page metadata files are still generated and included (for whatever reason).
The PDF appears to be the same file as is submitted by the publisher. DRM The DRM used in this system is pretty straightforward. The individual streams inside the.vbk are encrypted with AES-256 CBC as necessary (i.e. Everything except for cover and cover thumbnail). The keys for the files are stored in a license file (oddly, also a.vbk; its password is encrypted with RSA-2048 OAEP and the encrypted password stored in the.vbk's header). The license file is delivered from VitalSource's server, and contains basic account information (name, email, device ID) and book information (password, print and copy limits, expiration date). The patent for the DRM system can be seen.
(Interesting to note, the system in practice deviates slightly from the patent by using a single, static RSA keypair instead of a unique keypair for each user.) While it appears no.vbk is distributed without encryption, it is entirely possible to read one that is not encrypted (I tried it on Bookshelf; although it'll prevent you from opening the file if it doesn't find its ID (derived from file name.) in the license file, a rename did allow the decrypted book to work just fine). Next steps What I'd like is to get VitalBook support in calibre. I've made a utility to decrypt, extract, and convert.vbk files (convert meaning vitalbook to XML, not other types to other formats, though I do have an epubbook to EPUB converter).
Unfortunately, it's all written in C#, and I don't know Python, so I can't write a plugin for calibre. Would anyone be interested in bringing support for it to calibre? I'm thinking most basically extracting epubbooks and PDFs for import, and getting metadata from the.vbk header. (Although the metadata doesn't contain publisher name, publication date, or category info.) Existing converters Although there are no 'offline' converters publicly available right now, there are still ways to convert certain VitalBook variants into other formats.
PDFBook: Use the to dump the embedded PDF file. EPUBBook: Use to convert to EPUB. VitalBook and PictureBook: Use a PDF printer to convert to PDF.
Note this may be slow, and the resulting pages will include a watermark header and the page quality may be lower. In the U.S., it is legally dubious thanks to the DMCA. It is legal to create it, and it is legal to possess it, but it may or may not be legal to distribute it (as I understand it, hinging in large part on whether you can convince people that such a book constitutes a 'computer program', making it qualify for a fairly significant loophole). What you could do, though, is document how the format works, but leave out the de-DRM portions, and let somebody else outside the U.S.
Re-reverse-engineer the remaining bits.
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I can access the e-books from Bookshelf and then I also did download the VitalSource Bookshelf software so I can access the books on my PC. Yet there the printing option seem very limited as to what one can actually print.
Now my question is did you access the books in some indirect way so you had the option to save the whole books as PDF all at once? What did you have to open to be able to print the books?
Can you give me a step by step rundown (e.g. I first opened VitalSource-then I selected a book-then I went under print etc.). I used the Bookshelf access in the browser instead of the VitalSource download, and had to play with the print range to get it to print/save a whole section/reading at a time. I think the largest section I got to print all at once was 200 pages.
I stopped trying to do this when I found the Android and iOS apps for the CFA curriculum, which are actually considerably easier to use than the Bookshelf thing. Can't print from them AFAIK, but I had mostly wanted the PDFs to read on my phone and tablet and the apps worked just fine for that. I did decide to get the print books for Level 2 after dealing with it all, though.
. VitalSource Converter support pdf and epub format ebook in Bookshelf, it takes time to go through all pages, do not touch computer when it working until job done.
Howto tutorial Screenshots Bookshelf for Mac and PC VitalSource Bookshelf® is the most used e-textbook platform in the world today. Portable, interactive, cost-effective. Download your books to your personal computer and access them in the VitalSource Bookshelf. They are completely portable; use them whether you are connected to the Internet or not.
Bookshelf is a free download and available for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.
Luckily, there are plenty of tools to help you quickly convert files purchased through Amazon to a format that’s viewable on any number of PDF-supported devices. Below are two such pieces of software, along with detailed instructions on how to convert a Kindle book to PDF. Download the AZW files first Both of these software options require your Kindle books to be in AZW format rather than the new KFX format that Kindles are using now. You can get the AZW file by logging into your Amazon account on your computer or laptop. Hover where it says Your Account and select Manage Your Content and Devices.
Where it says Show at the top left, choose Books and then tap the three dots at the left next to the title or titles you want and choose Download & transfer via USB. You’ll be prompted to choose one of your Kindle devices and the AZW file will download onto your computer. Convert using EPUB Converter — web-based As the name implies, EPUB Converter is a free online utility used to convert ebook files to and from their native format. The tool currently includes options for converting electronic publications, aka EPUBs, to PDF, MOBI, and AZW, among other formats, as well as one for directly converting Kindle files to PDF. It’s speedy, simple, and lacks a heavy desktop footprint. How’s that for sustainable? Step 1: Access EPUB Converter Launch your favorite browser, then navigate to EPUB Converter’s Step 2: Upload and convert your Kindle file Assuming you have the file(s) in question housed on your machine, click the yellow Add File button located below the PDF information and above the conversion instructions.
Next, locate the Kindle file you wish to convert — most likely formatted in Amazon’s proprietary file type, AZW or MOBI — and click the gray Open button located in the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window. EPUB Converter also allows for simultaneous uploading and converting, so feel free to add as many files you’d like. When finished, click the yellow Start Upload button to the right of the file you just added.
Step 3: Download the PDF Once the conversion is complete — a potentially lengthy process depending on the file size — right-click or CTRL-click the resulting PDF file and select the Save link as option to save the file to your desired location. Alternatively, left-click or single-click the link to prompt the download, or to view the PDF in your browser.
EPUB Converter will host the file on its server for two hours, providing you with plenty of time to download your new PDF. You can repeat the process as many times as necessary by clicking the Add File button housed below your newly converted file.
VitalSourcePrinter Code to legally and automatically print your purchased e-books from VitalSource.com This program automates the printing of PDF's from the VitalSource Bookshelf. The VitalSource Bookshelf usually only lets the user print 2 pages at a time, and manually doing this for the entire book is tedious and time consuming. This program automatically prints any selection or the entirety of an e-book, page by page, and rapidly concatenates everything into a single PDF file.
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As this program makes use of keyboard automation, this process assumes that the user is away from the computer for the duration of the process, though the user at any time can stop the script from continuing. New scripts have been introduced for situations where the pages appear like '4-1' and situations where the user is required to press Ctrl + Pagedown to go to the next chapter.
Legal disclaimer: Usage of any content produced by this script must abide the terms set out by VitalSource. In a nutshell this means no commercial usage or distribution, and only personal use is allowed. If you do decide to mass distribute, do so at your own risk since your name and email will appear on the top page of each print out.
Getting Started Here's a link to the video tutorial (made for the original script): To get started you are going to need a working version of Python 3 because as of this time the only working script is written in Python 3. Visit to find the desired version for your operating system. If you're just installing Python 3 for the first time or reinstalling it, I highly recommend using Python 3.4.0 or higher as this version comes built with a feature called pip that easily allows you to install approved third party packages not included with Python by default. To find more information about pip, visit:.
Note: If you're on Linux or Ubuntu, pip doesn't come with 3.4.0 or higher. The part of this section involving pip is referenced from, a book that is a large inspiration for this program and one that I would highly recommend to anyone learning python. To learn how to get pip on Ubuntu or Linux, visit You're also going to need the VitalSource Bookshelf software, which you can find at: The next things you need are the following third party packages:. PyPDF2.
pyautogui You of course must have Python 3 to install these packages. The easiest way to securely download and install these packages involves calling pip from your command prompt / terminal. If you don't have pip installed, you will have to manually download and insert these packages: This guide will proceed using pip. Navigate to your terminal and type the following commands one line at a time: Windows users pip install -upgrade pip pip install PyPDF2 pip install Pillow pip install pyautogui OS X and Linux users: pip3 install -upgrade pip pip3 install PyPDF2 pip3 install Pillow pip3 install pyautogui The first command is run as a precatuionary step to catch an error with Pillow not installing correctly and a missing dependency. If Pillow still doesn't install correctly, try easyinstall Pillow if you're on Windows and sudo easyinstall Pillow if you're on Mac or Linux. Now you're ready to get started.
In the case that you find the remainder of this tutorial visually hard to follow, be sure to check out the tutorial video. Walkthrough This section will go through each part of the process step-by-step. Pre-requisites Even with the necessary packages and software components, a few things need to be set before the script can function correctly.
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First open up VitalSource Book Shelf. Double click on the ebook you want to print to get it to pop-out. Now that you have it in place, make a new destination folder for your printed ebook to be located. A simple example could be a folder on your desktop called 'Ebook'. Make sure this folder doesn't contain a pdf named 'Ebook.pdf,' as that is used as a temp file name by the script. The next part is very important.
The script will not work unless these three pre-conditions are met:. You need to have a PDF printer that doesn't automatically open the newly printed PDF. You need to print a 'sample pdf' at the location of your destination ebook folder.
You need sufficient disk space to save, as the output PDF tends to be large in size (possibly up to a GB or more) Firstly, you need to have a PDF printer that doesn't automatically open the newly printed PDF. For example, Adobe does this. You will need to disable this functionality if want the script to work.
In the future, the script can be improved to account for this situation. One working PDF printer that comes with Windows is 'Microsoft Print to PDF' and I reccommend using that if you are on Windows. I'm currently not too familiar with PDF printers for OS X and other systems and it would be appreciated if anyone can give an example of the analog for 'Microsoft Print to PDF.' Otherwise, any PDF printer that doesn't open new PDF's automatically, or one that can turn off this feature, will work. The second condition is that a 'sample pdf' needs to be printed at the location of your ebook folder. This needs to be done to ensure that all intermediary PDF files being printed from VitalSource Bookshelf are in that ebook folder by default, as the script relies on this location.
Ctrl + P and print a sample 2 page PDF to your ebook folder and that will set VitalSource to do its default printing there. The last condition is that you must have enough disk space to save your ebook. A 1270 page ebook took up 673 MB, which translates to about 1.89 MB per page. Bare in mind that ebooks widely differ in their content and hence there is a lot of variance in the possibilities of disk space usage so the final memory of the finished ebook could be widely different.
To reduce the memory size of the finished ebook, various free PDF compressers exist such as, which has no file size limits and can reduce the size by up to 75% (the 1270 page ebook turned from 673 MB into 179 MB!). For safety, I reccommend having at least 1 GB of disk space available. Executing the script If you don't know what you are doing, open VitalSourcePrinter.py in an environment of your choice. Python usually comes with a default environment called IDLE that can be used if you don't have a custom environment that supports Python. This can be easily performed by right clicking the.py file and clicking 'edit with IDLE.'
For viewing and operational purposes, it's a good idea to have the code view and the VitalSource ebook window close to each other. Once the script runs, it will automate keyboard actions so you need to be able to call focus to the VitalSource ebook window by clicking on it before the keyboard automations start.
This will be touched upon soon. Now run the script. Follow the prompt and input the desired page ranges for roman numerals and regular numbers. If no roman numerals are desired, input 'None' or 'none'. Only valid numbers and roman numerals work. If you're using another script aside from the original script, you will be prompted for other fields such as chapter count and chapter last page. Side note: Typing names like 'inside front cover' won't be recieved by the script, and hence if you would like pages with specific names to be included, you would need to manually print those out and separately concatenate them to the finished Ebook pdf.
This could be another feature to be added in the future. After the page ranges are entered, the program will prompt you to pick a folder.
You must pick the ebook folder you printed your sample PDF in. After picking the folder, a countdown of 8 seconds will begin before the printing automation starts. Click on the active VitalSource window and the script will run.
Note: To stop the script at any time, mouse over to the console window where the script is running and close it. It will say 'the program is still running, do you want to kill it?' Choose 'yes'. Once the script runs to completion, you will see the message 'done!'
And the elapsed time in hours. Remarks A 1270 page ebook takes around 3.5 hours to print. That's about 6 pages a minute. Not too bad, though not perfect. The lengthy time is due to the design of the code, which was informed by trial and error. There were situations where names and keyboard operations would skip or not perform correctly due to happening too fast for VitalSource BookShelf to process. Moreover, intermediary files generated by VitalSource BookShelf were not recognized by the system if there was no waiting time after their generation, so waiting time was introduced to catch this error.
At the end of the day (pun intended), you can use this script to print any ebook you want while sleeping, or when you are away from your computer of course. I hope this program is helpful and if any problems or issues arise, I encourage you to reach out to me and I will do my best to fix them. Any ideas, suggestions, or improvements would also be welcome.
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