1/21/2024 0 Comments Adobe digital editions![]() The Nook and Kindle are both physical e-reader devices, but also have associated software applications by the same names. If Acrobat Reader cannot read one of your ebooks because of file restrictions or DRM, try using Digital Editions instead (see Downloading and DRM for setup instructions). If you need to read a PDF, this will almost always be the best choice.Īdobe Digital Editions (Windows/Mac OS X)ĭigital Editions is very similar to Acrobat Reader (and both are made by Adobe), except it is tailored specifically towards reading ebooks, and offers additional support for Adobe's Digital Editions DRM. Many ebooks are in PDF format, and Acrobat is the reference PDF reader. There are tons of great programs out there, so if none of these work or you just want to try something new, you can probably find one that will work elsewhere.Īcrobat Reader is supported on virtually every platform, and is built into many portable devices. The list is not comprehensive, and is designed only to provide a few reliable suggestions for each platform. The following list gives some examples of good ebook software for a variety of platforms. If it can roll out versions for Mac OS X, Linux and, especially, a variety of portable devices (all of these are promised) it has the marketing muscle to squeeze out the loyal band of eBook readers that already support the various electronic book formats.No matter what operating system or device you are using, there are many applications that you can use to read ebooks. You can see where Adobe is going with Digital Editions, though, even from this fairly basic first version. OK it’s free, but the minimalist design doesn’t help with its primary function, which is to read eBooks. Perhaps Adobe has planned some interesting expansions of Digital Editions. The settings include selecting your WebCam and microphone, both of which seem a little incongruous for a text reader. Interestingly, when you right-click on the main Digital Editions pane, the Settings you’re offered are for Adobe Flash Player, suggesting there’s a strong connection between the two products. This is one of a number of known problems with version 1.0 of Digital Editions and will, we have to hope, be rectified in version 1.1. Also up there are icons for print – assuming you have the necessary permissions – changing font size and a Find function to search for specific text.Ī single menu titled either Library or Reading, depending on viewing mode, offers text versions of the tool icons and access to an info panel, which gives details of the publisher and where the eBook is filed.ĭown the right-hand side of the reading pane is a slide bar to move you through the text, though at present clicking on either side (top and bottom) of the slider doesn’t take you up and down by a page, as is normal within Windows. This you do by highlighting the target text and clicking on the bookmark icon above the eBook page. ![]() Bookmarks can be those provided by the publisher or those you add. Reading view shows the text of the eBook on the right, with either a contents list or bookmarks on the left. No real benefit to the library user, only to the publisher of the text who can control the number of electronic copies in circulation. Clicking on any of the book thumbnails opens the corresponding eBook.īorrowing eBooks is a rather bizarre concept where, like its physical counterpart, you’re obliged to ‘return’ the books at the end of a loan period so they can be distributed to other readers. To the left of these is a stylised tree display of books you have ‘borrowed’, purchased or read recently and a thumbnail of the last eBook you loaded. Library view shows the eBooks you have installed on your computer, by thumbnailing their front covers, if these are provided in the eBook files. The Digital Editions reader is a single black panel, which can display two views: Library and Reading. Slight exaggeration, as the text is in white and orange, but the window furniture is in very dark grey on a black background, making it hard to see and use. Digital Editions is wonderfully realised in black on black. We’re seeing a good few examples of daft design around at the moment, the prime example being the London Olympics logo, and Adobe isn’t in the clear either. You can download it from here in a couple of minutes. ![]() It’s a small, freeware applet, like Adobe Reader, but considerably simpler. Looking under the surface, the key words in OCF seem to be ‘signature’ and ‘rights’, as it looks as though we’ll see more Digital Rights Management (DRM) in eBooks, as we have in music and video distribution.Īdobe Digital Editions is the first big-name eBook reader to adopt the epub format though as you would expect it can also read PDF files. The idea behind OCF is that you bundle the text of an eBook, any digital signature, ownership rights and encryption into a zip-compressed format, which can then be read over a wide platform of readers.
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