I have used the library2go site for about a year with no problems. I run the Adobe Digital Editions under WINE and it works without issue. I click on the link, it opens ADE which downloads the book, in turn.
Works like a champ... The most difficult part is installing ADE to begin with. It web page says my computer does not meet the minimum requirements but further down the page it has a link under "If you have trouble installing Digital Editions, see the installation TechNote <http://www.adobe.com/go/kb403051>." so click on the link. On the page that comes up find the area that says "Manually install Adobe Digital Editions for Windows " and download the SETUP.EXE file which will run under WINE. (or just click herehttp://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403051/attachments/setup.exe ) Jason On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:48 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:58:07 -0700 (PDT) > [email protected] dijo: > > >The Multnomah County Library has offered for 2 years down-loadable > >e-books to every one EXCEPT those who use any form of LINUX!!! I have > >just spent 5 hours in the library to learn how to download a library > >book. Most of the time was with the branch supervisor, who spent a > >lot of time on the phone to the libraries Tech Support people. The > >final answer is "as long as you use LINUX you cannot use this service > >of the Multnomah County Library" > > I tried to do this just now to see what the problem was. > > First, bear in mind that the MCL has to pay very close attention to > digital rights management. For example, if the library has bought > digital rights to five copies of a book, only five patrons can have the > book checked out at a time. In other words, you have to check the book > out and check it back in when you are finished with it. This means that > the copies are encoded so that they can only be opened in programs that > respect the digital rights, i.e., that will stop letting you read the > book after your checkout time has expired. > > Having said that, I recommend installing Calibre, an open source e-book > reader. It will read Kindle, PDF and epub formats. You should find it > in Ubuntu repositories. > > I called the Ask a Librarian line and got a very pleasant fellow who > was helpful in explaining to me how the library's web pages for digital > copies work. With his assistance I tried to download a Kindle book. > When I clicked on Checkout I was suddenly taken to an Amazon page. I > didn't follow through to check the book out, but bear in mind that you > must have an Amazon account and log into it before you can download the > book. I assume there would be no charge, since you would be downloading > it as a patron of the MCL. > > Then I tried an Adobe digital media book. This popped up a download > window, and I was able to download the file. However, what it > downloaded was an .acsm file of just over 1K - nowhere near big enough > to be a book. Calibre was happy to open the file, but didn't know what > to do with it. It turns out that you are supposed to have Adobe Digital > Editions installed on your computer, and then double clicking on > the .acsm file will open it in Adobe Digital Editions. The librarian > gave me a link to the download page for Adobe Digital Editions, but > when I opened it in Firefox the Adobe page announced "sorry this > software won't run on your computer." > > But the librarian insisted that he had information that Adobe Digital > Editions would run on Linux. Acting on a hunch I went to winehq and > checked the application database. Sure enough, all three current > versions of Adobe Digital Editions have a platinum rating. I don't have > Wine installed on my computer and I didn't want to install it just to > test this. But it appears that you can install Adobe Digital Editions > on a Linux computer via Wine, which will then allow you to read the > book. > > I should add that I have bought Kindle books and they opened just fine > in Calibre. But that was *buying* a book, not checking a book out of a > library. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
