Hi Esther, Thanks very much for all of the info you provided. I have not obtained a library card yet, that's my next step. After I sent my initial message to you, I went into the Adobe Edition and saw a list of folders where books could be stored. I figured that I could not download books. My wife has a Nook, so it sounds like we may be able to share books which would be great. Thanks again.
Les On Aug 15, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Les, > > If you've used the OverDrive Media Console app on your iPhone to > download either eBooks or audiobooks to your iOS device, you had to > get a library card account number from your local library for > borrowing. You should be able to read any downloadable eBooks that you > could read in the OverDrive Media Console app in Adobe Digital > Editions Preview on your computer, but you'll want to download the > files directly from your local library's web site to your computer via > your login account, just as Keith would have to download ePub files > for the Kobo books he wants to read on his computer by logging into > his Kobo account through his web browser. You can find the OverDrive > web page for your local library on the web similar to the way you find > and add your library within the app, by going to the OverDrive classic > search page at: > http://search.overdrive.com/classic/ > If you type in your zip code into the text box under the section for > "Search Libraries by Zip Code" and press enter, you'll get a page of > links to the OverDrive web pages for your nearest libraries. You can > browse and borrow books for your account either through the iPhone app > or through that web page for your library. Ebooks or audiobooks that > you place into your cart and check out then become available on your > account's bookshelf, and content can be downloaded either into the app > on your iPhone or to your computer by accessing the bookshelf link on > the web page or within the app. > > You don't download your books directly from within the Adobe Digital > Editions Preview app; this app is an eBook reader, and is like using a > music playing app. You add downloaded eBooks to it, or open the books > in this app, and it maintains a library of your books. But the > content can be books that you bought from web sites, from Kobo Books, > for the Barnes and Noble Nook eReader, or downloaded from your > library. It just has to be an eBook that is compatible with Adobe's > DRM -- so it can't be an iBook or Kindle book, or some other > proprietary format specific to a particular eReader. Also be aware > that some free public domain eBooks in PDF format may be image scans, > and not accessible. > > If you have further questions, you should probably take them up on one > of the Mac lists. You can also search the archives of both the > viphone and macvisionaries lists for earlier discussion about > OverDrive and Adobe Digital Editions Preview. Bryan Jones posted > about OverDrive (in both groups) a while back. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Aug 14, 7:01 pm, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Esther, >> >> Thanks very much for posting this. While I was aware of the preview version >> of Adobe Edition, I had not downloaded it until now. Does this mean that >> books I wish to borrow from my library can be read with this package? I >> have the Overdrive app on my iPhone, will Adobe Digital Edition read the >> same titles as will the Overdrive software? Finally, can I download books >> directly from Adobe Digital Edition? I'm assuming I have to register with >> my local library in order to accomplish any downloads? Thanks. >> >> Les >> On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Keith, >> >>> On the Mac we've been using Adobe Digital Editions Preview to read >>> Kobo Books ePub files with DRM. This is the version they've been >>> developing for screen reader use, and there is an accessible Windows >>> version, too, that you can download from this URL: >>> http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/digitaleditions1-8.html >>> <snip> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
