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Adobe® eBooks
eBooks and other digital content can be transferred to your device through the
Adobe
®
Digital Editions (ADE) program. You can also use ADE to transfer
books that you have downloaded from public Libraries using global distributors
(such as Overdrive.com)
.
If an Adobe eBook has an expiration date, it will also expire on your
eReader. If an eBook is returned in ADE before it expires, the next time you
connect your eReader to your computer, ADE updates the status of the
returned eBook on your eReader, and you won’t be able to read it.
Register and Download Software
1. Register a free Adobe account, from the Adobe website:
www.adobe.com/cfusion/membership
.
2. Go to
www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions
to download
Adobe
Digital Editions
(ADE) software to your computer.
3. Follow the prompts to install the software.
Authorize your Device with ADE
1. After registering and installing the ADE software, enter your Adobe
account login information to activate your computer with the software.
2. The ADE program opens.
3. Connect your device to your computer using the USB cable.
4. ADE detects your device and displays the
Device Setup Assistant
.
5. Click
Authorize Device
,
click
Finished
.
6. After you authorize your device, it appears as a device in ADE titled
PD_Novel
.
Download eBooks into ADE
There are many resources for downloading free and purchased eBooks into
ADE, including borrowed eBooks from public libraries.
Adobe has a Sample eBook Library which is a good place to start
downloading eBooks to see how ADE works:
http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library/
Click on the
Download
button on an eBook listing, and when prompted to
Open or Save, click
Open
.
The eBook automatically downloads and opens in the ADE program.