On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:48:15 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 14/09/2020 23.17, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:14:07 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:
On 14/09/2020 20.56, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:04:11 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:
> It's all very confusing.
Ok, a little progress. Start up safari instead of FF, repeat the whole logging in bit to kobo, repeat the download and this time it asks whether to open the book in ADE, so I say yes.
And now I'm at a page that says 'Authorize Your Device' and have no idea what I'm supposed to do. There's a list of 'eBook Vendors' initially set at Adobe ID, but Kobo isn't in the list????
The kobo has to be connected to the machine that is running ADE. Otherwise, you will be authorizing the ipad.
If you have a kobo device,
No, I don't have a Kobo device. The Kobo website is just a place I found where I could buy the book, and it says - I think - that I can read books on devices other than a Kobo reader.
The procedure then is:
option a) In a Windows computer install ADE,
I don't have a Windows PC. I've installed it on the iPad, as I said.
Install a virtual machine with it. Amazon sells licenses for perhaps 10€.
Install a virtual machine with what? And what's Amazon's involvement in all this?
and match your reader to ADE (authorize it).
I have no idea how to do that, what I am supposed to do, as I said. That is where I am stuck, as I said.
I don't remember, but it is on the help menu - on Windows. Sorry about it, Linux doesn't work for this, apparently Adobe hates Linux.
Then on that Windows computer click on the link to "download" the epub which should offer to download with ADE. Do it. Verify that you can read the ebook inside ADE. ADE should be able to put the epub on the ereader, if it supports DRM.
Install Calibre with the plugin, and then open the epub - somehow, the plugin finds the key somewhere in ADE. Save the epub. Use Calibre to read the epub directly, or store it on the ereader, this time without protection.
option b) In a Windows computer install ADE.
I don't have a Windows PC.
See above.
Then on that Windows computer click on the link to "download" the epub which should offer to download with ADE. Do it. Verify that you can read the ebook inside ADE.
Install Calibre with the plugin, and then open the epub - somehow, the plugin finds the key somewhere in ADE. Save the epub. Use Calibre to read the epub directly, or store it on the ereader, this time without protection.
option c) Install ADE and calibre in the ipad or Android machine.
https://calibre-ebook.com/download_ios
"calibre itself does not run on the iPhones/iPad, but you can connect to calibre running on your mac"
I don't have a Mac.
Well, then try an Android tablet. I can't vouch for it working, though.
I don't have an Android tablet.
But ADE runs.
You can then read the ebook inside ADE.
I need to authorize ADE. How do I do that? What does it want me to type?
Nothing, as far as I remember. Besides registering it, of course.
I google "how to authorize ADE to read an ebook", and get:
To authorize Digital Editions
Open the Digital Editions software. In the menu at the top of the application, click Help and select Authorize Computer from the resulting menu. Enter an Adobe ID and password OR check the box for I want to authorize my computer without an ID. Click Authorize.
Thanks for that link. It's the clearest instructions I've seen, but ... There's no "box for I want to authorize my computer without an ID". Just a selection box for Adobe ID and various other ebook sellers, but NOT for Kobo, nor ebooks.com which I've discovered also sells this book. Nor for Ebsco either, for that matter. But I clicked on the link to the Adobe site to create an ID and finally found an explanation there - it's just an email address and password. So fine, I created one and then ADE seemed to be happy and in my 'Library' it now shows an entry for the book as well as for the Getting Started with ADE book. But whereas clicking on the Getting Started opens the book, clicking on my new Food and .. book just starts a whirling circle for a while, and there's no cover art. So I suspect it hasn't really downloaded it properly. I wish it would give me some sort of status message. I'm not sure whether I'm any closer to my goal or not. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org