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Is there a way to convert the current format of Adobe ebooks to something other than the format they come in (acsm) to read them on something other than our computers? I still can't get over how Adobe left all of us who love to read books on our pdas high and dry by switching everything at the end of March. They also screwed themselves, because they'll lose money from those of us who would have bought the Adobe ebooks not buying them because we can't read them on our pdas.
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your adobe editions is BS. I paid for a PDF version of a book on informit/safari online and got this piece of crap. I should have to download your software to read pdfs that I paid for. You guys rot
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Jim,
I have ADE 1.7.2. and have downloaded a .acsm file, however when I attempt to open that file with ADE I get the message "Sorry, the file you are attempting to open cannot be opened by digital editions" . . . . . . why is that please sir?
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The issue is about the fact that I paid for my ebooks and I cannot read them other then over Adobe Digital Editions.
I cannot sync with my iPad because only Sony reader is supported. In other words my rights over the ebooks are nonexistent
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Hi Jim,
"The .acsm file isn't the book - it a purchase ticket that allows you to download the book."
I know this was an answer you gave 3 years ago to a slightly different question but, but, I have a PocketBook 602 ereader which is misbehaving with .acsm files. Your answer clarified my understanding of the acsm file being a key and not the epub or pgf file comprising the book.
After side loading a library (borrowed) book from my computer, the PB goes out into wifi land and verifies that it is a legal copy etc, as it should. As long as the file remains open I can continue to read the book. If I switch to another book and then back again, the PB goes out and verifies itself again. If it is not online, then it fails to retrieve the book file e.g. the epub.This means of course that on a journey, I can only read one library book at a time unless I have an internet connection. Not good.
Adobe Digital Editions on my computer will allow me to read the same book off line as long as it has been verified once. I assume this is the way it is meant to be.
How can I get the Adobe software to behave properly on the PB as it does on the computer?
Thanks,
John.
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Mr. Lester,
I think Adobe should require all e-book sellers to note that a file is not ".pdf", but actually ".ascm". I just purchased an e-book for the first time, which was listed in ".pdf" format. I figured that I paid for it, so I could just print it and read it or load it on my phone(I don't have time to sit at a computer).
I understand licensing concerns, but there needs to be a change...
Sincerly,
Baron Dugger
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I'm not Mr. Lester, but let me give it a try. (Jim no longer works for
Adobe BTW)
The '.ascm' isn't the .pdf file - it's a set of keys that tell ADE where the
file is and other information about it. Think of it as the address of the
ebook on the shelves of the library. This is the method that was agreed
upon to implement the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 2000 - and there
won't be any changes to it.
We have to adjust our way of thinking in the digital age, because technology
has imposed its own methods on what we used to do in person. There's not
many ways to get around using a computer to do what you used to be able to
do when you visited your library or bookstore. So, the change that needs to
take place is not in the system, but with the users of the system.....
Sorry!
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Referring back to my comments on 14 April:
Is my problem with Adobe's code as used by Pocket Book or with my Pocket Book 602 itself?
John.
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We can read these ACSM files directly on our PC, but if we want to read these files on Sony eReader, we have to convert ACSM to PDF ( or ePub).
That is not quite correct. When running on the PC the .epub/.pdf file is automatically loaded by Sony Reader or ADE,
and it is the .epub/.pdf file that you are actually reading.
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Thanks Jim. I had four books and unable to load them.
Regards, Patrick
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I'm having a problem with the .acsm file I just borrowed. It will not upload to Digital Editions. It keeps getting kicked over to Adobe DC and will not accept .acsm. Any suggestions, before my head explodes?!
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I can not find where my ebook is. I found the .acsm file but it does not show up in ADE. How do I get it to show up there?
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Did all that and it STILL asks me what program to open it with and none are working
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