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.

I feel like I'm being drawn into a different conversation.

Please read my comments about what an '.ascm book' is in the response I

posted in this thread.  That will put us on a level playing field.  Another

disclaimer: I am not a MAC guy - and so I can't comment on what may be wrong

in that environment.  Some of the stuff below pertains to Windows PC's.

If you're having 'problems', they could be with ADE, they could be with your

anti-virus software, with the site you're trying to download from or with

the ebook file itself.  It depends on what's happening to you - and your

problem is probably not a 'bug' in the software, because thousands of people

don't have 'problems'.  I hate to  say it like that, because all of us

assume that the technology we use individually works the same way as it does

for others.  Here are a couple of ideas to see what you can do to 'get

around' or 'solve' the problem you have.

Start with a question: does this happen every time?  If so, you might think

it's ADE, but it could be another software program on your computer.  Check

the FAQ's in ADE Help (such as it is) and see if your anti-virus program has

been reported to cause issues with downloads.  If ADE hasn't said so, it's

still quite possible, so try disabling your anti-virus program while you

attempt to download the ebook.

If there are any error messages that have popped up, you'll have an

indication whether there is a problem accessing the ebook - and that's not

ADE's problem.  ADE relys on information that is in the '.ascm' file to

initiate the download and if there's an error in the ebook file, it won't

work.

Also, if you're having problems with one site in your attempts to download,

it's possible that THEY changed their software - especially if you were fine

for a while, but now your can't do anything.  Try going to manybooks.net or

gutenberg.org and see if you can download something from them.

OK, if none of this works - or you simply don't want to mess with it, you

can go to a different set of ebook management software.  Bluefire has been

mentioned, along with Overdrive, in other posts to this message board.  I

understand that the MAC world likes both of these, and I know that at least

a few libraries use Overdrive.

I hope this helps!

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I'm having trouble with an ebook I downloaded from the local library. I've got the ACSM file, Adobe Digital Editions is installed, and yet when I try to open the file it will only show the credit page--everything else is blank. I've been trying to figure it out for 3 days now, and it's getting a bit frustrating. Any help with this matter would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Yahnkehy4051

Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:17:29 -0500

Subject: Re: [Adobe Digital Editions] .acsm file format converter??

since I run a mac, I didnt think I would have any problem.  But my problem is solved, I was gifted with a kindle and Havent had a bit of problem since libraries started kindle lending.  I think kindle is the better of the 2, Nook comes in way down the line syd harper

I stopped fighting.  The library says Adobe is at fault, Adobe says the library is at fault.  I have many books that I can not read on the Nook.  So I bought an inexpensive KIndle and can download from all libraries that carry kindle books.  Amazon is amazing about returning the books.  The only books that I now put on the Nook cookbooks and technical books that I buy directly from B/N.  And when I can afford it, I will buy the newest Kindle.  Tired of being frustrated by adobe.

I don't speak your language, so I hope you can read my English.

.ascm files are just address files that tell ADE where to find the ebook

you want to download.  They are not ebooks themselves.

Click HERE<http://ebookreadersoftware.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/acsm-files-what-th ey-are-and-how-to-work-with-them/>

to

read an article in English that gives you more details.

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Every time this old thread comes back, it reminds me that some people don't

do their homework.  Your assumption that Digital Editions works with a

Kindle is incorrect.  And your comment that Adobe doesn't run on your

iPhone means you don't understand what the design point for Digital

Editions is.

I do not apologize for Adobe, nor do I defend them.  I have my own issues

with Digital Editions, as my screen name would suggest.  If you'd followed

other threads on the forum, you might have posted your comments on one

that's a bit more related to them.

Amazon chose to use a non-standard approach to ebooks, and in doing so,

implemented a unique file format for their ebooks.  As you're finding out,

some libraries will lend in Kindle format now, and some other sites like

Gutenberg.org have 'some' Kindle ebooks.  It's not widespread now, but -

who knows?  You are somewhat limited by what Amazon has to offer, or what

other software systems can do for you.

Digital Editions is designed to be an independent platform that will allow

users with a very wide range of other ebook readers, to import

industry-standard format ebooks from a variety of sources.  And no one at

Adobe thought that, or intended that, everyone would use it.  Adobe still

don't think that way - it's a niche product.  The design point for Digital

Editions was put together in the late 1990's.  It was not designed to

interface with Android devices - which effectively didn't exist when it was

designed - and does not run on that platform.  Your assumption that it

should is incorrect.  If you want ebooks on your iPhone, then you do indeed

have 'better' vehicles that Digital Editions.  Ditto for tablets.  If we

stop here, then you've posted comments to this forum for no apparent reason

other than to diss Adobe and Digital Editions.

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