Digital Editions Crashing-Help!!!

[Rhinguld]

I was selected to review a book that has not been published yet.

I installed Digital Editions, and when I try to download the book, Digital Editions crashes as soon as it starts to download.

Am I doing something wrong here?  The book is a ".acsm" file.

Any and all help is greatly appriciated!

[Robin_R_D_]

Hello

Your issue is a typical case in computer world with any application, sometimes some gets wrong and solving it can be made in some minutes or in weeks or months.

The acsm file is not the eBook, is simply an XML file instructing ADE for going to download server.

The first step is going to another website to download an ebook. Please go to http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library/ you can find over 30 free ebooks.

Does remain crashing your ADE?

[Frustrated in AZ]

The .ascm file isn't the book, but is the data ADE needs to download the

book. Your typical download process involves either .epub of .pdf format

for ADE.

When you start the download process, assuming Windows here, you'll get a

screen that says 'Open' or 'Download'. If you select 'Download', then your

ebook will be transferred to your PC. If you specify the file location, you

'should' get an .epub file loaded to the location on your hard drive that

you specify. You can open ADE, and add it to your library from the

'Library' screen by clicking the drop-down menu off the arrow next to the

word 'Library' at the top of the screen. Select 'Add Item To Library', and

you'll be prompted to find the ebook. Specify its location or Browse for

it, and then click 'Open', and ADE will import the ebook to its library.

If you get a .ascm file, then you can right click on it, and locate your

arrow on 'Open With'. Pick ADE and you should see ADE open, and bring

the ebook into the 'Reading' panel. Once you set a bookmark, the book will

reflect in ADE.

Ah, the things we have to go through to read a book! It used to be so

simple....

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[rizwan_54]

Hi,

Here is simple solution for your problem.

Solution 1) Change the browser which you are using.

If you are using IE then switch to Mozilla Firefox.

Solution 2) Disable your firewall or antivirus permanently while downloading book.

Solution 3) Create a new user account on your computer with administrator privilages and then try to download the book.

I hope this will help you!!!!

Regards

Rizwan.

[Frustrated in AZ]

None of this will help, Rizwan, because the problem isn't the browser, the

firewall or the user settings. It relates to whether ADM is accessing the

file.

If you were able to install ADE, your browser will work just fine with

.epub, .pdf, .lit or other electronic formats for books and documents. You

gain nothing by changing browsers because there's no relationship between

them and ADE's capability to manage those files.

ADE does not interact with the user settings at all - it merely executes

after it's installed, and does not require administrative privileges to be

installed.

Further, as you do, you've recommended some technical solutions. I would

NOT advise disabling any firewall PERMANENTLY, as you suggest. I understand

what you're trying to say, but that's the wrong way to say it, and not

required to do it in any case.

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