The name 'Adobe' is bandied about often out of context, and your question
helps to get the details straight.
Let's start with DRM. That means Digital Rights Management, and it's a set
of parameters that have been implemented in epublication software. Adobe
developed a set of programs that implement DRM called 'Content Manager',
and it became one of the industry's standard approaches. Other
epublication companies like Apple and Amazon chose to do it differently,
and developed their own approaches.
Adobe incorporated their DRM approach in their epublication software -
Digital Editions and Reader. I think Overdrive, Calibre, Bluefire Reader
and others also use the Adobe DRM approach.
So, Adobe DRM 9.1 is NOT Digital Editions. It's the level of Adobe
'Content Manager' which is embedded in Digital Editions and other
companies' epublication software. And the message is correct: Apple does
digital rights their own way, so if you're using an iPad, iPhone or other
Apple device (which use ADRM), the encoding that Penguin is using won't run
on those machines. Ditto for some of the ereaders.
The bottom line is that Penguin is covering their a.. with the disclaimer,
and it can be confusing. They will download epublication files to Adobe
Digital Editions just fine, and you should have no problems. Your JetBook
is supported by Digital Editions, so if you transfer an ebook to your
computer, you should be able to transfer it to your JetBook.
This post is getting a bit long, but before I end, let's cover the Digital
Editions part. You need to log into the Adobe website and obtain an Adobe
ID BEFORE you download Digital Editions, so that your copy will be
registered with Adobe. Once you do, then download and install Digital
Editions. THEN, you can log onto the Penguin site and download the ebook
in .epub format. Don't be confused by the references to '.ascm format' -
that's just a tag file that's passed to Digital Editions so that Digital
Editions knows where the ebook is and can then download it. Take the time
to browse through the HELP files in Digital Editions so you have some idea
of how the program works. It's available through the F1 key in Library or
Reading view.
Once the ebook's been downloaded, it looks like Penguin's implementation of
DRM will let you transfer a copy of it to your ereader. With Digital
Editions closed, you plug in your JetBook to your computer, and make sure
that your computer recognizes it (usually as an external hard drive). With
that done, you can open Digital Editions, and the ereader should show up on
the bookshelf (the left hand panel in Library view). You can drag and drop
ebooks from your library onto the JetBook. Watch the JetBook's screen to
see when the download is complete. When you've finished transferring
ebooks, close Digital Editions. Watch the JetBook's screen to see when
it's finished wrapping up the details. When it is, use the computer's
facilities to disconnect it logically before you unplug it. For a Windows
user, that is done either through Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer)
by ejecting it, or through the icon on the right hand side of the START bar
that will 'Safely Remove Device'.
Hope this helps!
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