borrowing ebooks

[Guest]

i just got a kobo and im trying to download ebooks from the public library but it comes up application not found! help!

[sjpt]

Is that a kobo tablet, or dedicated ereader?

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For a tablet ...

For Overdrive library books, you can install the Overdrive app on the Kobo.

That should allow you to borrow, download and read library books on the Nook without using PC/Mac/ADE at all.

For other books you may need to install ADE on a computer; register it with your Adobe ID and use it to access and download books.

There are then various DRM eBook apps that should work on the Kobo.

Try either Bluefire Reader ( http://www.bluefirereader.com/ ) or Aldiko ( http://www.aldiko.com/ )

Register it with the same Adobe ID as you use on the laptop.

Copy books from the computer with the Kobo plugged in, using a file manager such as Windows Explorer or Finder.

You should then be able to read them on the Kobo.

I'm not sure if the Kobo comes with an Adobe DRM capable eReader app builtin.

Also not sure if any of the apps will integrate with ADE to allow copying direct from ADE (as with a dedicated eReader) rather than using file manager.

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For an eReader ...

There are bugs in ADE2.0 that prevent it recognizing some eReaders.

Try to see if the older but more reliable v1.7.2 works.

Version 1.7.2, it is a little difficult to find, available on Adobe site for Windows and for Mac.

http://helpx.adobe.com/digital-editions/kb/cant-install-digital-editions.html

The forum software is sometimes corrupting the link above.  There shouldn't be a blank in 'editio ns.html'.  The following redirects to the same page: http://tinyurl.com/diged172

[Guest]

its a kobo glo, and i can get as far as it trying to download the ebook then it just keeps saying application not found. Ive also tried to delete and reinstall adobe digital editions with no luck.

[sjpt]

Ah, you had got even less far along than I thought.

Sometimes the file associations don't work right after ADE has been installed (I have seen complaints of this on both PC and Mac);

that could be your problem.

You should have a .acsm file that was downloaded as you borrowed the book from the library; is that on your PC/Mac?

Probably in the Downloads directory.

Try starting ADE, finding the .acsm file using Windows Explorer (or Finder on Mac), and drag-drop in onto ADE.