Tutorial - Reading ePub files with or without DRM

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All you need to know to read files (with or without DRM) with Adobe Digital Editions!

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• Publié par: YouScribe
• Publié le: 16 décembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 12 241
• Langue: English

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Reading ePub files with or without DRM

The free software

Adobe Digital Editions

allows you to read your files in ePub and PDF format.

If these files are

protected by DRM, you will need an Adobe ID account to view them.

Here's how you proceed to installing Adobe Digital Editions, create an Adobe ID account and read your files

with DRM on other devices.



Installing Adobe Digital Editions

To do this got to the address

www.adobe.com/fr/products/digitaleditions

, click on "Download now" and

then click the install badge. (Note that to use Adobe Digital Editions, you must have Adobe Flash Player 7

or a more recent version installed on your computer, and the Javascript function must be enabled on your

browser)



The installation wizard will open.

Click "Continue".



CASE 1: the file that you want to read on your computer is not protected by DRM:

select "Do not allow the computer" (this action is not irreversible). The installation will stop at this

point. To open your ePub file in Adobe Digital Editions, you can simply double-click on it.



CASE 2: the file that you want to read is protected by DRM:

In this case you have to

authorise your computer

. To do this, you will need an Adobe ID account. It's

free to create. If you haven't done so yet, click on the corresponding link:



You will be directed to the Adobe website. On the page that appears,

click on "Create an Adobe

account".



Fill the fields

in the account creation form (this account is independent of your YouScribe account).

Skip the heading "Adobe questionnaire" located below.



After having filled out this form and set your preferences,

click "Continue".



In the page that opens,

click on "Continue"again

to finalise the creation of your Adobe ID account.



Now that you have an Adobe ID account you can authorise your computer.

Enter the login and the

password that you just created, and then

click the button "Activate".



The installation procedure for Adobe Digital Editions is complete!



Downloading and reading your document



Once your payment has been made, go to your library: your publication has been classified in the

section My purchases.



Open this section and click on the thumbnail for the publication to be directed to your YouScribe page.



Here, click on

Download

: this will trigger the download of the file that will automatically open in Adobe Digital

Edition. (alternatively, you can open it by right-clicking on the name of the file and selecting

Open

and finally

Adobe Digital Editions

).



Transfer your file under DRM to another computer



To be able to view your file on other devices, you must authorise each of these devices by repeating

the procedure above (note that you can only authorise one computer only for each Adobe ID account).



If you want to read your DRM protected file on another computer, you first need to install Adobe

Digital Editions on this computer. During installation, you can enter your login and your Adobe ID

password to authorise the computer.



Once the computer allows it, you can read your file (that you have previously transferred by mail or via

a USB stick) simply by double-clicking on it.



Transfer your file with DRM to a mobile device

(reader, tablet, etc.)

No mobile devices will permit you to read files protected by DRM.

The first thing to do is therefore ensure that the software Adobe Digital Editions is compatible with your

device. To do this, see the list which is located at this address:

http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/supported-devices



Start by installing the driver to use your reader on your computer



Connect your reader to your computer. Adobe Digital Editions will automatically detect it: the icon for

your reader appears in your list of libraries (left column).



You have to

authorise your reader.

Once you have authorised your reader by using your Adobe ID

account you will not have to do this again for subsequent file transfers.



Then in the right column select the title that you want to transfer and drag the slider to the icon for

your reader. The transfer is complete!

For more detailed help go on the Adobe Digital Editions support page.

http://www.adobe.com/fr/products/digitaleditions/help/