Using Adobe Digital Editions

this tutorial will help you learn more about using Adobe digital editions for downloading NC live ebooks Adobe Digital Editions is free software that you install on your home computer to help you manage your downloaded ebooks you need to install Adobe Digital Editions if you want to download ebooks to your computer because many ebooks are protected by digital Rights Management Technologies or DRM Adobe Digital Editions authorizes your computer to access the DRM protected ebooks this is what my computer's authorization looks like in Adobe Digital Editions the ebooks that you borrow can only be downloaded to one computer so if you download an ebook to a public computer using Adobe Digital Editions you will not have access to it later from your home computer let's go through the process of installing Adobe Digital Editions on your home computer first go to this website www.adobe.com productsdigital editions. HTML click the download Now link on the right and then select Macintosh or Windows save the file and then rightclick to open and run the installer follow the onscreen prompts until Adobe Digital Editions is finished installing if your computer does not do so automatically open Adobe Digital Editions then go up to the help menu and select authorized computer if you already have an Adobe ID and password you can authorize your computer now if you do not have an Adobe ID and password click on the link that says create an Adobe ID a new browser window will open and you can follow the onscreen prompts to create your Adobe ID and password you need an Adobe ID and password so that your license to view the digital Rights Management protected ebooks when you have finished creating your Adobe ID and password go back to Adobe Digital Editions and enter your Adobe ID and password to authorize your computer click the authorized button and then click okay once you have authorized your computer for the first time your downloaded ebooks will open automatically in Adobe Digital Editions here's an example I'm already logged into NC live so if I click the ebooks link to get to the ebooks portal and then click on eBooks on Epco host I can select an ebook click the link that says download this ebook offline I can sign into my Epco host account I'm going to check out and download this book for just one day and there it is opening automatically in Adobe Digital Editions I hope that this tutorial has provided some helpful information about the purpose of using Adobe Digital Editions and the process for installing the software if you have questions about using Adobe Digital Editions you will find that adobe support pages are very detailed and of course you can always ask for assistance at your library or by contacting the NC Live Help Desk

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Published: Mon Apr 21 2014