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kjulia28
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June 30, 2016
Question

Adobe Digital Editions does not sync across devices

  • June 30, 2016
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According to the product descriptions and several FAQs I found, it is an alleged feature that when I download media and open it in Digital Editions on, say, my PC, it should sync to my Digital Editions (same ID) on other devices like my tab.

I have 'auto-download' enabled. But this syncing doesn't seem to be happening. (Concrete example: I downloaded two library books to ADE on my PC with the same ID I use on my tab, but these books are not showing up on my tablet. The two books that are in my ADE library on the tab are also not showing up in the ADE library on my PC.) I also don't see any 'sync now' button or similar.

What am I missing, why is this feature not working?

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    Ashlyn_Karr2419
    Participant
    December 28, 2024

    Still doesn't work today. Frustrated because I just bought some books I'm trying to read.

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    b.e.34
    Participant
    January 7, 2024

    Well it is 2024, and it is still not working. This is quite an achievement Adobe. 

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      ianp99292946
      Participating Frequently
      January 8, 2024

      Filed in the '$"it, don't give a' folder, I suspect. I further suspect that's where all such queries end up. 

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        Preciosa308698073q4d
        Participant
        July 4, 2023

        Hi, I'm having trouble syncing my ADE across devices. The adobe account that I used to authorise computer is no longer active, and I tried to erase authorisation (so I can re-authorise using an active email account), but it's asking me for a password.  Any suggestions on what I can do?  

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        Terry29321427exzc
        Participant
        April 9, 2023

        Hi, having the same issue. Enabled synching, auto download. Installed/uninstalled on pc and devices, but it is not synching. I do not want to read my books on the PC. Any suggestions? 

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          danchall
          Participating Frequently
          April 9, 2023

          check out the thread. This problem has been around for several years and never solved. 

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          julia_parcequoi
          Participant
          January 3, 2023

          Still not working in 2023, that's incredible!

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            Andrew27854450g6hv
            Participant
            January 9, 2023

            Also came here to say it's 2023 and ADE library still can't sync across devices, despite six years of people complaining about this. Truly impressive endurance for ignoring your users Adobe, well done. I look forward to loyally using any product but yours in '23.

              RachelMellema
              RachelMellema
              Participant
              July 28, 2022

              July 2022 and still not fixed lol. Im moving to Google Books. RIP Digital Editions.

              Itracm
              Itracm
              Participant
              November 4, 2022

              This aweful reader was forced upon me when Bluefire reader was defunct. Bluefire was great.

              The digital edition reader just doesn't cut the mustard. Its bookmarks and highlights are a joke. A primary school student could write better code! The syncing across devices still doesn't work. Even this forum doesn't check, nor correct, spilling mestakes. I'm looking for another reader to port my books to but I've not found one yet. Anyone had luck finding a new reader?

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              danchall
              Participating Frequently
              December 28, 2021

              My issue seems related. I have been using ADE on my iMac for years, without problem. I bought a new MacBook recently and installed ADE, and authorized it. Nothing synced until I rebooted, and then I watched the 12 (approx) most recent additions sync to the new laptop. But nothing more; there should be 57.  I was able to manually move over one epub by copying the file manually (finder to the Digital Editions folder) and then adding the book within the app.  The item info suggests that I have permission for only one copy, but it looks like I synced one book with a limit of one, but could not sync other books that said the same thing. Also at least 2 of the books that won't sync are epubs that have no restrictions on copying.


                  This thread has been around for years, and I tried to follow the advice here. But I can't find a "refresh" button on my MacOS devices running ADE 4.5.11.

              When the 12 books started loading to the new laptop, the display seemed to show a count of 13 then 12 then 13 then 12 for a few seconds, when it settled down to 12. I tried restarting the app and then rebooting the MacBook.

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                danchall
                Participating Frequently
                December 29, 2021

                Strangely, this post is timestamped Dec 28, 2022. I hope that doesn't mean nobody will see it until then.;-)

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                  Lulu_62
                  Participant
                  December 15, 2021

                  December 2021 and synch is still not working! I've just downloaded the books again from Borrowbox to a laptop  😞

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                  defaultnd3c2x1r6h5z
                  Participant
                  September 22, 2021

                  September 22, 2021 - not working. How can the moderators and Adobe just ignore this thread without at least providing some type of answer? I feel like I just got scammed after buying this book. Kobo seems to work but I have less than 1 hour to download the book on my devices and I need to buy a new tablet so I'll be stuck not being able to use my tablet to read this.

                   

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                    defaultcrmg6v2l4ak2
                    Participant
                    August 28, 2021

                    -Go to https://www.bluefirereader.com/bluefire-reader.html

                    -Download Bluefire Reader (use Firefox, as it might not download through Chrome)

                    -Install it, open it, and import the pdf's from "Documents - MyDigitalEditions" (the pdf's are locked there, but by importing them through Bluefire Reader, you should be able to read them).

                     

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                      wasan_2094
                      Participant
                      December 14, 2024

                      THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I was so frustrated the past 2 days trying to import books from my work's Mac to my own devices and NOTHING worked! I was about to spend a fortune to buy these books again but thankfully enough I came across your gold-worth comment here! 

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