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Anonymous
July 15, 2010
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iPad Digital Editions?

  • July 15, 2010
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Has anyone heard of Digital Editions being develop[ed for the iPad?

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    Anonymous
    November 24, 2011

    Hi There

    I am having similar problems.   I wanted a technical book and eventually found it electronically at Taylor and Francis.  Trying to download it to my ipad caused a hiccup but they were very helpful in getting the book to me on my laptop, but realised no way to get it onto the ipad despite their help.  I chose the Adobe version because that is usually the best format for a variety of platforms, but still can't load it there despite loading txtr. I only have a download link and Safari won't use it. Still not certain which Adobe app I need to read it with - digital editions works on the laptop -. Any suggestions?  Can't Adobe and Apple just make friends for us poor saps out here? 

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    davidalfa
    Participant
    December 3, 2010

    Come on Adobe! Make an iPad Digital Edition...

    WE WANT TO READ OUR EBOOKS ON THE IPAD, not on the stupid, slow, buggy, horrible desktop version.

    With this actions, everyday you loose and loose fans.

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      Anonymous
      December 6, 2010

      There are plenty of choices for reading books on the iPad, and as Fran mentioned above the BlueFire Reader is my favorite.

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      Leo5678
      Participating Frequently
      March 6, 2011

      DRM only causing hassle to us. We paid for ebooks and still have no rights over them as we have for books that we can even borrow to friends.

      Calibre staff is right saying that "Customers will inevitably lose the ebooks they buy. I wonder how long these companies will be in business? Or even if they care."

      The only solution is to stop buying ebooks. We better look for free DRM ebooks until ePublishers stop to steer people away from this possibility of freedom simply to maintain their relevance in world developing so fast that they cant keep up.

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      Anonymous
      November 29, 2010

      There is now an app BlueFIre reader that works with public library books.

      http://www.bluefirereader.com/index.html

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      Xtreme123
      Participant
      July 22, 2020

      Note: blue fire

      reader cost $3.99 to download.

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      Anonymous
      July 17, 2010

      I share some frustration with Fran! I have purchased a book from eBooks, passed it through ADE to unlock DRM in hopes of loading the "purchased item" onto my iPad and I get a message stating it cannot be done as it is DRM protected. I've always thought that a purchased eBook or ePub become DRM free once it has been unlocked by ADE; am I wrong? Too many steps so far! Buy a book, import to ADE, import to Calibre and still unable to load onto iPad. Title is unavailable in iBooks -- go figure!

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      Anonymous
      July 21, 2010

      There's an iPhone/iPod app called txtr that will be able to open it.

      You do need to have set up an Adobe ID before opening the file on your computer, though--your iPhone will be a second device associated to that same Adobe ID.
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      Anonymous
      December 2, 2011

      Ok I have downloaded the Txtr app and have activated my adobe ID. Hopw do I get the book on the IPAD?


      Follow the procedure below.

      Go to http://txtr.com/ (Germany company who are working with Adobe to make a way for Adobe DRM protected ebooks to be transferred to Apple and Android devices).

      (Note the process will continue to be refined as textr work with Adobe in coming months.)

      Sign up for a free txtr account.

      Download an ebook (for example an EBL ebook) to Adobe Digital Editions installed on your computer.

      Login to your txtr account, select the ME option and then select Upload texts at the bottom of the Private Texts box.

      A window will come up asking you to select a file to upload to txtr.com.

      Navigate to your My Digital Editions folder on your computer. If using Windows XP it will be located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Digital Editions\

      If using Windows Vista or Windows 7 it will be located at C:\Users\username\Documents\My Digital Editions\

      Select the PDF or ePub file for the book you want to upload to txtr.com. The book will then upload to txtr.com and appear in your Private Texts box.

      Go to the App Store and download the free txtr app to your iPad or mobile device.

      Open the txtr app on your iPad or mobile device. Go to Settings and then Login with your txtr username and password.

      Secondly select the AdobeID option (that will say not activated) and enter in your Adobe ID to activate your Adobe ID.

      Then on your mobile device go to Library and select Private Texts and any ebooks you have uploaded to txtr.com now appear here.

      Select the ebook and then select the Download button and the book is now downloaded to the mobile device or iPad and available for reading.

      It did work for me!!

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