How do I find the book library within ADE

Marilyn, I think you misunderstood my comment about 'signing in'. You do

that on the Adobe website once, and it will register your use of ADE. When

you have installed ADE on your computer, you should have an icon on your

desktop, which says 'Adobe Digital Editions'. When you click on that and

open it, ADE will display the Library page on your computer.

Many if not most libraries give you an option that lets you pick the file

type you want to download (the same is true for many ebook sites). If you

picked 'epub' or 'Adobe epub' from their option, the download process should

have opened ADE on your computer and given you a choice of whether to OPEN

or SAVE the ebook. Either way, the process would load the ebook directly

into ADE - and would open ADE in Reading mode if you said 'OPEN'. You don't

mention whether you downloaded your library ebooks before or after you

installed ADE. If you downloaded them before, then they were stored on your

hard drive.

I don't know your level of comfort with things technical on your PC, so I

have to make some assumptions. The first one is that you are comfortable

with Windows file management and can use it to find files on your PC. In

this case, it will be your downloaded ebooks. The most common application

to use to do that is Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) because it

lets you look at all of the files and folders on your PC. My comments below

presumes you can do that.

The process to bring ebooks on your hard drive into ADE is relatively easy,

but you have to know where the ebook is on your hard drive. You start by

opening ADE in Library view. Put your cursor over the word 'Library' and a

small arrow will appear next to it. Put your cursor over that arrow, and a

drop-down menu will appear. Pick 'Add Item To Library' from the list and

click on it.

A menu will appear that lets you specify what file/ebook your want to add.

It's virtually the same menu as one in Windows Explorer, and lets you browse

the hard drive to find the file. When you have found it, click on it, and

it should appear in the box at the bottom. Then, click on OK and ADE will

show that ebook in its Library view on the right hand side. You can repeat

this process for any and all ebooks you downloaded before you installed ADE.

Transferring the ebook to your ereader is relatively easy as well, BUT it

won't work properly unless ADE has recognized your ereader. You have to

start that process by plugging in the ereader to your computer's USB port,

and waiting until Windows shows you that it's recognized with a drive

letter. When that's done, you log onto the ereader's website and follow

their instructions for registering the ereader with them. During that

process, use your Adobe ID when asked, to allow ADE to recoginze your

ereader. When that process is completed, log off that website. Wait a few

moments until the ereader finishes updating itself, and then open ADE on

your computer. ADE should recognize your ereader and list it in the left

hand side of the Library view (that's called the bookshelf side). ADE might

ask you to authorize the ereader during this process, and you can do that

with a click or two.

Once the ereader shows up, the process for transferring ebooks is easy -

just drag and drop.

You can go online to a bookstore or library with the ereader connected to

ADE, download an ebook to ADE and then drag and drop now.

When you're done doing transfers, you can close ADE. Your ereader will

update itself for a few moments, and when it's done, you can disconnect it.

I hope this helps. If not, just ask more questions....

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