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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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    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? 

    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.

    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.

    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.

    November 29, 2010

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

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

    Participant
    July 22, 2020

    Note: blue fire

    reader cost $3.99 to download.

    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!

    Saxon Woods
    Participating Frequently
    September 27, 2010

    I just discovered this thread after sharing similar frustrations with ADE and IPad. The .ascm file that's created in your DE directory on your computer when you buy a DRM-protected book is just the key that unlocks the pdf of the book file, the one that you read within DE.

    Unlikely that there will be an IPad version of DE anytime soon, given the Flash wars between Adobe and Apple. But there is a workaround via an IPad app called Txtr, which can unlock (legally) and display ebooks that are DRM-protected. After you download the app, it allows you to register your Adobe ID and thus link your IPad with it, like you do with your desktop; then you need to email or otherwise upload the pdf file on your computer to a txtr dropbox, and then download it to your IPad using the Txtr app. You can then read the file on your IPad within Txtr. Laborious process, but it works.....

    September 27, 2010

    I have an ipad and download books without going through ADE. There are lots of books available and after buying an e-reader a year ago, which I was only ever able to download one book to, there is absolutely no way I am going anywhere near ADE again. The support is awful and I never did get my issues resolved.