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Anonymous
February 1, 2011
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what instructions? Kobo related

  • February 1, 2011
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i have a kobo wireless e-reader and ADE installed on my laptop.  I can not figure out how to do anything.  I can not move books to ADE, i can not install ADE on my e-reader, and the only options on my ADE laptop are read a book, delete a book, and adjust viewer to fit various sizes. The only option in the library menu that does anything is the option to authorize this computer.  Is there a user guide or something? I cant even find an option to get an id #.  It seems that the only instructions i can find are the ones these threads, but most of them dont relate to me b cuz i am not even that far along yet.

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    cmburns2nd
    Participant
    October 5, 2011

    take it back

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    Anonymous
    February 7, 2011

    Ok so maybe I'm just blonde but I cannot for the life of me make this work ... I have several e-Books that I downloaded from my local library and various other sites that I can access via ADE, Calibre, and see on my Kobo booklist ... They were even added to my Kobo via ADE.  However when I try to read them on Kobo it comes up with an error stating "The content you are trying to view is locked. Please use your Adobe ID to authorize your ereaderwith the Kobo Desktop Application or Adobe Digital Edition."

    Obviously if my ereader wasn't already authorized I wouldn't have this book on my device.

    Any help someone could provide would be beyond greatly appreciated.

    Thanks Muchly!!!

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    Ezeechair
    Participating Frequently
    February 7, 2011

    It may appear that your Kobo has been authorised but have you tried to

    re-authorize it again using either ADE desktop or your Kobo desktop app.

    Do you only have one ADE account? If you have two accounts then you

    have to match your authorization with the right account.

    I ran into the same problem when I upgraded the firmware on my

    Pandigital Kobo reader. It was authorized originally with my existing

    account and would allow access to purchased books or library downloads

    but when I did the FW update I had to re-authorize my reader. When I

    did this it stated that I had reached the max number of authorized

    devices for my ADE account and refused to accept it. So I created a

    second ade account but now it will not open any ebooks obtained with the

    prior account.

    Note: If you would like to discuss this some more email me directly I

    may have a solution for you.

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    Anonymous
    February 8, 2011

    Ok, I have never, as far as I know, authorized my kobo. I have my laptop authorized for ADE, but I have never had my kobo recognized by ADE, let alone authorized. So I have not yet had time to uninstall and reinstall ADE on my laptop.

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    Nujazz106
    Participant
    February 3, 2011

    Hey I am not a tech, but the following is my best response.

    1. Turn on your Kobo releated e-reader, and login to your wifi network. It should automatically prompt you to update your user software. If it restarts itself let it sit for 15-20 minutes BEFORE you turn it back on. (The letting it sit for 10-15 minutes is apparently an important step, but dont ask me why.) You have to have the current software version of 2.0 or higher on your ereader.

    2. You dont install ADE on your e-reader from what I know, only on your computer then you sync the ereader by using the USB cable to your computer. You apparently have to use the USB cable they gave you with the e-reader, no other generic cable seems to work.

    3. Take your e-reader mini-USB cable, plug it into the ereader, take the USB end and plug it into your computer and turn on your e-reader. (Per your comments I am presuming you already installed and authorized ADE on your computer.)

    4. The computer should automatically detect the KOBO branded e-reader, and load the drivers. If it doesnt, I would suggest, deleting ADE, re-installing it, re-authorize and going back to step #3.

    5. One your e-reader is detected in ADE, it should list it in the left panel of the ADE "Bookshelf" as your e-readers device name.

    6. In order to add books to the librart, you must "click" on the Library "down arrow tab" on the top left hand side of the screen. Then you must "click" on the "Add Item To Library" tab and use "explorer to find what you want. I haven't found any shortcuts to do mutiple books from different authors, so I believe you have to do every book you want individually.

    7. Once you add all the books to your library (either one of the "pre-set" ones or one you created, then you can drag the books from the main ADE "Library Pane" that you are in to the "name" of your e-reader. This will put the books on the "internal memory" of your e-reader.

    8. For the Kobo bookstore, I have found no way as of yet to put the books on an SD card, and access them through ADE.

    9. Another consideration is that you have to make sure any books you want to put on ADE, are actually compatible files, and not some special type of file like Kindle, etc.

    10. So to highlight, make sure you have the current software on your e-reader. Plug in your e-reader with the supplied USB cable first, then start ADE. Drag and drop files first to the library, then from the library to the E-reader library.

    I Hope this works for you.

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    Ezeechair
    Participating Frequently
    February 3, 2011

    I have the Pandigital 7" Colour reader with the Kobo reader pre-installed.  Adobe digital editions is already on the reader.  When you connect to the Kobo store  via wifi by starting the K>obo app you should see a tab thyat states "Purchases History".  Download a previously purchased book and when you go to read it via "My Library" you will get asked to enter your adobe account user id and password.  Use the same account info that you used to set up your account. You should then be able to access your your purchases. I haven't tried it yet but you should be able to transfer books via usb cable between devices buy coping your books over from C:\My Documents\My Digital Editions\ to the internal memory of your reader.

    John

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    Anonymous
    February 5, 2011

    Ok, thank you. I have never tried to buy e-books from kobo shop while

    using my e-reader wi-fi, so i will try it. But I have a KOBO brand e-reader

    with Adobe Mobile Reader software so it may be a bit different, but

    definitely worth a shot.

    Thanks Again

    In a message dated 2/2/2011 8:13:46 P.M. Central Standard Time,

    forums@adobe.com writes:

    I have the Pandigital 7" Colour reader with the Kobo reader pre-installed.

    Adobe digital editions is already on the reader. When you connect to the

    Kobo store via wifi by starting the K>obo app you should see a tab thyat

    states "Purchases History". Download a previously purchased book and when

    you go to read it via "My Library" you will get asked to enter your adobe

    account user id and password. Use the same account info that you used to

    set up your account. You should then be able to access your your purchases.

    I haven't tried it yet but you should be able to transfer books via usb

    cable between devices buy coping your books over from C:\My Documents\My

    Digital Editions\ to the internal memory of your reader.

    John

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