Installing Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) allows you to read eBooks that you’ve downloaded on your computer and sync them with eReaders that are compatible. Please review Adobe’s system requirements to find out what you need in order to install Adobe ADE.
How to set up:
- Click DOWNLOAD after visiting the Adobe Digital Editions website.
- Choose SAVE FILE after clicking the download link for the necessary Windows version of ADE.
- Locate and launch the installer file after the download is finished. Choose RUN.
- To finish the installation, adhere to the setup wizard’s instructions.
- If you wish to use ADE to read these kinds of eBooks, make sure you leave the ASSOCIATE .ACSM AND .EPUB FILE TYPES option selected.
- You might be given the option to MIGRATE DATA from the previous version of ADE to the current one if it was previously installed. Your old eBooks are imported into the new ADE through data migration.
- To start ADE and end the setup, click DONE.
- If you are new to using ADE, kindly finish the Adobe authorization.
- Make sure to remove the previous version of ADE before installing the latest one if you’re updating it rather than installing it for the first time.
NOTE: You shouldn’t have to reauthorize ADE with your Adobe ID or OverDrive account if you’ve previously used it on your computer. Try clearing your authorization and then reauthorizing ADE, though, if you’re having problems downloading or transferring eBooks.
Guidelines from Overdrive
Let’s see how to get Adobe Digital Editions activated.
When you purchase an eBook or download a book from the library, Adobe Digital Editions opens when you open the book from the browser download window. Try one of the following if Adobe Digital Editions is not opening the book:
- Launch Adobe Digital Editions, select File > Add to Library, then navigate to the book you wish to open in the program.
- Drag the book onto the icon of the Adobe Digital Editions program. Using Adobe Digital Editions, the book opens.
- Adobe Digital Editions verifies that you are authorized to read the book before opening it.
- If the book is protected, though, you will need to authorize Adobe Digital Editions with a Vendor ID or an Adobe ID.
- Enter your user name and password after choosing Adobe ID as your eBook vendor in the dialog box that appears.
However, what about the Mac version of Adobe Digital Editions installation?
Please refer to Adobe’s system requirements to find out more about the hardware needed to install ADE. Go to the website of Adobe Digital Editions and select DOWNLOAD NOW. To download the necessary Macintosh version of ADE, click the provided link. Open the DIGITAL EDITIONS 3.0 INSTALLER after opening (mounting) the DMG file. To finish the installation, adhere to the setup wizard’s instructions. You ought to see an option to MIGRATE DATA from the old install of ADE to this new one if it was previously installed. To start ADE and end the setup, click DONE.