adobe digital editions beginner's guide

THE ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS BEGINNER'S GUIDE

ARE YOU NEW TO ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS?

IN THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL DISCUSS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET STARTED

FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK, VISIT OUR EXPANDED BLOG POST

ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS IS A FREE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ADD EBOOKS FROM ONLINE STORES AND LIBRARIES THAT ARE

PROTECTED BY DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT.

ADOBE’S DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT PROTECTION IS USED BY INDUSTRY GIANTS SUCH AS: BARNES & NOBLE

AND GOOGLE

WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL RIGHT MANAGEMENT PROTECTED EBOOK YOU GET A

LICENSE FOR YOUR EBOOK

YOU CAN THEN CLAIM YOUR EBOOK USING ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS AND EASILY ADD IT TO YOUR SUPPORTED EREADER

DEVICE

HOW TO INSTALL ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

1. USING A MAC OR PC, DOWNLOAD ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS FROM

WWW.ADOBE.COM/SUPPORT/DIGITALEDITIONS/DOWNLOADS.HTML

2. FIND AND INSTALL THE ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS INSTALLATION FILE ON YOUR

COMPUTER

ONCE YOU INSTALL ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS, YOU WILL NEED TO LOGIN VIA AN

ADOBE ID

IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY HAVE AN ADOBE ID, CREATE ONE BEFORE MOVING TO THE NEXT

STEP

NEXT YOU WILL NEED TO AUTHORIZE YOUR COMPUTER

1. LAUNCH ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS ON YOUR PC OR MAC

2. FROM THE HELP MENU, CLICK AUTHORIZE COMPUTER

3. LOGIN VIA YOUR ADOBE ID AND THEN CLICK AUTHORIZE

YOUR COMPUTER IS NOW AUTHORIZED TO USE ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS AND YOU CAN BEGIN

ADDING EBOOKS!

NEXT WE WILL DISCUSS HOW TO ADD EBOOKS TO ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

THIS PROCESS IS EXTREMELY EASY NOW THAT YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED AND LOGGED INTO ADOBE DIGITAL

EDITIONS

WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT PROTECTED BOOK, YOU WILL GET A LICENSE IN THE FORM OF

AN “.ACSM FILE”

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS OPEN THAT “.ACSM FILE” IN ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

THE FINAL STEP WILL BE LEARNING HOW TO TRANSFER YOUR EBOOKS TO YOUR SUPPORTED

EREADER DEVICE

TO FIGURE OUT IF YOUR EREADER DEVICE IS SUPPORTED, VISIT: HTTP://BIT.LY/ADEDEVICES

1. CONNECT YOUR EREADER TO YOUR COMPUTER

2. LOCATE AND OPEN THE “.ACSM FILE” WITH ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

3. CLICK LIBRARY AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND SELECT ANY EBOOKS YOU WISH TO TRANSFER

4. DRAG THE SELECTED EBOOKS TO YOUR DEVICE TO COMPLETE THE TRANSFER

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED AN EBOOK TO YOUR EREADERS USING ADOBE

DIGITAL EDITIONS!

WHAT IF YOU WANT TO SELL EBOOKS USING ADOBE DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT?

LETS DISCUSS HOW TO SELL ADOBE DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT PROTECTED BOOKS WITH

EDITIONGUARD

1. UPLOAD YOUR EBOOKS IN EPUB OR PDF FORMATS THROUGH OUR USER-FRIENDLY WEB

INTERFACE

2. IMPLEMENT OUR EASY TO USE API OR TURNKEY ECOMMERCE INTEGRATIONS

3. BUYERS START MAKING EBOOK PURCHASES ON YOUR WEBSITE (SCORE!)

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