Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 preview now available

[ATimson]

Originally Posted by Jim Lester

The current version of RMSDK is 9.3 but that was just released a month ago, so it is probably not the version in any of the Sony Readers.

Does Adobe have a publicly-available changelog, or is it only available to licensees?

[Jim Lester]

The public information is here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/digitalpublishing.html
and here http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaleditions/

However they are both a bit out of date, so yes licensees and the resellers get better information.

[Jane12]

LOL! When you say they're "a bit out of date" you're not kidding!

[MrsJoseph]

Originally Posted by Jim Lester

9.1 added the ability to read passhash (ie like B&N) protected documents.
9.2 ( & ACS 4.1) added the ability to vend passhash document (outside of B&N - B&N has it's own way of doing this outside of ACS).

The current version of RMSDK is 9.3 but that was just released a month ago, so it is probably not the version in any of the Sony Readers.

I think I read that the Sony WiFi is running RMSDK 9.1 - so that means that the Sony will allow the reading of B&N books?? or does 9.1 only give the ability to read passhash for other protected books but not for B&N books? The Sony needs to run 9.2 for B&N?

[Jane12]

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

I think I read that the Sony WiFi is running RMSDK 9.1 - so that means that the Sony will allow the reading of B&N books?? or does 9.1 only give the ability to read passhash for other protected books but not for B&N books? The Sony needs to run 9.2 for B&N?

The short answer is that right now you cannot read B&N books on the Sony WiFi, but that may possibly change once ADE 1.8 is released.

According to Sony's website, their Reader for PC/Mac software (which is the desktop software that goes with the Sony WiFi) is running RMSDK 9.1. One can only guess that means Sony WiFi is also running 9.1, but that's not confirmed. 9.1 means that if Sony wanted to, they could program their readers to open B&N books, but they have chosen not to include this feature.

However, if Sony WiFi is running 9.2 instead of 9.1, then depending on what Adobe does with the next release of ADE, it may be possible to transfer a B&N book to the Sony WiFi using ADE as a go-between. In other words, ADE 1.8 Preview can already open B&N books. If we're lucky, the final version of ADE 1.8 will also be able to transfer B&N books to the Sony WiFi. But we won't know until ADE 1.8 is released.

[geertm]

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

I think I read that the Sony WiFi is running RMSDK 9.1 - so that means that the Sony will allow the reading of B&N books?? or does 9.1 only give the ability to read passhash for other protected books but not for B&N books? The Sony needs to run 9.2 for B&N?

It means that Sony could support the B&N DRM in they wanted to. But have chosen not to enable that support.

[loyukfai]

Originally Posted by Jim Lester

In PDF files, where it is a valid image type, not in ePubs where as it has already been noted that it is not currently a core media type.

(Remember RMSDK handles both PDF and ePub files).

Thanks for the clarification, I mentioned JPEG2000 specifically for the PDF generated by myself from a DIY book scanning process.

Apparently it's the de facto greyscale/colour format for book scanners, at least for DIY ones...?

Cheers.

[Jane12]

I just noticed that the 3rd release of ADE 1.8 Preview is now available -- and it includes device support, yay!

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitaleditions1-8/

It's already been confirmed that ADE 1.8 will open B&N DRM books.

Does anyone know if it can now transfer B&N books to a Sony Reader?

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by Jane12

I just noticed that the 3rd release of ADE 1.8 Preview is now available -- and it includes device support, yay!

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitaleditions1-8/

It's already been confirmed that ADE 1.8 will open B&N DRM books.

Does anyone know if it can now transfer B&N books to a Sony Reader?

The release notes say it supports PRS-T1, but unfortunately, so far, I have not gotten ADE to 'see' it (well, ADE crashes if I unmount the Sony drives, so it is seeing something). ADE does see my Nook, so device support is there. Maybe there is some sort of conflict between it and Reader for Mac, or maybe the support only exists on Windows. I turned off the option to launch Reader when the device is connected, and rebooting, but nothing worked.

I'm very curious to know if B&N can be sideloaded this way as well, but looks like I can't make the attempt without some sort of workaround. Older Sony models might work, as ADE 1.7 worked with them, but I don't have one to test it with.

Interestingly it sees my Kindle Fire (I have a couple of RMSDK-enabled apps on there). Shows up as 'blaze' in ADE, and shows all the ePub and PDF on the device. Hope this will let me use Mantano for library books...

[MrsJoseph]

Originally Posted by tomsem

The release notes say it supports PRS-T1, but unfortunately, so far, I have not gotten ADE to 'see' it (well, ADE crashes if I unmount the Sony drives, so it is seeing something). ADE does see my Nook, so device support is there. Maybe there is some sort of conflict between it and Reader for Mac, or maybe the support only exists on Windows. I turned off the option to launch Reader when the device is connected, and rebooting, but nothing worked.

I'm very curious to know if B&N can be sideloaded this way as well, but looks like I can't make the attempt without some sort of workaround. Older Sony models might work, as ADE 1.7 worked with them, but I don't have one to test it with.

Interestingly it sees my Kindle Fire (I have a couple of RMSDK-enabled apps on there). Shows up as 'blaze' in ADE, and shows all the ePub and PDF on the device. Hope this will let me use Mantano for library books...

I thought that my ADE or Sony T1 was buggy and that's why it wasn't being recognized in ADE...

[Jane12]

Thanks for your efforts Tomsem! If it turns out ADE 1.8 can transfer B&N books to Sony Readers, I'll be buying a T1.

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by Jane12

Thanks for your efforts Tomsem! If it turns out ADE 1.8 can transfer B&N books to Sony Readers, I'll be buying a T1.

Mmm, just get rid of the DRM.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Mmm, just get rid of the DRM.

That would be no fun! You sound like the sort of person who would cheat at solitaire.

Seriously, there are many people would appreciate knowing how to get this working out of the box.

I tried it with Windows ADE, with same result (device not seen).

I posted over on the Adobe ADE Preview forum, and will check some other places.

[Ken Maltby]

tomsem;
It sounds like you are saying that your Sony T1 is not being recognized properly
by your PCs (Windows and otherwise, Linux, I presume). The device needs to be
available through the OS before an application like ADE can access the device.

Once you get your PC's OS able to recognize the device properly, (usually a matter of
a USB or device driver) ADE should be able to deal with your device. You should also
be able to use the OS file handling features to move files to and from the device. If the
device has Adobe Reader Mobile 9.1.1 or later as its reading software you would then
be able to open and unlock the infected B&N epub files. ADE would not be needed or a
part of the process. [If your device has an internet function, you would want a later
version of Adobe Reader Mobile, as the v9.1.1 had a security issue. But for most people
you will have little choice in the matter.]

Luck;
Ken

[MrsJoseph]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

tomsem;
It sounds like you are saying that your Sony T1 is not being recognized properly
by your PCs (Windows and otherwise, Linux, I presume). The device needs to be
available through the OS before an application like ADE can access the device.

Once you get your PC's OS able to recognize the device properly, (usually a matter of
a USB or device driver) ADE should be able to deal with your device. You should also
be able to use the OS file handling features to move files to and from the device. If the
device has Adobe Reader Mobile 9.1.1 or later as its reading software you would then
be able to open and unlock the infected B&N epub files. ADE would not be needed or a
part of the process. [If your device has an internet function, you would want a later
version of Adobe Reader Mobile, as the v9.1.1 had a security issue. But for most people
you will have little choice in the matter.]

Luck;
Ken

My T1 isn't recognized by ADE either. But it is found by Calibre and Sony Reader...and my Kobo is recognized by ADE as well.