According to Adobe, "Connect the SonyŽ Reader to your computer and launch Digital Editions. Digital Editions automatically detects the presence of your SonyŽ Reader and offers to authorize it with your Adobe ID." (
http://www.adobe.com/products/digita...lp/#activation)
They also say "It is expected that ADE will not recoginize Sony Readers on Mac, use EBL instead for transfering content." (
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2208717)
From this, may I conclude that you are running on a Mac?