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delphin · 02-11-2011, 02:18 PM

To add to what was just said by Bookworm_Girl. If you want library books you MUST have either the current Sony software, or Adobe Digital Editions (ADE).

I have both, and find that I prefer ADE's quick simple interface for grabbing library books and transferring them to the Sony.

If you go to the Adobe site, you can download Adobe Digital Editions, then go ahead and authorize it, and you can start actually downloading your books.

Authorization is needed to get a "Digital Rights Management" (DRM) key, which is needed to download most copyrighted EPUBs.

Once you go through the full blown Adobe ADE authorization procedure, you are issued a lifetime DRM key that will let you later authorize up to six devices for use with the books you buy or borrow from the library.

This means you can download and preview your books on your PC right now, and then later, when your PRS-350 arrives, just authorize your Sony reader from the menu in ADE, and you should be able to seemlessly transfer and read the books you have already downloaded.

The only caution I would give in this regard, is that to be able to later authorize your PRS-350 and read DRM protected Adobe EPUBs, you MUST use the FULL registration and authorization with Adobe.

Adobe also offers a quick anonymous way to quickly authorize and start using ADE, but currently this only gives you a non-transferable authorization key that can NOT be used to authorize other devices (anonymous authorization is fine to just read one copy of a book on your PC with ADE, but can NOT transfer books to other devices, like your PRS-350).

You will want to get your full Adobe authorization key from Adobe anyway, because it's also needed so you can buy e-books from Sony, Borders, Kobo, Google Books, and others.

If you later also install the "Sony Reader Library" Software, it should sense the Adobe Install and use the same DRM Key to Authorize the Sony Reader Library.

So if you grab ADE from Adobe, you should be able to start downloading and enjoying your libraries services right away.

Hope, you like your new Sony when it arrives. I thought mine was one of the nicest new toys that I have treated myself to in years.

02-11-2011, 02:18 PM	#4
delphin Evangelist Posts: 434 Karma: 346901 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: SONY PRS-650	To add to what was just said by Bookworm_Girl. If you want library books you MUST have either the current Sony software, or Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). I have both, and find that I prefer ADE's quick simple interface for grabbing library books and transferring them to the Sony. If you go to the Adobe site, you can download Adobe Digital Editions, then go ahead and authorize it, and you can start actually downloading your books. Authorization is needed to get a "Digital Rights Management" (DRM) key, which is needed to download most copyrighted EPUBs. Once you go through the full blown Adobe ADE authorization procedure, you are issued a lifetime DRM key that will let you later authorize up to six devices for use with the books you buy or borrow from the library. This means you can download and preview your books on your PC right now, and then later, when your PRS-350 arrives, just authorize your Sony reader from the menu in ADE, and you should be able to seemlessly transfer and read the books you have already downloaded. The only caution I would give in this regard, is that to be able to later authorize your PRS-350 and read DRM protected Adobe EPUBs, you MUST use the FULL registration and authorization with Adobe. Adobe also offers a quick anonymous way to quickly authorize and start using ADE, but currently this only gives you a non-transferable authorization key that can NOT be used to authorize other devices (anonymous authorization is fine to just read one copy of a book on your PC with ADE, but can NOT transfer books to other devices, like your PRS-350). You will want to get your full Adobe authorization key from Adobe anyway, because it's also needed so you can buy e-books from Sony, Borders, Kobo, Google Books, and others. If you later also install the "Sony Reader Library" Software, it should sense the Adobe Install and use the same DRM Key to Authorize the Sony Reader Library. So if you grab ADE from Adobe, you should be able to start downloading and enjoying your libraries services right away. Hope, you like your new Sony when it arrives. I thought mine was one of the nicest new toys that I have treated myself to in years. Last edited by delphin; 02-11-2011 at 02:21 PM.