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Originally Posted by cybmole
ade support is built in , yes, but you have to supply your own specific authorisation ID TO the device, hence the need to connect it to SOMETHInG that will do that.
I borrow via PC but I am pretty sure that a new T2/T3 cannot borrow from library unless set up with an ID,
Even if it can somehow manage that, it for sure cannot open a library book that you borrowed onto your PC using ADE, & then sideloaed via USB onto the sony reader. For that it has to be using the same adobe ID as your PC is using.
so we circle back to will sony continue support desktop software even when there's no longer a shop for that software to access ?
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Okay, this is what I have done ... 1) Bought the T2. 2) Set up an ADE account in Wine and authenticated the computer. 3) Downloaded books directly to my T2 and (at some point) gave the library my Adobe ID (which I got when I installed ADE in Wine). 4) Read the book on the T2. Other than the ADE ID, nothing on ADE was required.
I don't think I ever tried to read the book in ADE, but Calibre sees it fine. I think I did connect my Nook Simple Touch to ADE (just to see if it worked), but that's about all I've done with it -- I remember now, that there's a trick in Wine's configuration required for ADE to see the eReader -- Windows users shouldn't have that problem.
As for hardware product support, I would think (at least hope) that the Sony Desktop software would be downloadable on Sony's site for a while (at least for a few years) as the Reader is a Sony product, not a Kobo one. I know Sony support currently is available there -- and the newest version of the Desktop connects you to Kobo's store, not Sony's. (I haven't tried it, I'm just going by the description ...)
"This utility updates the Reader™ for PC software to version 2.3.00.03130 and provides the following benefits:
"The "Reader™ Store" icon and link is replaced with the "Kobo Store" icon and link to enable direct access to the Kobo eBook Store.
"Note: For full access to the Kobo eBook Store, account registration may be required."
http://esupport.sony.com/CA/p/swu-do...os_group_id=13
So the Reader Desktop
should be supported with the hardware by Sony -- the closing of the Sony Reader stores should not change that.