Are Google Play downloads fubar?
I've raised this with Google support who of course may or may not ever come back to me...
The TL;DR version is that ADE is giving an error. I don't know if that's due to DRM changes at the backend, or just a network glitch, or ...
The fuller version:
I often buy books from Google Play, download them as EPUB, load them into Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1, and then use Apprentice Alf to transfer the unencumbered files into my Calibre Library. (The destination is my Kobo Aura.)
All good, except one book I just bought (Ultima by Stephen Baxter) is just not working. I get an acsm file which looks plausible and complete, but ADE barfs.
It says: "Fulfilling Ultima" and then a few seconds later: "Unable to download" "Error getting License. License Server Communication Problem: E_ADEPT_DOCUMENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:".
Is a more recent version of ADE likely to help? I've stayed on 2.0.1 for fear of the DRM in more recent versions. What ADE versions are "safe"?
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