Thread: Converting ACSM to to load G.Play books to Kobo (hopefully not OT)
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Old 04-12-2019, 07:13 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Grant Jacobs View Post
Forgive me if this isn't appropriate. I can't find a Google Play related forum. I feel doubly awkward as I'm not sure I can do this with Calibre either, but at least this forum is familiar with eBook issues.

I have just bought two books from Google Play. I've downloaded the EPUB - really an ACSM file. I've tried copying this to the device via ADE, but it borks, giving me a cryptic message, E_ACT_NOT_READY with something about a license server communication issue. Looking at the authorisation information under Help the computer seems to be authorised to an email address / Adobe ID pair. Let's call it email-computer@gmail.com

The email account that Google lets me view my book list (and hence where I buy them from) is a different email address. Let's call that email-gp@gmail.com

I don't really know if this matters, but I am trying to find some way to get my books to my book reader.

I tried using Calibre, but it complains something to the effect that the Kobo firmware is newer than that Calibre software. So I updated Calibre. But I'm still getting a message to the effect that my Kobo is "running an updated firmware/database version" and that "If you are willing to experiment and know how to reset your Kobo to Factory defaults," etc. This doesn't sound very welcoming: I'd rather not risk my books right? It says it's database version 149, firmware version 4, 12, 12111.

Any suggestions welcome.

I've updated ADE, but as I suspected it made no difference.

Somewhat maddeningly, I've previously downloaded and installed a couple of books from G. Play to the Kobo, but I don't know what I did to make this work. I have to admit I find Adobe's ADE product a right nuisance, and prefer Kobo's straight-to-the-device approach.
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E_AUTH_NOT_READY

This error occurs when the authorization information is damaged. Follow these steps to rebuild the activation file.
You need to reactivate ADE go this web page and follow the instructions. They work I have had this problem before usually when replacing a failed motherboard, upgrading a cpu.

P.S. go back to ADE 2.12

bernie
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