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Old 03-15-2022, 11:50 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Liam Nolan View Post
Ereader that can use adobe drm epub
Hi, I have a bit of a strange one, I looking for some ereaders for use in a place with no internet.
They're for use in an "institution"
My first thought was "prison". That probably says more about me than anything else. There are lots of other institutions that would have similar rules.

Will the institution be supplying and maintaining the devices? Or are you finding a list to recommend to the users to buy themselves.
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The books themselves are downloaded to a pc from the local public library server by the users onto a adobe digital editions program.

No problem, everything works fine and the books download fine, however if i try copying the book onto an android tablet or a kindle fire with the same adobe id and authorised the books are not seen.
Others have mentioned Kobo, Nook and Pocketbook. You can add tolino to that.

The latest version of firmware for Kobo has a "sideloaded mode" which means that the user does not need to sign into a Kobo account if there is no access to the internet. But, it does need someone to update the firmware. There are other problems with the firmware, but, they should be fixed before this becomes an issue for you, and I think the described usage will avoid these issues (so Jon, there is no need to comment).

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It seems that for android devices an app called borrowbox is used but you need internet access to download the books.
I can't remember what DRM Borrowbox uses. It might be Adobe DRM or their own. For libraries using Adobe DRM, you would probably use the Libby app. But, that needs internet access, so would not help.
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I believe that some ereaers like kobo let you transfer from a PC.
The issue I can see is that each device needs to be authorised with an Adobe account. And the copy of ADE running must be using that account. As these sound like common PCs, how is that managed? Individual accounts that can then have ADE for that user? Or common accounts? I can't tell if you have sorted that out already, or it is something that needs to be done.
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Any ideas, my first choice would be to use an android tablet but if thats not possible which ereader would work.

P.S audiobooks are allowed too
With Kobo, you can sideload audiobooks, but, it isn't the best. And they do not support sideloading audiobooks with DRM.
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