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Originally Posted by nutttmegg
i purchased a book from fictionwise in Secure Adobe Reader but I can't seem to load it. Is there a way I can find out easily which books I can load and ones I can't? I don't know the different between all of them
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Ok, first off the Secure Adobe Reader is a PDF ebook but with DRM. This means it can only be read on a device that supports DRM PDFs or by reading it on your PC/Mac using Adobe Digital Editions (ADE).
For this exercise we will ignore Calibre and only use ADE. You previously stated that ADE has been installed and registered on your Mac. Make sure that the Sony Reader is also registered to the same account that you used to register your Mac. When ADE is open, plug in your Reader and the menus should provide some option to register the Reader. Also, look on the left of the ADE screen and the Sony Reader 505 should be listed as an attached device.
Now, I'm assuming the book downloaded from Fictionwise is saved somewhere on your computer. Assuming that all of the above registering has been completed, you should be able to use the menus in ADE and add the book to the ADE library. Obviously, you will need to know where the book is saved on your computer. If everything works correctly, the book will show up in ADE complete with title, author, publisher and any other information coded into the ebook.
Once the book is loaded into ADE, I would first recommend opening the viewer to verify the ebook can at least be read using the ADE software. If all is working so far then it is a simple click on the title of the ebook then drag it to the Sony Reader listed on the left in ADE and drop to the device. ADE will probably show a progress bar for copying the file to the Reader and this will only display for a few seconds.
Now simply close down ADE and disconnect the Reader from your computer. I am unsure if you need to perform a certain action to disconnect a device from a Mac. Once you then start up your Reader the file should be there and ready to read.
I don't have my computer in front of me but will re-check some of these steps and make changes when I get home. The Sony 505 is a very good device but requires a few extra steps versus a Kindle. If you decide these steps are not worth it there is nothing wrong with choosing a device that better suits your needs.