Make ADE save ebook title

petercreasey · 02-12-2025, 04:18 PM

When an ebook is in the Adobe Digital Editions Library, the ebook link is displayed in the ADE folder in memory instead of the ebook title.

How can the title be displayed like before in the ADE folder instead of the link?

Thanks.

DNSB · 02-12-2025, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by petercreasey

When an ebook is in the Adobe Digital Editions Library, the ebook link is displayed in the ADE folder in memory instead of the ebook title.

How can the title be displayed like before in the ADE folder instead of the link?

I'm not sure what you mean by "ADE folder in memory" but when I have ADE 4.5 open and look at my library in list or cover view, the title and author are shown. When I look at the physical storage, the epubs show the title as the filename regardless of my selection of view type (Windows). When I send the file to my Kobo, the file shows as the ebook title.epub

petercreasey · 02-12-2025, 07:12 PM

I download the ebooks to ADE and they accordingly appear in the ADE Library. However in the ADE folder (in physical storage), the link is shown .epub. In the past, the title was shown.

Any idea how I can make the title show again like it did before?

Thanks.

DNSB · 02-13-2025, 12:39 AM

Nope, on my computer the ebooks in the physical storage (the My Digital Editions directory) show with the book title as the filename and the extension as .epub. Could you post an example of what your filename look like? Is the filename blank?

petercreasey · 02-13-2025, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

. Could you post an example of what your filename look like? Is the filename blank?

Here you go, two examples...

3cb8758b-47ec-48f6-a8ec-62e468b8c89c-epub-5ca55cdd-1400-496b-af5c-d91ecd24da3e.epub

smashwords-epub-4a38ee37-9191-4366-ad26-38a4e89500df.epub

If you click on one, you are taken to the ebook in ADE.

Thanks for following up.

JSWolf · 02-13-2025, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by petercreasey

Here you go, two examples...

3cb8758b-47ec-48f6-a8ec-62e468b8c89c-epub-5ca55cdd-1400-496b-af5c-d91ecd24da3e.epub

smashwords-epub-4a38ee37-9191-4366-ad26-38a4e89500df.epub

If you click on one, you are taken to the ebook in ADE.

Thanks for following up.

That's a Smashwords issue.

Quoth · 02-13-2025, 11:21 AM

Smashwords doesn't do ADE / DRM

petercreasey · 02-13-2025, 11:30 AM

The ebooks are downloaded from Kobo.

Quoth · 02-13-2025, 12:37 PM

Kobo has either epub or ACSM downloads.
The epub are DRM free and nothing to do with ADE.
The ACSM are small text files to redeem the ebook via Adobe. The ACSM expire in a few hours.

They should be used at once and deACSMed for DRM free ebooks because DRM is evil and the Adobe servers might fail, or you might have no internet.

petercreasey · 02-13-2025, 12:58 PM

Thanks for the dialogue.

With the ebooks in Kobo, I select <download> and the ebook is transmitted to ADE to reside in the ADE Library.

I don't understand what you are saying or implying.

Quoth · 02-13-2025, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by petercreasey

Thanks for the dialogue.

With the ebooks in Kobo, I select <download> and the ebook is transmitted to ADE to reside in the ADE Library.

I don't understand what you are saying or implying.

I've never used ADE with Kobo and even when I last had a computer with ADE (2016?) I never used an ADE "library".

I use the browser on Kobo and either a drm free epub file is saved, wherever I choose, or the small ACSM text file (which I rename at download) for redeeming the DRMed epub. I then import the ACSM to Calibre, which is my library system), which fetches the epub. I then save the epub to the place where the acsm file was saved. I then use epub to epub convert to remove any stupid line-height settings. Sometimes I have to edit CSS if the publisher was very stupid.

I fix Collection, subtitle, series, blurb, title, author etc as needed in Edit Metadata.

Then copy via USB from Calibre to the Kobo.

PeterT · 02-13-2025, 01:59 PM

The name you are seeing is the name in the file being downloaded from the supplier. Nothing says that file name has to contain the books title or author.

Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk

Quoth · 02-13-2025, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

The name you are seeing is the name in the file being downloaded from the supplier. Nothing says that file name has to contain the books title or author.

Absolutely. Though often Amazon titles include part of the Blurb. Kobo isn't so bad. That's why I check the metadata (title, author, series etc) of every ebook I get, in Calibre.

DNSB · 02-13-2025, 04:21 PM

Just to agree with PeterT et alia. What you are seeing is the filename of the downloaded file. That filename is the name of the file supplied to Kobo by the publisher/author/whatever.

petercreasey · 02-13-2025, 06:57 PM

Okay, many thanks to all for the productive dialogue. I can deal with it.

02-12-2025, 04:18 PM	#1
petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,186 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	Make ADE save ebook title When an ebook is in the Adobe Digital Editions Library, the ebook link is displayed in the ADE folder in memory instead of the ebook title. How can the title be displayed like before in the ADE folder instead of the link? Thanks.

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petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,186 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	I download the ebooks to ADE and they accordingly appear in the ADE Library. However in the ADE folder (in physical storage), the link is shown .epub. In the past, the title was shown. Any idea how I can make the title show again like it did before? Thanks.

02-13-2025, 12:39 AM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 43,345 Karma: 165170674 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Nope, on my computer the ebooks in the physical storage (the My Digital Editions directory) show with the book title as the filename and the extension as .epub. Could you post an example of what your filename look like? Is the filename blank?

02-13-2025, 11:21 AM	#7
Quoth Still reading Posts: 13,401 Karma: 102739835 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Smashwords doesn't do ADE / DRM

02-13-2025, 11:30 AM	#8
petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,186 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	The ebooks are downloaded from Kobo.

02-13-2025, 12:37 PM	#9
Quoth Still reading Posts: 13,401 Karma: 102739835 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Kobo has either epub or ACSM downloads. The epub are DRM free and nothing to do with ADE. The ACSM are small text files to redeem the ebook via Adobe. The ACSM expire in a few hours. They should be used at once and deACSMed for DRM free ebooks because DRM is evil and the Adobe servers might fail, or you might have no internet.

02-13-2025, 12:58 PM	#10
petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,186 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	Thanks for the dialogue. With the ebooks in Kobo, I select <download> and the ebook is transmitted to ADE to reside in the ADE Library. I don't understand what you are saying or implying.

02-13-2025, 01:59 PM	#12
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,116 Karma: 78857258 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	The name you are seeing is the name in the file being downloaded from the supplier. Nothing says that file name has to contain the books title or author. Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk

02-13-2025, 04:21 PM	#14
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 43,345 Karma: 165170674 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Just to agree with PeterT et alia. What you are seeing is the filename of the downloaded file. That filename is the name of the file supplied to Kobo by the publisher/author/whatever.

02-13-2025, 06:57 PM	#15
petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,186 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	Okay, many thanks to all for the productive dialogue. I can deal with it.

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