Adobe Digital Editions Beta 3 released

Alexander Turcic · 02-15-2007, 06:38 AM

This one gets much tastier with every new release. Adobe Digital Editions is an alternative to Adobe Reader, supporting PDF as well as OEB, an XHTML-based format designed to represent dynamic content that can be easily adapted (i.e. reflowed) to different sized displays.

Changes in the third release of Digital Editions include:

Support for consumable rights for both printing and copying
Support for expiring books, both absolute and relative. Note that metered expiration is not supported.
Additional user interface (in the additional info dialog) to display the amount of consumable rights left for a book
Support for JBIG2 image encoding has been added. But note that JPEG2000 encoding is still not supported. Adobe intends to add that support in the next release.
Many bug fixes for DRM support
Many minor UI fixes
Some performance improvements

Link to the download: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/d...tions/install/
Link to the sample library: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/d...tions/library/

Related: Adobe has new hope for e-books with Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe launches Digital Editions for Mac, updates

mdbenoit · 02-15-2007, 08:28 AM

As a user, it's amazingly short to download -- takes seconds! I also like the fact that, once you've loaded a .pdf, it stays in your library so you don't have to go look for it on your hard drive.

sic · 02-15-2007, 12:41 PM

Wow! they imporved the DRM! How cool is that?

TadW · 02-15-2007, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sic

Wow! they imporved the DRM! How cool is that?

~<{:-)]#

Bob Russell · 02-15-2007, 02:14 PM

Yeah, I like Adobe Digital Editions, but I couldn't help but notice all the effort on this beta release went to DRM strengthening. Hopefully, now that it's taken care of, they can get to some more "good stuff" in future releases.

sic · 02-15-2007, 02:35 PM

please see this thread

02-15-2007, 06:38 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Adobe Digital Editions Beta 3 released This one gets much tastier with every new release. Adobe Digital Editions is an alternative to Adobe Reader, supporting PDF as well as OEB, an XHTML-based format designed to represent dynamic content that can be easily adapted (i.e. reflowed) to different sized displays. Changes in the third release of Digital Editions include: Support for consumable rights for both printing and copying Support for expiring books, both absolute and relative. Note that metered expiration is not supported. Additional user interface (in the additional info dialog) to display the amount of consumable rights left for a book Support for JBIG2 image encoding has been added. But note that JPEG2000 encoding is still not supported. Adobe intends to add that support in the next release. Many bug fixes for DRM support Many minor UI fixes Some performance improvements Link to the download: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/d...tions/install/ Link to the sample library: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/d...tions/library/ Related: Adobe has new hope for e-books with Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe launches Digital Editions for Mac, updates

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02-15-2007, 08:28 AM	#2
mdbenoit Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 36 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: Palm Zire 71	As a user, it's amazingly short to download -- takes seconds! I also like the fact that, once you've loaded a .pdf, it stays in your library so you don't have to go look for it on your hard drive.

02-15-2007, 12:41 PM	#3
sic Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 692 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: SONY reader	Wow! they imporved the DRM! How cool is that?

02-15-2007, 02:14 PM	#5
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Yeah, I like Adobe Digital Editions, but I couldn't help but notice all the effort on this beta release went to DRM strengthening. Hopefully, now that it's taken care of, they can get to some more "good stuff" in future releases.

02-15-2007, 02:35 PM	#6
sic Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 692 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: SONY reader	please see this thread

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