How to download and read your eBook on your laptop, smart ...

[Pages:12]How to download and read your eBook

on your laptop, smart phone or tablet

Contents

1. Download and Install Adobe Digital Editions........................................................................................... 2 2. Download and install .Net Framework..................................................................................................... 3 3. Download the eBook link file .................................................................................................................... 4 4. Authorise ADE with Adobe ID to download your eBook ........................................................................ 5 5. Launching ADE and reading your eBook .................................................................................................. 8 6. Installing ADE reader on your smart phone or tablet ............................................................................. 9 7. Launching ADE Reader and authorising your device ............................................................................ 10 8. Opening your eBook on your smartphone or tablet............................................................................. 11

1. Download and Install Adobe Digital Editions

Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) is an eBook reader. You will need to have this free software installed on your PC to download and view the eBook (PDF or ePub). Here are the steps for installing ADE if you do not already have it. Click on the download link below to download the version of ADE for your PC. An ADE Installer.exe file will be downloaded on your computer.

Double click the ADE Installer.exe file that you need to download and follow the instructions to install ADE. If you get a Windows security warning, click Run:

In the ADE installer window accept the ADE license agreement:

2. Download and install .Net Framework

If you do not have .Net Framework 3.5 SP 1 installed on your machine then ADE installer will prompt you to install it. If prompted, click Yes. You will be taken to the download website. Click Download button on the web page to download the .Net Framework installer file.

Save the downloaded file dotnetfx35setup.exe on your computer. Once saved, run the file.

You may be asked to restart your computer.

3. Download the eBook link file

Once you have installed Adobe Digital Editions on your computer, click on link in your email and download the eBook.

Save the file (URLLink.acsm) on your computer and double click the URLLink.acsm file, it will open Adobe Digital Editions

4. Authorise ADE with Adobe ID to download your eBook

To download and view the eBook, you need to authorise your computer, Android or Apple tablet with your Adobe ID. If you do not have an Adobe ID, you will need to create it now.

Select Adobe ID from drop down:

You will be taken to the Adobe website for creating an Adobe ID. Please fill out the form and create the Adobe ID.

Enter the newly created Adobe ID and Password in the authorisation dialog box and click Authorize

Once your computer has been authorised, ADE will download your eBook on the computer. Once your eBook has been downloaded, it will automatically open in ADE.

You can now read your eBook on Adobe Digital Editions on your computer.

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