Have you gone to the Kobo website and made sure that this is only available as a pdf? I seem to remember that some books had more than one download option and once you buy the book you can download it in any format. Also, have you tried opening your library on the device you are trying to get the book onto and seeing if it just needs to be downloaded?
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Sep 30, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Esther > My problem is knowing how to get the pdf into my kobo app on my iPhone. The > epub books just sync automatically, but the pdf doesn't appear to. Any ideas? > Lisette > > On 1/10/2012, at 1:28 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Lisette, Steve, and Others, >> >> I think you can use Adobe Digital Editions to read that PDF. It works on >> Kobo ePub books that are protected with Adobe's ADE DRM, and it also works >> on library downloaded eBooks that you can check out on the web from >> libraries that use OverDrive. (You can read the books in the OverDrive >> Media Console app on an iOS device and download to that app, but the >> experience of reading eBooks is much better in the Kobo iOS app.) >> >> Given a choice, I usually get ePub books from Kobo, so I'd never tried it >> with a PDF before this question came up, so I tried it on one of my DRM-free >> Take Control PDFs. >> >> I haven't tried with the updated version, but according to Bryan Jones on >> the mac-access list, he's found no changes in the way the Mac version >> performs in the latest version: >> http://www.adobe.com/products/digital-editions.html >> >> The main thing is that you still don't have the ability to navigate and read >> by paragraph, line, word, or character on the Mac side, although you can use >> VO-Shift-C to copy the page to TextEdit where you can do this. Bryan claims >> that this is now possible in the latest update for Windows, although the >> earlier Windows Adobe Digital Editions Preview versions 1.8 basically had >> the same features as the Mac versions did. >> >> I have to advance pages by pressing the right arrow key, but reading books >> with Adobe's ADE DRM does work. And it does work for the DRM-free PDF I just >> loaded, so this should work OK with your eBOOk. I'd say this is fine for >> leisure reading, but for text books you'd really need to have better >> navigation options supported. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Sep 29, 2012, at 14:51, Lisette Wesseling wrote: >> >>> I think Digital Editions on the PC is accessible. Is it accessible on the >>> Mac? >>> >>> On 30/09/2012, at 12:18 PM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I wonder if Docuscan Plus could deal with this. Yes, that program costs >>>> $299 US but might be worth the money to crack this crap. >>>> >>>> Oh, did I tell you? I hate DRM! >>>> >>>> On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Lisette Wesseling >>>> <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all >>>>> I recently bought a book from Kobo which I thought was in epub but is >>>>> actually a drm protected pdf. I don't know how I can read this either on >>>>> my iPhone or mac. I've written to Kobo but they have not replied. >>>>> What are people using to read protected PDF files? Bookle won't read them >>>>> is that right? >>>>> I'd like to read my book now that I've purchased it. Thanks for any help. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Lisette >>>>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
