Chapter 20. Working with Digital Editions

Adobe Digital Editions are PDF files that have been specially packaged to protect the copyright of the author and publisher, and are typically distributed by content providers as eBooks and other types of electronic documents. Digital Editions can be eBooks, eMagazines, ePeriodicals, or any other kind of electronic document that a content provider wants to distribute. The common denominator, of course, is a PDF file.

Digital Editions services offer users opportunities to purchase electronic content, join subscription services, and participate in borrowing programs much like borrowing books from a library.

In addition, some Adobe Reader features associated with Digital Editions can also be used for organizing PDF documents on your hard drive. Any kind of PDF file can be listed in a window, categorized, subcategorized, and accessed easily. To learn how to organize your files, you should first become familiar with Digital Editions.