Acquiring Digital Editions

After you activate Adobe Reader and set up an account, you can download as many Digital Editions as you desire. You can find free eBooks available on Adobe's Web site, as well as many subscription services on the Internet for downloading magazines and periodicals. Other content providers such as eBooks.com, fictionwise.com, and efollet.com offer libraries of fiction and nonfiction works you can purchase online.

To acquire a free Digital Edition from Adobe's eBook site:

1.	Select File > Digital Editions > Adobe Digital Media Store. Alternately, you can use your Web browser and log on to http://adobedigitalmediastore.overdrive.com. Click on the Try an eBook link. The Try Adobe Digital Editions Web page opens.
2.	Click on a link listed below Free Preview Content From Leading Publishers. Several eBooks are listed. In this example I use the link to The Raven and Other Tales by Edgar Allen Poe. A Web page opens describing the book and a link to add the book to an order.
3.	Click the Add to Order link (Figure 20.4) to proceed to the next Web page. Figure 20.4. Click the Add to Order link.
4.	A second Web page opens, with a link to commence the download. Click the Click Here to Download Your eBook link (Figure 20.5). Figure 20.5. Click the link to start your download.
5.	A dialog opens as the download is in progress. After the download is complete, the eBook opens in Adobe Reader (Figure 20.6). Notice that the comment tools are visible in the Toolbar Well. You can use the tools to comment on pages in your eBook. Using any of the comment tools, add some comments to the pages in the document. Figure 20.6. The comment tools are available for commenting on eBooks. Why can't I use the Save command after making comments? Digital Editions are a unique type of PDF file with special encryption to prevent unauthorized viewing and copying. The file you open is not the same kind of PDF document enabled with Adobe Reader usage rights. The comment tools exist for making comment notes on the eBook and are saved automatically by Adobe Reader. A File > Save command is not available since Reader automatically updates the file each time you close the document. Note that you can comment on eBooks only in Adobe Reader version 7 and later and other Acrobat viewers version 7 and later.
6.	Close the file by pressing Ctrl/Command+W, or click the close box (top-right corner on Windows or top-left corner on Macintosh).
7.	Reopen the file by selecting the file in your most recently viewed file list. In Windows the recently viewed list appears at the bottom of the File menu. On the Macintosh the filename appears when you select File > Open Recent File. Notice that the comment notes you made on the document are still present.