Adobe Digital Editions used as an eReader

Adobe Digital Editions

Adobe DE (Digital Editions) is a Flash based eBook reader for the desktop computer and Sony Reader. Along with reading ePub formatted books, DE can also read PDF files and both of these with or without DRM protection.
Adobe has been a great supporter of ePub; in fact they are also a member of the IDPF, helping to develop the book format itself. When they released their Digital Editions, it was the first eBook reader that could read ePub books.
1. To add your eBooks to the DE library you can use either the add dialog, or just drag-n-drop onto the program. All your books are stored in the Library View and double clicking on a title opens it in the Reading View.
The books I've tried have all displayed without any problems and with several different font sizes available you can select a text size that is comfortable for your eyes.

• Although the built in font style makes for a pleasant read, there is currently no option for changing to an alternate style. I think however, this will not be an issue for most people.

A couple of useful features of DE include the ability for full-text search and more interestingly, multiple bookmarks; a great feature that will be very useful for anyone who enjoys making extensive notes on what they read.

Adobe Digital Editions used as an eReader

On the Nook, ePubs are stored in a different folder than the books you purchase from Barnes and Noble. The ePubs books are stored under "My Library" in "My Documents," and the Barnes and Noble books are stored under "My Library" in the "My B&N Library".
This article only concerns ePub books, not Barnes & Noble books you get from the Barnes and Noble web site. The B&N books are downloaded to your Nook over your wireless connection. If you try to load them with Adobe Digital Editions, you'll get a "you don't have permission" error message, because of the B&N DRM.