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Adobe Digital Editions v1.8 now out – too little, too late

It’s been 17 months since the last release of Adobe DE, and I had long since given up hope. But on Monday Adobe quietly released a preview copy of the next version of Adobe Digital Edition. It’s not complete, so you might want to wait for the official release.

They only announced it today, and I just downloaded it. It really looks good. The old disgustingly ugly interface is gone, and Adobe DE now looks something like NookStudy. It still has diddly-squat for reading options, though. You can bookmark a page and that’s it. But on the upside it now supports ebooks from B&N as well as some new accessibility features.

I’m not sure that it’s even worth downloading; it doesn’t compare well to NookStudy. I’ve written about NookStudy in the past and I’ve called it the most feature rich reading app for Windows (it is!). Adobe DE is now a poor copy of the best app and it does far less.

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P.S. If you don’t want to actually download it, you can read about the new features in this Epub.

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Doug July 20, 2011 um 6:16 pm

Among the biggest limitations: ADE 1.8 currently will not interface to e-reader devices.


Fbone July 20, 2011 um 9:12 pm

When it does (hopefully in the next update) will we be able to read B&N ebooks on any epub device?

Nate Hoffelder July 20, 2011 um 9:19 pm

I doubt that it will transfer the B&N ebook unless the device already supports the extra DRM. Then again, it might. We’ll have to test it.


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