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E-books in Linux with Adobe Digital Editions

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I've read a lot of e-books . And since I use Linux devices, it is sometimes a bit problematic. How do you read e-books that you have bought in Linux? One way is to read public domain and free e-books. There are a lot, just search for them on the Internet. But they are mostly old books. Some writers actually publish some of their books explicitly without DRM. I like those writers. Then it is easy to transfer the book to any of your devices. There are many e-book readers on linux. I like Calibre and Fbreader . Calibre for managing and converting ebooks and also reading on the PC, and fbreader for reading on smaller devices, like my linux phone and tablet. The DRM-equipped e-books that I have bought are all the Adobe DRM type that have to be read in Linux using Adobe Digital Edition (ADE) using wine . So far the old 1.7 ADE version has been sufficient. The good thing with that version is that it just works. No runtime installation in wine or nothing, just install and fire it u...