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Adobe Digital Editions

Version 4.5.12

Read and manage eBooks and other digital publications.

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Adobe Digital Editions overview

Adobe Digital Editions is an engaging new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications.

Digital Editions is built from the ground up as a lightweight, Rich Internet Application (RIA). Digital Editions works online and offline, and supports PDF and XHTML-based content as well as Flash SWF for rich interactivity.

What’s new in version 4.5.12

Updated on Nov 08 2023

  • Text copy permissions do not work as expected in epub3 files in Windows and macOS.
  • Copying of images by dragging and dropping in epub3 files.
  • Bug fixes for security vulnerabilities.

Refer Security bulletin at, apsb23-04

Information

License

Free

Size

25.9 MB

Downloads

100544

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • OS X 10.8 or later
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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Nov 7 2023
4.5.11
2.0
Nov 7 2023
2.0
Version: 4.5.11
v4.5.12 is out. Release Notes: "• Text copy permissions do not work as expected in epub3 files in Windows and macOS. • Copying of images by dragging and dropping in epub3 files. • Bug fixes for security vulnerabilities." - - I posted the link to the download page at the end of this comment. You can download the "Getting Started" epub on that page as well, entitled "Welcome". This update apparently is from July and is still Intel x86 only. [Typical Adobe, dragging their feet.] But it runs fine on Apple ARM M-series Macs. DOWNLOADS PAGE: https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html
klduprey718
klduprey718
Nov 7 2021
4.5.11
0.0
Nov 7 2021
0.0
Version: 4.5.11
This app is atrociaous. I cannot believe the developers haven't put even a little bit more effort into their software. Kinda sad to see an adobe product THIS terrible.
tttran
tttran
Mar 2 2021
4.5.11
0.0
Mar 2 2021
0.0
Version: 4.5.11
Horrible. Cant make notes, takes forever to scroll to a different page, everything is choppy. Very inconvenient and slow!
danielmprazado
danielmprazado
Feb 10 2021
4.5.11
0.0
Feb 10 2021
0.0
Version: 4.5.11
It's Horrible! I can't change page like a PDF. OPEN YOUR EYES CREATORS! DISGUSTING.
sarahkababji
sarahkababji
Jan 17 2021
4.5.11
1.0
Jan 17 2021
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. ADOBE PLEASE FIX IT. We're in 2020. - Frustrated students who are trying to learn and read in the midst of a pandemic.
ameda2537
ameda2537
Oct 27 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
Its my first review ever... That's how angry i am.. Stay away from this shit.
hajiwalu
hajiwalu
Oct 27 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
All this app has brought me is pain. Please use any other reading application instead.
hajiwalu
hajiwalu
Oct 27 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
Worst app I have ever used. Please do not use it. Please.
andrewwong
andrewwong
Oct 27 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
I downloaded a book for school which can only be opened with this app and am considering buying a physical copy of the book because the app is just so bad. Can't write notes 50% of the time(not a joke, it is random or at least unintuitive), can't copy paste, can't change font size, terrible UI, book marks are messy and much more. It's bad. Really bad. I cannot express how bad this application is. I wish I could give a negative review because of how much grief this app has caused me but I keep sunk cost fallacying myself into using it because I spent 20 bucks on a book. I have never felt so much hatred towards an app.
shayandar17
shayandar17
Oct 16 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Oct 16 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
If I could give this a -5 star i would
shayandar17
shayandar17
Oct 16 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Oct 16 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
USELESS! Can't highlight in multiple colours, can't copy or add notes, looks like an old windows 98 program. I have never worked with something so incompetent in my entire life. This is like 30 years behind. Not to mention the lag is horrible. I was forced to use this because of my textbook. If I could have avoided using this I would!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
benjir0520
benjir0520
Jun 30 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Jun 30 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
I never review software, but decided to search the web for a place to write one just to warn the world about this useless program. Compared to the 3-4 other e-readers I've used, Adobe's UX feels 50 years behind. Formatting is terrible. Text interactions like note taking and highlighting are extremely basic. And the program memory gets bogged down after 5-10 minutes and I have to restart it. Every. Single. Time. Adobe makes some good software, but this is not it. There should be a warning to potential downloaders. Do better!
hamzamullasa
hamzamullasa
Jun 27 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Jun 27 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
Horrible program. It is full of stupid errors like not being able to highlight a sentence that contains italics. You have to highlight the first half of the sentence, then the italicized words and then the rest of the sentence, all separately instead of being able to select the whole sentence and then click highlight. There's no logical reason for this. Even simple acts like flipping the page is difficult. If you use your mouse then you cannot use your key arrows without pressing them repeatedly until it works. Once you use your key arrows, you cannot use your mouse to click on next page without having to click it repeatedly. Why? No logical reason. I will never again use an Adobe Reader unless I am forced to. I've never used a worse epub reader. It is actually shocking how much they managed to mess up a such a simple program.
filmfreaks99
filmfreaks99
Jun 6 2020
4.5.11
0.0
Jun 6 2020
0.0
Version: 4.5.11
This product is steaming pile of sh*t. It is by far the worst digital reading tool I have ever seen, and I've been at University for 4 years...I seriously cannot believe they would pass this as a product. It's clunky, the pages don't load, word find doesn't work properly. My 206 page text book came up as one giant page of text. AVOID!! This is the worst software I've ever seen. WTF Adobe!?
audielimecheverria
audielimecheverria
Jun 4 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Jun 4 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
Horrible app. I have no other choice my school is suing this app. I hope institutions will call for improvement.
youthrecipe
youthrecipe
Apr 16 2020
4.5.11
1.0
Apr 16 2020
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
4.5 version. Not worth even 1 star. I had no other option because local library ebook was viewable only in this junk. The worst part: when the computer authorization does not work, the fix requires PhD in IT. Even the fix is not stable. Even worse part: the viewer does not scale the font and one book page cannot fit the screen. Scroll does not work either. Adobe engineers should benchmark Google Earth. I wish all the Adobe developers be fired.
susangermein
susangermein
Nov 3 2019
4.5.10
0.0
Nov 3 2019
0.0
Version: 4.5.10
Terrible! I wish I'd never bought a book via Adobe Digital Editions. It's useful for scholarly work. Clumsy to navigate, you can't highlight or print anything. Stupid. The books I've downloaded to read from my uni library - couldn't read them. Hopeless.
Baarten
Baarten
Mar 24 2017
4.5.2
0.0
Mar 24 2017
0.0
Version: 4.5.2
Latest version: 4.5.4.165157
Csean2006
Csean2006
Dec 28 2016
4.5.2
0.0
Dec 28 2016
0.0
Version: 4.5.2
What in gods name is this POS???!!! I buy ebooks through the Kobo store and it seems I have to install ADE in order to transfer my books to my ereader later, as I don't have my ereader with me right now. I thought I might read some of them on my Mac, too. Bu this System 9 looking installer does nothing. Literally. All I get is a message saying "Verifying Digital Editions 4.5 Installer.pkg". Verifying that is embarrassingly utter crap in 2016, I assume. Unbelievable. I haven't seen this kind of stuff literally since System 9. WTF is this crapware?! If/when it doesn't work, and that leaves you unable to read what you've paid for, where do you have to turn? Torrents? What a joke.
WetNet
WetNet
Feb 14 2016
4.5.1
0.5
Feb 14 2016
0.5
Version: 4.5.1
This crap still uses FLASH! . . .of all things. . .
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Nov 7 2023
4.5.11
2.0
Nov 7 2023
2.0
Version: 4.5.11
stew-1
stew-1
Jul 5 2022
4.5.11
1.0
Jul 5 2022
1.0
Version: 4.5.11
sarahkababji
sarahkababji
Jan 17 2021
1.0
Jan 17 2021
1.0
Version: null
jcooking99
jcooking99
Jan 5 2021
1.0
Jan 5 2021
1.0
Version: null
philipstefanov2807
philipstefanov2807
Dec 24 2020
1.0
Dec 24 2020
1.0
Version: null
ameda2537
ameda2537
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: null
hajiwalu
hajiwalu
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: null
andrewwong
andrewwong
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Oct 27 2020
1.0
Version: null
shayandar17
shayandar17
Oct 16 2020
1.0
Oct 16 2020
1.0
Version: null
nathuhen
nathuhen
Aug 5 2020
1.0
Aug 5 2020
1.0
Version: null
benjir0520
benjir0520
Jun 30 2020
1.0
Jun 30 2020
1.0
Version: null
hamzamullasa
hamzamullasa
Jun 27 2020
1.0
Jun 27 2020
1.0
Version: null
audielimecheverria
audielimecheverria
Jun 4 2020
1.0
Jun 4 2020
1.0
Version: null
youthrecipe
youthrecipe
Apr 16 2020
1.0
Apr 16 2020
1.0
Version: null
thosbsamsgom
thosbsamsgom
May 15 2017
3.5
May 15 2017
3.5
Version: null
WetNet
WetNet
Feb 14 2016
0.5
Feb 14 2016
0.5
Version: null
Mrtomato
Mrtomato
Nov 25 2014
2.5
Nov 25 2014
2.5
Version: null
Forn
Forn
Oct 8 2014
0.5
Oct 8 2014
0.5
Version: null
Aadams77
Aadams77
Jul 21 2014
0.5
Jul 21 2014
0.5
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Jun 20 2014
5.0
Jun 20 2014
5.0
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Mar 4 2014
5.0
Mar 4 2014
5.0
Version: null
Rhlb
Rhlb
Dec 29 2013
4.0
Dec 29 2013
4.0
Version: null
MikeM1873
MikeM1873
Nov 26 2013
0.5
Nov 26 2013
0.5
Version: null
230n
230n
May 22 2012
2.5
May 22 2012
2.5
Version: null
anonymous-dingo-653
anonymous-dingo-653
May 13 2012
3.0
May 13 2012
3.0
Version: null
Ahmed-Hafeez
Ahmed-Hafeez
Feb 28 2012
3.0
Feb 28 2012
3.0
Version: null
Chocky
Chocky
Jan 7 2012
0.5
Jan 7 2012
0.5
Version: null
Quiiick
Quiiick
Dec 14 2011
0.5
Dec 14 2011
0.5
Version: null
Agent59653198
Agent59653198
Dec 11 2011
0.5
Dec 11 2011
0.5
Version: null
Pjotr28
Pjotr28
Apr 1 2011
2.5
Apr 1 2011
2.5
Version: null
myschizobuddy-1
myschizobuddy-1
Mar 30 2011
0.5
Mar 30 2011
0.5
Version: null
anonymous-scorpion-6952
Nov 26 2010
1.0
Version: null
Borlox
Borlox
Jul 25 2010
1.0
Jul 25 2010
1.0
Version: null
Macsweep
Macsweep
Mar 5 2010
1.0
Mar 5 2010
1.0
Version: null
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