On 2020-05-27 15:21, Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2020 14:13:34 -0500 > Jon Pruente wrote: > >> A major issue is that it's not just reading the file, it's that ADE is >> needed to even authorize and fulfill the download. Then the possibility of >> DRM on top of that. > > While I've never tried it, it's my understanding that you can use calibre to remove the drm encryption on a purchased ebook so you can read it with something like fbreader (which, as far as I know, can't read a drm-encrusted ebook). > > Calibre is also available as an appimage. > > https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/download_file?file_path=Calibre-3.18.0.glibc2.14-x86_64.AppImage > Ok. So, I kept searching, and found, on the centosfaq, someone a couple years ago announcing a 32 wine library for C 7. I installed that... and using WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32, I could finally run their setup. Great. !.something, while Adobe has 3, 4.5 and 4.8 Now, I can run the ADE... except I don't remember my password from years ago, and both the "forgot Adobe ID *and* the "forgot password" goes to and Adobe 404 page. I have notified ebooks.com of their need to update the Linux page.... mark