Kobo Touch - Adding Library and Other Books

Kobo!Touch!eReader!User!Guide!!!!!
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Adding!library!books!and!books!from!other!
bookstores!
Want!to!borrow!eBooks!from!a!public!library!and!read!them!on!
your!eReader?!Or!maybe!you!have!eBooks!from!other!sources!
that!you'd !like!to!add ?!
Most!eBooks!that!you!borrow!and!buy!are!protected!using!
Digital!Rights!Management,!or!DRM.!They're!protected!so!that!
only!you!can!read!them!(and!in!the!case!of!library!books,!only!
for!a!sp ec ific!p e riod !o f!tim e ).!!Y ou r!e R e ad e r!ca n !rea d !b oo k s!
protected!using!Adobe!DRM,!which!is!a!form!of!DRM!used!by!
most!libraries!and!booksellers.!
You'll!know!when!you've!bought!or!borrowed!a!book!using!this!
type!of!pro tection!if!the!library!or!bookseller!gives!you!a!file!
with!an!.acsm!extension!(rather!than!an!.epub!or!.pdf!extension).!
The!.acsm!file!contains!licensing!information!for!unlocking!your!
book.!
To!read!one!of!these!books!on!your!Kobo!eReader!you!need!to!
use!an!application!ca lle d !A do b e !D ig ita l!E dit io ns .!T his !ap p l ica tio n !
can!open!your!.acsm!file,!read!the!licensing!information,!
download!your!book,!and!copy!the!book!to!your!eReader.!