: Re: Are ebooks licensed only to a certain email address? I have Adobe Digital Editions installed on my computer. Adobe Digital Editions is tied to my Adobe ID email address, oldemail@domain.com.

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Let me say that I have no idea what the answer to your question is. So what follows is my best guess based on a hunch.

First, it's ridiculous to think that a DRMed ebook is tied to an email. Instead, it is tied to a user account created for a specific vendor. Every website under the sun allows you to change the email for the account. Even if the sign on you use is the email I suspect you will be able to change the email associated with it from account management on the user's site.

Because I feel pretty sure of the first point, I think it's fair to assume that all instances of this app on different devices with the same username will allow you to access that DRMed ebook. (the DRM may limit how many devices you can share it with). That is because the app probably checks with a central server.

You are asking a question which is probably too vendor-specific. Different companies implement DRM differently. I am not sure whether a single Adobe account is used for other vendors or whether each vendor has its own DRM server; probably the latter (even if they use an Adobe content server).

DRM is notoriously buggy, so I'd check with the vendor instead of hoping for a general answer. But I think your issue is not with email but with the vendor's limit on how many devices can open the same DRM content.

Finally I should add that my Adobe ID for using Adobe Digital Editions has nothing to do with the account I have for the ebook distributor. So I would expect that all Adobe DE's to be able to open and view the file. (But then again, I have no special knowledge here).

Updated thought: We need to differentiate between "default account names" (which can sometimes be identical to email address) and "email associated with the user account". For one ecommerce vendor, my account name is "fakename@hotmail.com" when in fact that address is no longer valid. Instead the email associated with the account "fakename@hotmail" is "fakename@gmail.com" even though my account name is still "fakename@hotmail". Confusing? Yes!

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