Adobe Unveils Digital Editions Public Beta

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Adobe Systems Inc. introduced the public beta of Adobe Digital Editions, a Rich Internet Application (RIA) for digital publishing. With native support for Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) as well as an XHTML-based reflow-centric publication format, Digital Editions delivers a way to acquire, read and manage content, including e-books, digital magazines, digital newspapers and other digital publications. Initially available as a free public beta for Windows, Digital Editions will support Macintosh systems as a universal binary application, Linux platforms, as well as mobile phones and other embedded devices in future versions.

“Adobe Digital Editions builds on the ubiquitous reach of PDF and Flash and will further energize the e-book and digital publishing market,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief operating officer at Adobe.

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