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Adobe eBook Platform is a platform for publishers to leverage when selling ebooks. This includes the following software suite: Adobe InDesign® CC software, Adobe Content Server software, the Adobe Reader® Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK), and Adobe Digital Editions.<ref name=":0">[https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/us/en/solutions/ebook/adobe_ebook_platform_whitepaper.pdf Adobe® eBook Platform: Authoring and delivering eBooks across devices]</ref> A summary of each of the software is outlined below at a high level (mostly extracted from the Adobe white paper on the platform): | '''[[Adobe]] eBook Platform''' is a platform for publishers to leverage when selling ebooks. This includes the following software suite: Adobe InDesign® CC software, Adobe Content Server software, the Adobe Reader® Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK), and Adobe Digital Editions.<ref name=":0">[https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/us/en/solutions/ebook/adobe_ebook_platform_whitepaper.pdf Adobe® eBook Platform: Authoring and delivering eBooks across devices]</ref> A summary of each of the software is outlined below at a high level (mostly extracted from the Adobe white paper on the platform): | ||
*Adobe Content Server - "Adobe Content Server allows publishers, retailers, distributors, and libraries to host and manage eBook distribution. This server software encrypts PDF and EPUB eBook files and allows publishers and retailers to manage the rights on the eBook files they distribute <ref name=":0" />". | *Adobe Content Server - "Adobe Content Server allows publishers, retailers, distributors, and libraries to host and manage eBook distribution. This server software encrypts PDF and EPUB eBook files and allows publishers and retailers to manage the rights on the eBook files they distribute <ref name=":0" />". |