Re: Problems with .acsm file

The .acsm file should look something like what I include below.  Open with any text editor such as Notepad.  Line spacing mught look different

If it doesn't look like that, the .acsm file is corrupt somehow.

When you do get a correct .acsm file and open it somewhere, it will actually download a real DRM encrypted .epub file.

You should be able to transfer the .epub file to another device and read it there as long as [a] the device has a DRM capable epub reader and [b] the device is registered to the same ID as the machine that first opend the .acsm and recovered the .epub.

I think you should be able to open the .acsm file and recover the .epub directly using the Bluefire app on the LG 500.  I don't see why that should work any better than Aldiko, though.

Good luck

sample .acsm file for comparison

<fulfillmentToken fulfillmentType="loan" auth="user" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/adept">

  <distributor>urn:uuid:f1227b83-f91b-4f30-9ae2-0f65ffeea9ac</distribut or>

  <operatorURL>http://acsepub.contentreserve.com/fulfillment</operatorURL>

  <transaction>hampshire~392-666527-00013_A57380DD-F4B1-45E1-8540-80ADF 02356B8-410</transaction>

  <expiration>2012-01-28T18:19:26-05:00</expiration>

  <resourceItemInfo>

    <resource>urn:uuid:bfcc3f24-53a3-459d-9a57-c388ab3527df</resource>

    <resourceItem>1</resourceItem>

    <metadata>

      <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">At Home</dc:title>

      <dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Bill Bryson</dc:creator>

      <dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Transworld</dc:publisher>

      <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">978-1-40909-554-5</dc:identifier>

      <dc:format xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">application/epub+zip</dc:format>

      <dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language>

      <thumbnailURL>http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-200/0211-1/{A57380DD-F4B1-45E1-8540-80ADF02356B8}Img200.jpg</thumbnailURL>

    </metadata>

    <licenseToken>

      <resource>urn:uuid:bfcc3f24-53a3-459d-9a57-c388ab3527df</resource>

      <permissions>

        <display>

          <duration>1209592</duration>

        </display>

        <excerpt>

          <duration>1209592</duration>

        </excerpt>

        <print>

          <duration>1209592</duration>

        </print>

        <play>

          <duration>1209592</duration>

        </play>

      </permissions>

    </licenseToken>

  </resourceItemInfo>

  <hmac>WST7GaQvddZKRWYM0YaR23bDLR4=</hmac>

</fulfillmentToken>