Editing Settings for Individual DRCs

Here you can find information on the settings you can add/modify for already-imported individual DRCs, or for groups of DRCs.

Edit individual DRC settings by clicking the Edit icon to the left of each ISBN in the Recently Imported section of your Administration page.

You can also filter by date imported, imprint, or ISBN, and select multiple titles and apply a specific Action to them. To filter, select the time frame in which a DRC file was imported, or a specific ISBN or Imprint, then click Apply to see your filter take effect.

In the list of DRCs, you can sort by each column header, switching from an ascending to a descending sort by clicking that column header again.

Titles that appear in red are Inactive and will not display Request or Download buttons for Edelweiss users. Titles listed in black font are Active. To update the status of a title, click the Edit icon and check or uncheck the Site Status box.

On Site Until Date:

This is the On Site Expiration date – the date the DRC button (Download or Request) will disappear from the related Edelweiss title listing. It will no longer be able to be requested or shared for download unless it’s already an Invite-Only title. Your options for on-site expiration are:

    • No Expiration
    • On site until a date you specify
    • Expire on Sales/Pub Date: this will automatically update if your On Sale/Pub date changes

You can also extend the availability of an individual DRC after its on-site expiration date by clicking Edit, then on the Access Management tab, opting to allow the title to be shared with the currently assigned DRM, or allow it to be shared and read anywhere from 10-120 days beyond the on-site expiration date:

Device Expiration:  the actual date, or period after download, that a DRC will become inaccessible on the reader’s end

    • For example, if Device Expiration is set to 60 days, the user will have 60 days from the day they download the DRC until it becomes unavailable
    • This can also be set to a specific date (e.g. the on-sale date)
    • To block all access after a specific date, set the Absolute Expiration Date

Restrictions:  A key at the bottom of the main DRC Admin page explains the abbreviations you’ll see here, which relate to Adobe Digital Editions DRM*

    • NP = No printing is allowed for this DRC
    • NC= No excerpt copy or copying excerpts is allowed for this DRC
    • NPL= No play, which means you’re blocked from converting text to audio

Access Permissions:  You can control exactly how Edelweiss users can access your DRCs

      • Be Invited to download a DRC. Auto-Approved users automatically have access and are considered “invited”
      • Request to download a DRC
      • Download automatically


Approver Email(s):  These are the individuals who will receive all download requests for a DRC

    • If you need to route a particular DRC’s request emails to someone other than your default approver, click on the Edit title link and select the Request Management tab. The email address entered in this box will override default settings.

Imported:  The date the DRC file was uploaded into Edelweiss.