LibGuides: Downloading eBooks from Ebook Central (formerly ebrary) : Download to PC: Downloading to Desktop and Laptop

Ebook Central Downloads

Downloads from the new Detail Page or online Reader are greatly streamlined. There is a guided 3 step flow, and the device you are on is pre-selected for you.

Install – Adobe Digital Editions

You will need Adobe Digital Editions to download ebooks to your laptop or desktop. This free software is different from Adobe Reader.

A free Adobe ID is also required to transfer the ebook to another device. It is NOT required to read ebooks on this computer.

Ebook Central Downloads - Devices

Ebook Central Downloads - Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)

Ebook Central - Complete Download

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Access Ebook Central Collections

Ebook Central (Academic Complete) This link opens in a new window
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Electronic Book Collection containing over 134,000 titles as of October 2016. All titles can be viewed online and most downloaded to PC, iOS, or Android.
*Formerly known as ebrary, eBook Central (Academic Complete) is a collection of around 134,000 electronic books provided by Felix G. Woodward Library. The content for this collection covers a wide variety of subject areas and all the titles within this collection can be searched simultaneously. Access is provided to these titles through the link above as well as through the Austin Library Catalog.

Most eBook Central titles include unlimited access and can be downloaded by chapter in PDF format or in full through Adobe Digital Editions or apps for iOS and Android. See http://libguides.apsu.edu/ebrary for more info.

Around 300 titles may have limited access and only allow 1 user to open the the book at a time (download option not available). Follow the guidelines at the bottom of this text for these titles*.

*There is no time limit for reading a limited ebrary book. However, if another user wants to use the book and places it in their queue, it will be passed on to the next user in the queue after 15 minutes of inactivity. (Being active means turning pages, doing full-text searches, making notes, etc).