eBooks, Audiobooks, & Streaming Media

How to Download EBSCO eBooks on a Mobile Device

These steps will enable you to download eBooks onto a mobile device so you can read them without an internet connection.

 

Accessing eBooks from the Everett Library website

• Find the eBook you would like to access in the Everett Library search platform.

 

• Once you've found the eBook, click the item's link.

 

• Click "Read Online".

 

• If you are not on Queens Wi-Fi, you will need to authenticate with your Queens username and password.

 

• After authenticating, you can choose to read online or to download the eBook to access it offline.
• To read online, scroll down to the table of contents
• Click a link to begin.

 

Downloading eBooks to read offline

• To download onto a device to read offline, you will need the following, which we will walk you through in the next steps:
  • EBSCO account (free)
  • Adobe Digital Editions (free)
  • Adobe ID (free)

Using an EBSCO Account

• Click the arrow button on the left.

 

• Click "Full Download".

 

• Click "Sign In / Create Account".

 

• Signing into your EBSCO account:
  • If you have an account, sign in.
  • If you don't have an account, click "Sign Up"
    • Enter your information. (The email doesn’t have to be your Queens email)
    • Create Account

 

Downloading Adobe Digital Editions

• Once you have signed into your EBSCO account and returned to the eBook item page, click "Adobe Digital Editions".

 

• Open Adobe Digital Editions in your device's app store.
• Download the Adobe Digital Editions app.
• Open the Adobe Digital Editions app.
• Click the menu icon on the top left of the screen.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Authorize.

 

• If you have an Adobe ID, you can sign in here
• If you do not have an Adobe ID, click Create Adobe ID
• Enter your email address
  • If you use your Queens email, it may ask if you want to sign in with your organization, but this process won’t work for the mobile app

 

• Create a password
• Once you have created an Adobe ID, go back to the Adobe Digital Editions app > Settings > Authorize
• Enter the email and password you just created for your Adobe ID, and click Authorize

Downloading the eBook

• Go back to the EBSCO link to download the eBook.
• Choose the "EPUB" version.
• Check the box for “I have Adobe Digital Editions or equivalent installed.*”

 

• Click "Full Download".
• Click "Download".

• Open the Downloads folder on your device.

 

• Click "Downloads".
• Click the file for the eBook you just downloaded.

 

• Click the dropdown arrow on the next screen.

 

• Click the button for sharing options on the next screen.

 

• Scroll to find the "Adobe Digital Editions" app, and choose this.

 

• This will open the eBook in the Adobe Digital Editions app.
• You can access this and any other eBooks you download through the Library in the Adobe Digital Editions app.

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