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Downloading
You can download material from an ebrary book in two formats: PDF or "Adobe Digital Editions."
- PDF is best for printing and can be read on almost any device, but you will be able to download no more than 60 pages.
- Adobe Digital Editions requires installing the Adobe Digital Editions reader on the computer/device you will be using (see http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/
), but lets you download and use the entire book (it becomes unreadable after 14 days) and has a very nice interface.
To download from the book, click on the DownloadÂ
button near the top of the screen. A pop-up window should appear.
If you want a PDF, either
- select "Create an image PDF of the current chapter" and choose the chapter in the dropdown box, or
- select "Create an image PDF of pages ___ to ___" and enter the page numbers.
NOTE: the page numbers you use here should be those that appear in the upper right hand corner of your screen, NOT the printed page numbers inside the book!
Then click OK in the lower right. You'll get a new pop-up; choose whether to save or open the document.
Once in PDF, you can print using the File -> Print command in Adobe Reader.
Adobe Digital Editions
If necessary, install Adobe Digital Editions from http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/
Then, select "Download the Entire document for X days in Adobe Digital Editions format". (The browser will tell you if you don't have Adobe Digital Editions).
Some portions of Ebrary books can be printed from within the Digital Editions format: to find out how much of a given book you can print, open it in Digital Editions, and from the Reading drop-down on the top left, pull down to "Item Info" which will tell you how many pages you may print.
Remember: If you just want to browse/read the book from a computer or device that has online access, you don't need to download it at all- just page through it on ebrary. You can save it to your 'bookshelf' to refer to later, also.
Ebrary Reader
Ebrary does provide it's own specialized e-reader software, and you can download it and view the book in it by clicking on Ebrary Reader.
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