Library owned e-books

Laurea Library acquires e-books from several different e-book services. Some services allow you to download e-books and read them offline for a limited period of time (1-2 weeks). Some services don't. Ebook Central, Ellibs (Finnish e-books only) and VLeBooks allow downloading e-books to your mobile device or to your computer.

Downloadable e-books are copy-protected with Adobe Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, so you first need to install a reading software that supports Adobe's DRM. For PC and Mac the reading software is called Adobe Digital Editions. For mobile devices install Adobe Digital Editions or Bluefire Reader.

Installing reading software to mobile devices

• Create an Adobe account at http://www.adobe.com/go/digital-editions-createID
• Download Adobe Digital Editions or Bluefire Reader from your application store. You'll need the Adobe account for authorizing your device.

Installing reading software to PC and Mac

• Create an Adobe account at http://www.adobe.com/go/digital-editions-createID (Not necessary with PC and Mac)
• Install Adobe Digital Editions. If you like you can use your Adobe account for authorizing your PC.
• Laurea staff note! If you are using Laurea work PC, you can down load ADE from Laurea Software Center.

Instructions elsewhere

• Solutions to Common Ebook Downloading Problems (Ellibs ebook store)
• Ellibs guides (Ellibs ebook store)
• Download instructions (ProQuest Ebook Central)

Downloading with Firefox newest browser versions (98+)

Opening downloaded files with Firefox newest versions (98+) differ from previous browser versions. When you download an ebook from e.g. Ebook Central the downloaded .ascm file can now be found in the downloads menu at the top right corner of the browser. Clicking the name of the file will open the ebook in Adobe Digital Editions. (Presuming that Adobe Digital Editions is installed.)

If you click the name of the ebook with mouse’s righty button, you can choose similar files to be always opened automatically.