Downloading E-Books: Ebook Central

Once you are in the Ebook Central database and in the record for a specific title:

• Click Download Book, located under the book cover

• Click Open Book in the pop-up window

• Click the "Full Download" icon on the far left of the grey taskbar above the book cover.

• It will now prompt you to do the following:

  • Select the type of device you are using

  • If you do not have it installed already, click the Get Adobe Digital Editions link to install the free Adobe Digital Editions software. But if you do have it, then click Done With This Step

  • Select the loan period and, if given a choice, select a download format

  • Then click Download Your Book to finish. An .acsm file for the title will be downloaded to your web browser;s default location.

Open Adobe Digital Editions on your computer:

• In the top-menu bar, go to: File > Add to Library.
• Navigate to the location of the .acsm file in the previous step and it will download the title content for the borrowing period you previously indicated.

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Viewing your downloaded title on another device:

• It is not required, but if you want the e-books you have downloaded to be available on up to 5 of your devices, you must:
  • Have Adobe Digital Editions on all of those devices
  • Create an Adobe ID and password
  • Authorize Adobe Digital Editions on each of the devices with that same Adobe ID and password.
• The .acsm file you obtained in the steps above can then opened and added to Adobe Digital Editions on that device, as above, during the checkout and download period by going back to Ebook Central on that second device and re-downloading the title from your Bookshelf (an option in the top menu in Ebook Central). If you are still in your checkout and download period for your title, it is also theoretically possible to email the .acsm file to yourself and add it to your library within Adobe Digital Editions as above (File > Add to Library).

• If you don't care about multiple devices and only want to view the e-books your have downloaded on your current device only, you may select "I want to authorize my computer without an ID" when prompted in Adobe Digital Editions.

iPhone? Android? A different device?

• The Adobe Digital Editions app is available in both the Apple and Google app stores. With this app, you will be able to download your ebooks from Ebook Central.

• For a list of other devices that support Adobe Digital Editions and the necessary .acsm files for titles in Ebook Central, please see https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/digital-editions/kb/digital-editions-supported-devices.html

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Moving between devices

To view a title that you downloaded on one device on multiple other devices (up to 5 of them) during your title's checkout and download period, you must have Adobe Digital Editions on all of them and you must authorize all of the devices with the same Adobe ID and password that you used on the first device.

It is highly recommended that if you are going to download EBSCO and Ebook Central titles often during your time at Seneca that you remember that information and authorize all of your common devices with that same Adobe ID and password.

That is also why this process is only for personal devices and not public computers at Seneca, because you will likely not have access to the same computer every time.

To authorize Adobe Digital Editions on your devices:

• Go to https://account.adobe.com/ to create an Adobe ID and password. If you are entering a Seneca email address, it may say you already have an account through your school. Scroll down and set up a password for it there anyway. It will be your Adobe ID password for Adobe Digital Editions.
• Open Adobe Digital Editions on each of the devices you want to authorize.
  • On Windows or Mac computers, go to Help in the menu bar and select Authorize Computer
  • In the app version on a phone or tablet, go to Settings and select AUTHORIZE
• Enter your Adobe ID and password.

Note that none of this is required, but it is recommended. If you only want to view the e-books you have downloaded on your current device only, you may select "I want to authorize my computer without an ID" when prompted. However you will not be able to open the title on other devices if you want to do so after-the-fact.  

For more help with this please click here: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/clevelandstatedr-ebooks/readerSupportHelp.action

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Phone not letting you download an eBook?

• You may have to enable pop-up messages in your phone's Settings. The download prompts will use pop-ups.

For more information on how to download an eBook from Ebook Central to a laptop or desktop computer, starting from Seneca Libraries' website, please check out:

• A helpful infographic (PDF)

• A short video (MP4)

 For help with how to download using your phone, please see

• A step-by-step screenshot guide (PDF)

• A short video (MP4)

For more help with Ebook Central:

• Ebook Central Help: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/clevelandstatedr-ebooks/readerSupportHelp.action
• Seneca Polytechnic FAQs about Ebook Central: https://seneca.libanswers.com/search/?q=ebook%20central&t=0