Borrowing and reading eBooks on your computer is simple and they can also be read on most eReader devices, including a Kobo. Amazon eReaders are not compatible.
Transferring the eBook to a compatible eReader is easy. Simply open the eBook download in Adobe Digital Editions on your computer and then transfer it to your eReader device.
Follow these steps:
Prepare your computer
- Make sure that you have installed the Adobe Digital Editions software.
- To install it, visit the Adobe Digital Editions download page and follow the installation instructions provided
- On first launch of Adobe Digital Editions click on Help > Authorize Computer
- On the following screen, choose Adobe ID from the eBook Version dropdown menu and enter your Adobe ID and password. The Adobe ID will be your email address. If you don’t have an Adobe ID yet, click on Create an Adobe ID to the right of the dropdown box
- Click Authorize
Go to BorrowBox
- Go to the Monash Public Library Service website and then to eLibrary > eBooks and Audiobooks
- Click on Go to BorrowBox
- Sign in with your library card number and password. If you haven't used BorrowBox before, you will need to create a BorrowBox account
- Browse or search for a book and click on the cover to borrow
- Click Borrow
- On the next screen, click Confirm Loan
- Click Home then My Loans
- Click Read next to the title you wish to read
- Click Download for eReader
The eBook will be downloaded as an ePub file which is the Adobe Digital Editions file format.
Click on the URL link,
This will open Adobe Digital Editions. The book you have borrowed will be displayed. You can either read it on your computer or you can transfer the book to your eReader.
You can navigate through the book using the right and left arrows at the bottom of the eBook.
Transfer to eReader
- To transfer the book, click < Library
Any books you have on loan will be displayed in the Bookshelves window on the right.
- Connect your eReader (Kobo) to the computer with the USB cable.
- Click Connect on your eReader
Your eReader will be displayed on the left hand side of the screen under Devices.
To transfer the book to your eReader, click and drag the book from the Bookshelves window on the right to the device on the left side of the window.
The book will now be in your eReader library.
- Browse by clicking on ePress at the top of the page or search for a particular eMagazine or eNewspaper
- Click Borrow underneath the title you wish to read
- Click on your preferred option Browse Issue Only or Confirm Loan + Subscribe
Note: if you subscribe you will automatically receive the latest issue. New issues will count towards your loan total but back issues will not.