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
From June 2026, Adobe Digital Editions will be managed by ByteBooks so the process to authorise a device has changed (note this change does not affect app users or those who read in their browser):
If you are an existing user and you get an error message when signing into Adobe Digital Editions:
- Open the transition page on Adobe’s Website by clicking on either the Create an Adobe ID or forgot my password link.
- https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/eol-faqadobe-digital-editions.html
- Click on Proceed to ByteBooks ID Creation at the bottom of the page. Create a new ID
- Critical: You must use the same email address associated with your Adobe ID. This is how your existing eBook licenses are identified and linked to your new ByteBooks account.
- Using a different email address means your previously licensed eBooks won't be recognized.
- Tick the checkbox I have existing Adobe eBooks to migrate.
- Verify your email via OTP-based authentication
- Sign back into Adobe digital editions with your ByteBooks ID
If you are a new user:
- Open the transition page on Adobe’s Website by clicking on either the Create an Adobe ID or I forgot my password.
- https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/eol-faqadobe-digital-editions.html
- Click on Proceed to ByteBooks Account Creation at the bottom of the page. Create a new ID
- Set up your ByteBooks account.
- The checkbox I have existing Adobe eBooks to migrate will be unchecked and disabled by default.
- Verify your email via OTP-based authentication
- Sign back into Adobe digital editions with your ByteBooks ID
- 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.