eBooks Help

Yes! Some of NC LIVE’s eBooks are downloadable.  You can find these downloadable titles by searching or browsing within the following eBooks collections. Downloadable titles are marked with a special link or icon (see chart below).

Collection	Look for this link/icon
eBooks on EBSCOhost
MyiLibrary
Open Library

You can use our “Help for Your Device” tool on the eBooks Help page to get step-by-step instructions for downloading NC LIVE eBooks.  If you do not see your device, but your device is compatible with Adobe Digital Editions, you should be able to download the eBook to your computer and then transfer the eBook to your device.  See the links below for more help with downloading eBooks.

eBooks on EBSCOhost Support

MyiLibrary Support

Open Library Support

NC LIVE eBooks are not supported for download on Kindle devices.

If you have a Kindle Fire, you can read NC LIVE eBooks in the browser while connected to Wi-Fi.

In eBooks on EBSCOhost, you can send up to 60 pages of an eBook in PDF format to your Kindle device. See these links for instructions:

How can I print or save EBSCO eBook pages as a PDF?

How can I send saved EBSCO eBook pages in PDF format to my Kindle device?

Your library may have eBook titles available for downloading to a Kindle, through a vendor such as OverDrive. Contact your local library to see what Kindle-compatible eBooks may be available.

You can also find free, downloadable titles for your Kindle from Project Gutenberg.

The loan period depends on the collection the eBook belongs to:

Absolutely!  You can read all NC LIVE eBooks from any browser on your computer, or from the browser on any other internet-enabled device such as an iPad or Android tablet, smartphone, or browser-enabled eReader.

Adobe Digital Editions is free software that you install on your home computer and allows you to:
   • Manage your downloaded eBooks
   • Authorize your computer and mobile device to access DRM-protected eBooks
   • Transfer your downloaded eBooks to a portable device
See this video tutorial about Adobe Digital Editions, or visit Adobe’s support pages for more information.

Your Adobe ID and password verify your identity. Adobe uses the ID and password to make sure that DRM-protected eBooks are being downloaded, loaned and shared between devices according to the publisher’s requirements. You can watch a short video about setting up Adobe Digital Editions or see the Adobe Digital Editions support page for more information.

EBSCO eBooks that are being viewed in the browser can be “closed” and immediately made available to other users, by clicking the Result List, New Search, Back, or Exit links in the eBook Viewer.

If an eBook is left “open” in a browser window but is no longer being used, then the eBook becomes available to other users after the last user’s EBSCOhost session expires (30 minutes, by default) and the system confirms that they haven’t used the title in 5 minutes (for a total of up to 35 minutes).

Please note that an EBSCO eBook that has been downloaded to Adobe Digital Editions cannot be returned early.