By Amanda Buettner, MLIS – Electronic Resources Librarian<\/p>\n
Beginning May 19, 2026, reading full-book downloads of EBSCO eBooks offline will require the Thorium Reader application. Thorium Reader replaces Adobe Digital Editions for reading rights-protected full-book downloads. This change does not affect chapter downloads or eBook reading online. <\/strong>At this time, Thorium Reader does not have a mobile app.<\/p>\n Thorium Reader supports screen reader compatibility and adheres to current digital accessibility standards. The application offers functionality such as:<\/p>\n \u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0 Text-to-speech<\/p>\n \u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0 Note taking, highlighting, and bookmarking<\/p>\n \u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0 Font type and size adjustments<\/p>\n \u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0 Customizable display options<\/p>\n If an eBook requires Thorium Reader for full-book downloads, it will be noted when accessing the book. To read an eBook in Thorium, the EBSCO platform will generate a one-time passkey to enter in Thorium Reader when downloading the eBook. You will only need to enter a passkey the first time the book is accessed in the Thorium App.<\/p>\n For further details on how to use Thorium with EBSCO eBooks, see:<\/p>\n \u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0EBSCO eBooks – LCP & Thorium – Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Downloading EBSCO eBooks – Tutorial<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/connect.ebsco.com\/s\/article\/Downloading-EBSCO-eBooks-Tutorial?language=en_US<\/p>\n For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail via the\u00a0University Libraries<\/u><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Homepage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Amanda Buettner, MLIS – Electronic Resources Librarian Beginning May 19, 2026, reading full-book downloads of EBSCO eBooks offline will require the Thorium Reader application. Thorium Reader replaces Adobe Digital Editions for reading rights-protected full-book downloads. This change does not affect chapter downloads or eBook reading online. At this time, Thorium Reader does not have … Continue reading “New App for Reading eBooks Offline \u2013 EBSCO eBooks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":5441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[700,698,401,699],"class_list":["post-5440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ebooks","tag-adobe-digital-editions","tag-e-books","tag-ebsco","tag-thorium-reader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5442,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions\/5442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}