Downloading E-books to Your Device
Do the following either through the Internet connection on your device or your computer.
1. Check for software updates:
- Update the iOS for your device, if needed.
- Update Apple iBooks free e-reader app for your device, if needed.
- If you do not have the Apple iBooks app, go to the Mac Apps Store and download it. You will need an Apple account to download.
- Update iTunes on your computer, if needed.
2. Browse to the complete list of available Extension e-books.
3. Scroll down and select the EPUB link of the publication to download either directly to your device or to your computer.
- If you download directly to your device, select Open in iBooks. The file should appear on the bookshelf. Double-tap the EPUB file to open.
- When downloading to the computer:
- Windows PC: right-click the EPUB link you wish to download. Mac: hold down the <control>key and select the link.
- Using your web browser: Internet Explorer/Firefox: choose "Save Link As..."; Safari: choose "Download Linked File As..."
- Save file on computer desktop.
4. Transfer EPUB file from computer to your device.
- Connect device to computer.
- Open iTunes on computer.
- In iTunes, select "File" then "Add File to Library..." (Windows PC) or "Add to Library..." (Mac).
- Choose the EPUB file from the desktop and select "Open."
- Select the "Books" section of the iTunes library.
- Locate downloaded EPUB and drag to the device's library.
- Open iBooks on your device and check that the EPUB file is on the bookshelf. Double-tap the EPUB file to open.
Do the following either through the Internet connection on your device or your computer.
1. Ensure that your device has an updated e-reader app to open e-books and read the EPUB format.
2. Browse to the complete list of available Extension e-books.
3. Scroll down and select the EPUB link of the publication to download either directly to your device or to your computer.
4. On your computer:
- Connect device to computer.
- Windows PC: right-click the EPUB link you wish to download. Mac: hold down the <control>key and select the link.
- Using your web browser: Internet Explorer/Firefox: choose "Save Link As..."; Safari: choose "Download Linked File As..."
- Navigate to the "Documents" folder of your device and select "Save."
- On your device, check that the EPUB file appears in the library.