Ebook News!
Tuesday, May 19: Ebsco Ebook News: A new app, Thorium (PC desktop only right now) is replacing Adobe Digital Editions for downloads.
Key Details:
- Highlights of the Thorium App:
- Annotations, highlighting, bookmarking, text-to-speech and manage checkouts (can return their checkouts early and see duration of loans)
- App is only required for most full book downloads. Online reading and chapter downloads will be unaffected.
- You will be able to complete existing loans after the cutoff dates.
- New loans will take place in the new apps, and you will be able to move your loans to the new apps at will.
- Mobile app will be available in the Apple store later this year.
- New to Fondren ebooks? Take a look at the Fondren Ebook Research Guide.
Week of July 13: Proquest’s Ebook Central Reader App is replacing Adobe Digital Editions to download ebooks. More details to follow.
Questions: Contact Fondren’s electronic resources team at eresources@mailman.rice.edu or your Subject Specialist.