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Originally Posted by cheyennedonna
When you download the books for offline use do they require proprietary software to open? Are they delivered as a SPDF? That's how a lot of course books are delivered and the license is only good for a certain amount of time. Have you tried setting the browser to user agent desktop and accessing the ebook? It may work.
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Thanks. I haven't actually tried to download any the books yet so I'm not 100% sure in what format they will be delivered. I did find out that Pageburst forwards you to another website called Vital Source Bookshelf. Other Android users have reported accessing their eBooks online using the exact method you describe (by setting User Agent to iPod using Dolphin or iPad using xScope) but, I haven't been able to determine if they were able to access eBooks offline because the Vital Source Bookshelf software is for PC, Mac, iPod, and iPad (boo, hiss). With such a large market it is amazing that these companies have not come up with an App for Android. Fortunately Pageburst books purchased from Elsivier come with permanent access which never expires so at least my son should have web access to the books but it would be nice to be able use them on an e-reader instead.