{"id":54049,"date":"2026-08-11T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=54049"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:40:46","slug":"introducing-the-proquest-ebook-central-reader-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2026\/08\/introducing-the-proquest-ebook-central-reader-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the ProQuest Ebook Central Reader App available August 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning August 12, UC Libraries online ebook provider, ProQuest Ebook Central, is transitioning from Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to the Ebook Central Reader App for downloading and reading ebooks offline. Ebook Central users currently using ADE, must download and install the new app to continue reading ebooks offline from this platform. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2394\" height=\"1905\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2.png\" alt=\"ebook central app reader\" class=\"wp-image-54050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2.png 2394w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2-177x141.png 177w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2-1536x1222.png 1536w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2-2048x1630.png 2048w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EBC-App-Now-Available-A3-Poster-Portrait-2-377x300.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2394px) 100vw, 2394px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new ProQuest Ebook Central Reader App provides an improved experience for downloading and reading ebooks offline. The app is available for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android devices and offers a more streamlined, user-friendly reading experience.\u00a0It also includes enhanced accessibility features, such as, support for screen readers, font scaling and high-contrast display options. Other enhanced features include page-turn gestures and page synchronization for the last page read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Need Help?<\/strong>\u00a0ProQuest has created a <a href=\"https:\/\/proquest.libguides.com\/ebookcentral\/appdownload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebook Central User LibGuide<\/a>\u00a0to assist users in downloading and using the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning August 12, UC Libraries online ebook provider, ProQuest Ebook Central, is transitioning from Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to the Ebook Central Reader App for downloading and reading ebooks offline. Ebook Central users currently using ADE, must download and install &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2026\/08\/introducing-the-proquest-ebook-central-reader-app\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,13],"tags":[628,642,23],"class_list":["post-54049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uc","category-uclibraries","tag-collections","tag-ebooks","tag-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54053,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54049\/revisions\/54053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}