New app required to download EBSCO e-books
As of Tuesday 14th April 2026, users who download whole EBSCO e-books for offline reading will need to download Thorium Reader instead of Adobe Digital Editions.
EBSCO are switching to the free app as it is compatible with screen readers and adheres to modern accessibility standards. After logging in to your MyEBSCO account and searching for and finding your e-book, please click the download button and 鈥楩ull eBook鈥� tab before selecting your download length and format. You will then be provided with a Thorium Reader passphrase. Please copy the passphrase. Once you have installed the Thorium Reader and entered the passphrase you will be able to download the e-book for offline reading.
A demonstration of the new workflow and FAQs are available:
Please note
- You will only need to enter your passphrase once on each device that you use.
- Thorium Reader does not currently have a mobile app available: the iOS version is currently in development and Android is next on EDRLab's roadmap.
- Thorium Reader is not natively available for ChromeOS. It is a desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- The online reading experience will not change; the e-book chapter download experience will not change.
Thorium Reader supports both DRM-free content and DRM-protected files.