An e-book (short for electronic book, or e-book), also known as a digital book, is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book, often restricted with a digital rights management system. An e-book, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English, is "an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device designed specifically for this purpose” and in this case is only readable by devices that support Adobe’s Flash Player.
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What is Adobe Flash Player?
The Adobe Flash Player is software for viewing animations and movies using computer programs such as a web browser. Flash player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application player created by Macromedia and now developed and distributed by Adobe after its acquisition. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools.
Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both a multimedia authoring program and the Adobe Flash Player, written and distributed by Adobe, that uses vector and raster graphics, a native scripting language called ActionScript and bidirectional streaming of video and audio. Strictly speaking, Adobe Flash is the authoring environment and Flash Player is the virtual machine used to run the Flash files, but in colloquial language these have become mixed: "Flash" can mean the authoring environment, the player, or the application files.
To download Adobe Flash Player for free, please click
here.
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Is Adobe Flash Player safe to download?
Flash Player is not only the most widely distributed piece of software on the Internet today, it's also one of the most secure. Given that Flash Player is in use by over 500 million internet users, Adobe invests considerable effort into keeping Flash Player safe and secure.
An e-book is an electronic version of a book published by the American College of Physicians’ ACP Press.
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Where can I buy a print copy of the books?
If interested in a print version of any of ACP Press e-bookstore titles, please click
here.
Our e-books can be viewed on any computer or hand held devise that is equipped with Adobe Flash Player.
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How do I access the e-book?
Once you have logged in, the 'My Bookshelf' page will display the
e-book(s) for which you have access. Clicking on the book cover will
then open the e-book, making it accessible for you to view.
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Can I download the e-book to my computer?
Yes. The e-book can be downloaded as long as the computer is online at the time.
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Can the same e-book be downloaded on multiple devices?
There aren't any limits to the number of times one can download the e-book.
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Does the e-book’s offline reader work on a PC or a Mac?
iOffline (or reader) works on a PC and Mac.
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Can I view the e-book offline?
Once the e-book has been downloaded, it can be viewed offline at any time.
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How do I view my e-book offline?
You can view the e-book offline using our iOffline reader. Once you login using your account you will notice a button “Download iOffline” on the top right. Click on the download button to go to installation page. Click on install button to setup iOffline reader on your system.
When you use iOffline reader for the first time, you need to provide:
The iOffline reader will verify your account details. If the account details are correct, the reader will continue to load. Once loaded, you can see all the books that you have subscribed online with a download link for offline reading.
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How can I change my view of the page?
The top panel allows you to change your view of the book by clicking on
one of its icons. Scrolling over the icons before clicking will
initiate a pop-up burst indicating what that particular icon can
change. These include:
--Switch to double pane view
--Switch to single pane view
--Zoom the page
--Fit the page to height
--Fit the page to width
--Toggle full-screen mode.
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How do I add my personal notes throughout the e-book?
Right click on content to which you want to add notes and choose 'add
notes' from the option list. You can check for these notes in the 'My
notes' segment in your 'My Folder' page.
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How do I bookmark a page?
The top panel in the reader has the Bookmark option. Clicking on it
will bookmark the page being currently viewed. You can check for the
pages that have been bookmarked in the 'My Bookmarks' segment in your
'My Folder' page.
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How do I use the search option?
Type a search term or phrase in the search text box and click on ‘Go’
to search the e-book content. Your search results will appear in a
column on the right-hand side of the page. Specific search terms
usually result in more targeted results. Note: The search option is
disabled when viewing the book in the full-screen mode.
The e-book is protected so that only 1
page can be printed at a time.
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How soon am I charged for my purchase?
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Where can I get institutional access for an e-book?
If you are interested in gaining institutional access for this particular title, please visit our vendors
MyiLibrary or Rittenhouse's
R2 program.
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How do I log into my account?
Click on the sign-in link on top top right of the home page to get login screen. Type your user name and password into the correct fields on the login screen to log-in to your account.
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How do I change my password?
Click on the 'My Folder' link and choose the 'Profile Setting' option,
from the drop down list choose 'Change Password', enter a new password
and click 'OK'. Your password will be reset to the new password.
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