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Book viewing
I would like to be able to view multiple pages at once, either by side by side or in a quad box.
6 votesOur new ebook reader, launched in September 2019, allows side/side page viewing within the reader.
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Improve visibility for the user
To improve visibility for the user, are you able to do anything such as add a message to explain why they can’t access a title e.g. in use by someone else and advise to try later rather than “request still pending”.
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Direct links to specific subscription packages
We recently added two ebook subscriptions to the DDA and owned titles we already had on Ebook Central. Several librarians have asked for direct links to the specific collections so we can send faculty/students straight there rather than everything on Ebook Central. The closest we can get currently is by sending them to the advanced search page with instructions for searching just that collection.
3 votesDirect links to subscriptions can be achieved using Advanced Search to conduct a search for the requested collection. The Search Results URL can be used as a direct link to the titles included in that collection.
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Can ProQuest Consider Adobe Readers Read OutLoud as a Screen Reader to use with Content Using Adobe Digital Edition
Good Morning,
My name is Jane Bollard, and I am a TasTAFE Librarian based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
I am writing to ProQuest regarding accessibility to your eBook content using AdobeDigital Editions 3.0.
A read of your HELP documentation states that JAWS and NVDA are the denoted screen readers to use in conjunction with Adobe Digital Editions 3.30.
These products were designed for blind or vision impaired users. The necessary skills to use either software might be complex for persons with a specific learning disorder where working memory is a primary symptom. For this type of cohort, a product such…
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put files in Bookshelf in alphabetical order
Please put files in the user's Bookshelf in alphabetical order. Presently, if the user has a long list of files in their bookshelf, they can not be put in alphabetical order. It is such a waste of time to try to find the file you're looking for when it is buried within a list of unalphabetized files.
1 voteThis functionality already exists in the Ebook Central Bookshelf.
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1 vote
DRM free search filters are already available on both Ebook Central and LibCentral.
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More granular zoom settings in reader
The default zoom in the reader is too large, but when zooming out just once, it becomes too small. It would be nice to have more granular zoom settings (or to be able to select a percentage or from a slider?).
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