O'Reilly Online Learning
This page contains step-by-step instructions to create an account and access ebooks on the O'Reilly platform, as well as to download the O'Reilly app.
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Register for an account
1. Follow the link to the O'Reilly Online Learning platform.
2. Click on 'Institution not listed?'
3. Enter your Edinburgh Napier email address and click the 'Let's Go' button.
4. Check your email for an automatic message from O'Reilly. You must follow the validation instructions in the email to finish creating your account.
5. Follow the link in the email and finish creating your account. Set a unique password.
Log in to your account
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2. Click on 'Institution not listed?'
3. Click on 'Already a user?'
4. Enter your Edinburgh Napier email address and click the 'Continue' button.
5. Enter the password you set when you created your O'Reilly account, and click the 'Sign in' button.
Using the O'Reilly app
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1. Search for the app in the App Store or Google Play and download to your device.
2. Open the app and sign in using your Napier email address and the password you created for O'Reilly during the registration process.
3. The app will sync with your online account, displaying any books that you've recently read or saved to your playlist.
4. To download, open the book and look for the download icon in the menu at the bottom of the screen. Tap on this to display the 'Download Book' button and tap this button to begin the download.
5. Books which you have downloaded to the app are stored in the 'Downloads' area. You can now read them while offline.
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