1. eTextbooks on your iPad
Brown Mackie College

2. eTextbook Licenses
All Brown Mackie eTextbooks are provided
through the VitalSource license. Here are some
details:
•Books first have a 15 day temporary license.
This allows for drops/adds to classes
•On the 16th day, books must be switched to the
long-term license.

3. On your iPad or a
computer, login to
your Student Portal

4. First, click on eText.
Second, click on the title
of your eTextbook

5. Once the book is loaded, it will be
available to you for 5-years.

6. eTextbook Login Info
If you do not know your VitalSource email and
password complete the following steps.

7. Tap on the “Brown Mackie
College” logo in the black bar at
the top of the screen.

8. Tap “My Account”

9. Tap “My Account” in the
menu that opens

10. Check your email address
(for any spelling errors)
Enter the password you will
use in these two boxes
Tap “Update Profile” when
finished.

11. The following steps must be completed on the iPad

12. Tap the iPad Module
icon on your Home
Screen

13. Tap “iPad and
eTextbooks”

14. Tap this icon to begin
downloading
VitalSource

15. Tap this button twice:
first “Free” then “Install”

16. Enter your Apple ID
password again
Tap “OK”

17. Tap the Bookshelf
app to open
VitalSource

18. Enter the email address and password
you used to create your VitalSource
account
Then click “Sign In”

19. Any books you have available will be
listed here.
Notice the small exclamation point;
this means the book is not
downloaded.
Tap on your current textbook to begin
downloading it.

20. Click “Download”

21. This progress bar shows
you how long until the
book is downloaded.

22. Once the download is
finished, tap on the book
title to read it.