Answered By: Jaycie Carter
Last Updated: Aug 13, 2025     Views: 13

 

Switch to PDF view

When using Ebook Central, sometimes your e-book will automatically open in EPUB format. If you prefer PDF, you can switch to PDF view in two simple steps.

Firstly, click the book icon in the upper right corner of the screen. 

Screenshot of "Photography: A Critical Introduction" e-book open in EPUB view, with a zoomed-in screenshot of a small purple book icon overlapped on top.

Then click the “Switch to PDF” button.

Screenshot of "Photography: A Critical Introduction" e-book open in EPUB view, with a zoomed-in screenshot of the "Switch to PDF" button overlapped on top.

If there is no “Switch to PDF” button, this unfortunately means there is no PDF view available for this e-book.

 

Switch to EPUB format

When using Ebook Central, sometimes your e-book will automatically open in PDF view instead. If you prefer EPUB, you can also switch to EPUB format in two steps.

Firstly, click the book icon on the left-hand side of the screen. 

Screenshot of "Photography: A Critical Introduction" e-book open in PDF view, with a zoomed-in screenshot of a small purple book icon overlapped on top.

Then click the “Switch to EPUB” button.

Screenshot of "Photography: A Critical Introduction" e-book open in PDF view, with a zoomed-in screenshot of the "Switch to EPUB" button overlapped on top.

If there is no “Switch to EPUB” button, this unfortunately means there is no EPUB view available for this e-book.

 

Please note: some users have found that annotations they make in PDF view are not transferred to EPUB format and vice versa. Therefore, we recommend that you switch to your preferred format before making annotations in Ebook Central.

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