{"id":176,"date":"2017-07-17T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/distributing-exports-epub-pdf-of-lumen-courses\/"},"modified":"2017-08-25T19:34:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T19:34:33","slug":"distributing-exports-epub-pdf-of-lumen-courses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/distributing-exports-epub-pdf-of-lumen-courses\/","title":{"raw":"Distributing Exports (EPUB &amp; PDF) of Lumen Courses","rendered":"Distributing Exports (EPUB &amp; PDF) of Lumen Courses"},"content":{"raw":"<p>Typically, institutions\u00a0work with Lumen to make sure good PDF and EPUB exports are generated for their courses, and then load those export files in their LMS for delivery to students and other users, providing directions like those\u00a0below.\n<\/p><h2>FYI: Exports for Amazon\u00a0Kindle<\/h2>\nCurrently, exports in\u00a0Amazon Kindle's native MOBI format do not\u00a0include citations and\/or images, so we recommend\u00a0an alternative path for Kindle use via PDF as in the directions below. Kindle may move toward EPUB in the near future\u00a0anyway, making the MOBI format unnecessary.\n<h2>Example Directions for Export Distribution<\/h2>\n<blockquote><div>PDF Textbook [link to PDF generated for specific course]\nDownload this textbook in Adobe Acrobat PDF format for offline use or printing.\n\neReader Textbook [link to EPUB generated for specific course]\nDownload this textbook in EPUB format for offline use in eReaders that support EPUB, like Kobo, Apple iBooks on Mac computers, iPhones and iPads, Google Books on Android, iPhones and iPads, Barnes &amp; Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Sony Reader, and various other eReaders.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/help\/customer\/display.html?ie=UTF8&amp;nodeId=200767340\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Kindle Textbook<\/a>\nFor Amazon Kindle, download the PDF Textbook above and follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/help\/customer\/display.html?ie=UTF8&amp;nodeId=200767340\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon\u2019s directions<\/a>\u00a0to move it to your Kindle.<\/div><\/blockquote>","rendered":"<p>Typically, institutions\u00a0work with Lumen to make sure good PDF and EPUB exports are generated for their courses, and then load those export files in their LMS for delivery to students and other users, providing directions like those\u00a0below.\n<\/p>\n<h2>FYI: Exports for Amazon\u00a0Kindle<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, exports in\u00a0Amazon Kindle&#8217;s native MOBI format do not\u00a0include citations and\/or images, so we recommend\u00a0an alternative path for Kindle use via PDF as in the directions below. 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