eBook rental advantages
- Renting Routledge eBooks are a great way to save money when you only need the book for 6 or 12 months.
- eBooks are a sustainable source of reading material since they require no physical storage space and save paper.
- When you rent an eBook, you’ll get instant access to the content.
You can access our eBooks through our third-part vendor VitalSource, which offers convenient features that make reading eBooks more enjoyable on any device. Within the VitalSource Bookshelf e-reader app, you can set Reader Preferences. This feature enables you to increase the text size, change the font, adjust the text and background colors, change margin spacing, and customize the line height. The VitalSource Bookshelf app also includes features to help you annotate, cite, bookmark pages, highlight text, and create flashcards to aid your learning.
For more details on Bookshelf's reading features, click here.
How to rent Routledge eBooks
We offer many different eBook formats and options, making Routledge eBooks simple to rent. To rent an eBook from Routledge.com, search for a book by title, author, or ISBN in our page header. Select the book you wish to rent and view the product page. This page gives you all the necessary information about the book. Select the eBook tab and choose 6 or 12 month rental, then add to cart and checkout.
Once your eBook's rental period expires, the book will no longer be available online or within your Bookshelf app. To renew your eBook rental, log into your Routledge account and purchase the book again for another 6 or 12 months.
Many of our eBooks are also available for rent on Amazon Kindle in the United States.
How to access your eBook Rental
We currently offer our eBooks via VitalSource, an academic eBook provider, which means once you rent an eBook from our site, you must follow these quick and easy steps to access your eBook.
- Step 1 - Open your confirmation email and copy the access code that has been sent to you.
- Step 2 - Create an account, or if you already have one, login to your Vitalsource’s Bookshelf Online Account
- Step 3 - Paste your access code into Bookshelf.
- Step 4 - Download the free Bookshelf app to access your book offline.
Check out our eBook FAQs to learn more.