Android Phones and Tablets

1. A. Install

   1. 1. Go to  
      
   2. 2. Search for "esentral".
      
   3. 3. Tap "Install".
      
   4. 4. Tap "Accept".
      

2. B. Log In

   • 1. There are 2 options which can be used to login to E-Sentral app.

     • 1.1. Via E-Sentral`s Username – enter your username and password to log in.

       

     • 1.2. Via Facebook – you will be redirected to a Facebook pop-up page where you need to enter your email address and password to log in.

       

   • 2. After log in, you would be greeted by Home tab, which shows your recently downloaded and read eBook.

     

3. C. Download

   • 1. To start downloading your eBook, tap on the    or swipe right from the left edge of your screen. A dashboard would pop up.

     

   • 2. Tap My Library.

     

   • 3. There are few collection options to place your downloaded eBook, either in: Default (Purchased/Borrowed) collections or Custom-made Collections.

     • 3.1. Default (Purchased/Borrowed) Collections

       • On default, you will start from Purchased collection. If you acquire your eBook by borrowing and not purchasing, then the eBook will be placed under Borrowed.

         

       • Find the eBook you want to read by scrolling through the shelf. However, if you have a lot of eBook, these features can help you:

         • Use    to SortBy according to Recent, Title or Author.

           
           

         • Use    (in tablets) or (in phone) to Filter according to eBook Categories and Downloaded status.

           
           

         • Use    to search for specific eBook title, author or publisher.

           
           

       • Once you have found the eBook, tap on the cover. It will start the downloading process. For example, let`s download Scappa per Amore.

         
         

       • Once the eBook has been downloaded, a green tick would show next to the title. Now you may start reading.

         

     • 3.2. Custom-made Collections

       • Now you can create your own eBook collection! To start, tap

         

       • Tap New Collection

         

       • Name your new collection, then tap New Collection. For example, let`s create a Recipe collection.

         

       • Now your new collection has been created. You will be redirected automatically.

         

       • You will notice that the collection is empty. To start, tap on button.

         

       • Search for the titles that you wish to add, then tap on the eBook. It will be added to the collection.

         

       • Tap on the eBook cover to download it.

         

       • Switching eBook position

         Press the eBook cover then drag it to the position you want.

         
         

       • Delete an eBook from your collection

         • 1. Press the eBook cover then let go
           
         • 2. Tap on at the top right corner of the screen, then choose Yes.
           

       • Remove Collection

         • 1. Activate the collection by tapping on the collection name.
           
         • 2. Tap
           
         • 3. Tap Remove Collection, then tap Yes.
           
           

4. D. Read

   • 1. To start reading, tap on your downloaded eBook

     

   • 2. Swipe horizontally or tap on left and right edge of the screen to move between pages

     
     

   • 3. Tap on the top right corner of the page to bookmark any page.

     

   • 4. You can access more features by double tapping on the page.

     
     • : to customize your font size, type, spacing, alignment and color theme.
       
       
     • Page Slider: to jump to whichever page you wanted.
       
     • : to access Chapters so that you can jump to specific chapters. You will also find your Bookmarks and Notes here.
       
       

   • 5. By highlighting any word or sentence in the eBook, you would notice certain option such as:

     • to help you share your favourite quotes over social media or messaging.
       
       
     • to save your favourite quotes so that you can save them later. You can also change the color of your notes and remove any notes that are not needed anymore.
       
       
       

   • 6. To close your eBook, double tap and click . E-Sentral`s application will remember which page you last read, so you can immediately start from the page where you left

     
     

5. E. Profile

   1. 1. Tap on at the top left of your screen. A dashboard would pop up.

      

   2. 2. Tap Profile.

      

   3. 3. You will be greeted by the profile page.

      

      Tap on the start button to change your profile picture.

      

      You can choose a picture from your gallery or take a new picture.

      

   4. 4. Your reading health report will be shown as below:

      

      - Time spent reading ebooks.

      

      - Number of pages read.

      

      - Average per minute page read.

      

   5. 5. Reading Progress
      Green line under the book cover indicates your reading progress of a book.

      

   6. 6. Records
      Shows the number of pages read by week. Eg: week 7 (150 pages), and for week 8 (890 pages).

      

   7. 7. Reviews
      Shows the book review that have been made by a user.

      

6. F. Beacon function

   1. 1. Tap on at the top left of your screen. A dashboard would pop up.

      

   2. 2. Tap or turn on the e-Sentral Zone

      

      The notice will pop up on your screen and tap OK

      

   3. 3. Tap e-Sentral Zone again

      

   4. 4. You need to tap on Beacon Switch

      

   5. 5. Make sure the bluetooth function is on.

      

   6. 6. The list of the book will appear.

      

   7. 7. Tap on your book that you want to borrow.

      

   8. 8. Tap on Borrow.

      

      You will received a notification once the book is successfully added into your account

      

   9. 9. Tap

      

   10. 10. Tap

       

   11. 11. Choose My Library

       

   12. 12. Tap on Borrowed column and the book cover to start reading.

       

   13. 13. Tap on the book cover to download. Once the eBook has been downloaded, a green tick would show next to the title. Now you may start reading.

       

7. G. Log out

   • 1. Tap on the or swipe right from the left edge of your screen. A dashboard would pop up.

     

   • 2. Tap next to your name

     

   • 3. Tap Logout, then tap Yes.

     

Windows Apps

1. A. Install

   1. 1. Go to Store.

      

   2. 2. Search for "e-Sentral".

      

   3. 3. Click/Tap on "Install".

      

2. B. Launch & Log In

   1. 1. You may find eSentral application under "Apps". Right click and choose "Pin to Start" or "Pin to Taskbar" for easier access through either Start Menu or Taskbar.

      Tips: In Surface, you have to do a long click until the options appear at the bottom of the screen instead of right click.

   2. 2. In the apps, you may sign in:

      1. 2.1. With your user ID – fill in your username and password then click "Sign In".

         

      2. 2.2. Via Facebook – A new window leading to Facebook will pop up. Fill in your Facebook details there and click "Log in".

         
      3. 2.3. Gmail – Coming Soon!

3. C. Navigate

   1. 1. The first time you use the app, you will be greeted by our welcome screen. Here you may learn how to navigate through the application by swipe / tap arrows to go through the lesson. You can also find it back in Guide.

   2. 2. We have three sections in aiding you to find, download and read your books.

      1. 2.1. Featured Hub – Interesting books from our website

         

      2. 2.2. Downloaded Hub – Books which have been downloaded

         

      3. 2.3 Purchased Hub – Books which have been purchased. Note that to read it on your app you have to dowload these books first.

         
   3. 3. To quickly find books from any list, you can use the search bar on the top right hand corner.
      

4. D. Download

   1. 1. Click on "Purchased". It will show all the books which have been purchased so far. Swipe through the books to find books you wish to dowload.

      

   2. 2. If you just purchased the book and it has not showed up, click "Refresh".

      
   3. 3. You may sort your books with the Sort button available at the bottom-right corner of the apps. Sorting can be done according to: by date, By title and By author.
      

   4. 4. You may also sort by Categories by clicking on "Categories" button on the left of "Sort" button.

      

   5. 5. Once you find it, click on the book. For example, we will download Buah Hati Meera.

      

   6. 6. You may notice the book will be missing from the "Purchased" section and the word "Downloading" will appear. This means the book is currently being downloaded.

      
   7. 7. Once the word "Downloading" has disappeared, the downloading process has completed.

5. E. Open & Read

   1. 1. Click on "Downloaded". It will show all the books which have been downloaded.

      
   2. 2. Click on the book you wish to read.

   3. 3. To read your book, you may tap on the arrows or swipe to move between the pages.

      

   4. 4. You can right click to pull up the page navigation tool. Use "Table of Contents" when you are reading books that are very lengthy in pages and/or have numerous chapters. Drag the sliders if you want to skip few pages.

      Tips: Swipe from bottom of the screen if you are using Surface instead of right click.

      

   5. 5. To bookmark the pages, click on either of the ribbons on the top left or top right of the screen, depending on which page you wish to bookmark.

      

   6. 6. If you want to read other books, press right click. An arrow will appear on the top left of the screen. Click on the Arrow to go back to "Purchased" section.

      Tips: Swipe from bottom of the screen if you are using Surface instead of right click

      

6. E. Logout & Deactivate

   1. 1. Click your name at the top right of the screen.

      

   2. 2. The button will reveal choices to "Logout" and "Deactivate".

      

7. F. FAQs

   1. Q I have deactivated my account. What will happened to my downloaded book?
      A You will not lose your books. The books will be back on the "Purchased" section.
   2. Q I have purchased a book and downloaded it. However, when I opened it, there is an error message then the book is gone from both "Purchased" and "Downloaded". What should I do?
      A Report this to our support at support.e-sentral.com together with the receipt number as your proof of purchase and the name of the books. We will double check the purchase and give your book back.

Desktop Apps (Windows*/Mac OS)

*Windows 7 & above

1. A. Install

   There are few ways to install e-Sentral desktop reader into your laptop

   You may download this by click here

   1. 1. Click the link provided from the section mentioned above

   2. 2. Choose either Desktop Reader for Windows or Mac

   For Windows

   1. 1. Download the application reader in your laptop. Once downloading process complete, click "Install"

      

   2. 2. A dialog box will appear during the installation process.

      

   3. 3. Once the desktop reader have been installed into your devices, you may proceed with signing in and read your eBook collection

   For Mac User

   1. 1. After clicking the link and download the desktop reader, double click on the installer icon

      

   2. 2. Drag the e-Sentral application into your Application folder

      

   3. 3. Search e-Sentral application via launchpad to launch the desktop reader

   4. 4. You may now log into your desktop reader

   In case of the guide above did not run smoothly, please try the method below

   1. 1. In case after the you have download the installer, you receive this pop out box message as shown below, please proceed to ‘System Preference’

      

   2. 2. Go to ‘Security & Privacy’ and make sure to choose ‘ Allow apps downloaded from Apps store and identified developers’

      

   3. 3. Search e-Sentral application via launchpad to launch the desktop reader

   4. 4. You may now log into your desktop reader

2. This desktop apps will be applicable to all Windows & Mac

   B. Register an account

   1. 1. If you have not register an account with us, Click "New User"

      

   2. 2. Please fill up all the field in the form

      

   3. 3. Click "Sign Up"

      

      You should get this pop-out message once your registration is successful.

      

3. C. Log In

   1. 1. In the apps, you may sign in using:

      1. 1.1 Your user ID – fill in your username and password. (click sign in)

         

      2. 1.1.1 Click "Sign In"

         

      3. 1.2 Via Facebook – A new window leading to Facebook will pop up. Fill in your Facebook details and click "Log in"

         

   2. 2. After login, you would be greeted by Home tab, which shows your recently downloaded and read eBook.

      

4. D. Download

   1. 1. To start downloading your eBook, click on "Library"

      

   2. 2. There are few collection options to place your downloaded eBook, either in Purchased or Borrow section (Purchased/Borrowed) Collections

      On default, you will start from Purchased collection. If you acquire your eBook by borrowing and not purchasing, then the eBook will be placed under Borrowed.

      

   3. 3. Find the eBook you want to read by scrolling through the shelf. However, if you have a lot of eBook, these features can help you:

      1. Use to Sort By according to Recent, Title or Author.

         
         

      2. Use to search for specific eBook title, author or publisher.

         

      3. Once you have found the eBook, click on the cover. It will start the downloading process. For example, let`s download Digerati 2.0 (2016)

         

      4. Once the eBook has been downloaded, a tick in a circle would show next to the title. Now you may start reading.

         

      5. If you wish to remove a book during downloading process, click again on the book cover or click on to remove the downloaded eBook. Click Remove Download

         

5. E. Read

   1. 1. To start reading, click on the book cover of the downloaded eBook

      

   2. 2. To read your book, you may tap on the arrows to move between the pages

      

   3. 3. You can hover at the bottom of the page pull up the page navigation tool. Use "Table of Contents" when you are reading books that are very lengthy in pages and/or have numerous chapters.

      

   4. 4. You may also drag the sliders if you want to skip few pages.

      Tips: Swipe from bottom of the screen if you are using Surface instead of right click.

      

   5. 5. Double click on the page to get full screen resolution

      

   6. 6. You may change the background colour by clicking

      

   7. 7. You may change the text colour by clicking

      

   8. 8. You may change the text font face by clicking

      

6. E. Logout & Deactivate

   1. 1. Tap on the from the left edge of your screen. A dashboard would pop up.

      

   2. 2. Click logout

      

7. F. Deactivate

   1. If you have used up all 5 activations for the same username, click ‘Deactivate’. By clicking deactivate, you will need to redownload the eBook in your account

      

Cloud Reader
*This is an alternative for you to read our eBooks if you do not have access to our Android/iOS/ Desktop Reader. However, the cloud reader does not support all types of eBooks.

1. A. Log In

   First, login to E-Sentral by entering here into your web browser; either

   • 1. Via eSentral application - enter username and password to sign in.
     
   • 2. Via Facebook - log in eSentral using Facebook account.
     

2. B. Read

   Once you are in eSentral application, follow these steps to begin reading.

   • 1. Click My Account. You will be automatically redirected to My Library tab.
     
   • 2. Click Read button.
     
   • 3. There will be few readers which you can choose from (Note: iOS, Android and Windows will redirect to respective OS application store). Click Cloud Reader.
     
   • 4. Click the arrow icon on top left corner of the screen to go back to My Library.
     

3. C. Functions

   • [< >]  to go to the next or previous page.
   •   click to go back to your Cloud Library.
   •   to access a specific chapter from the current book.
   •   to adjust the font type and sizes.