Is it possible to read Safari books offline?
You can't download books from an academic Safari subscription, but you can bookmark pages in books using the Bookmark function in your web browser. Once you've created the bookmark, it will take you to the page you marked (although obviously you'll need to create a new bookmark each time you move forward and want to go back where you left off). You should log in to Safari before clicking on your bookmark, or the page will come up without full functionality for navigating, printing, etc.
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