diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/textbook.js b/cms/static/js/views/textbook.js
index b9fabae6f2..9d83df0de2 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/textbook.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/textbook.js
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ CMS.Views.ShowTextbook = Backbone.View.extend({
         "click .hide-chapters": "hideChapters"
     },
     render: function() {
-        this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.attributes));
+        var attrs = $.extend({}, this.model.attributes);
+        attrs.bookindex = this.model.collection.indexOf(this.model);
+        attrs.course = window.section.attributes;
+        this.$el.html(this.template(attrs));
         return this;
     },
     editTextbook: function(e) {
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/show-textbook.underscore b/cms/templates/js/show-textbook.underscore
index 4954793129..1767340723 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/show-textbook.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/show-textbook.underscore
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 <ul  class="actions textbook-actions">
     <li class="action action-view">
-        <button class="view"><%= gettext("View Live") %></button>
+        <a href="//<%= CMS.URL.LMS_BASE %>/courses/<%= course.org %>/<%= course.num %>/<%= course.url_name %>/pdfbook/<%= bookindex %>/" class="view"><%= gettext("View Live") %></a>
     </li>
     <li class="action action-edit">
         <button class="edit"><%= gettext("Edit") %></button>
diff --git a/cms/templates/textbooks.html b/cms/templates/textbooks.html
index 4bb7e0ce86..f5c57ea87a 100644
--- a/cms/templates/textbooks.html
+++ b/cms/templates/textbooks.html
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
 CMS.URL.UPLOAD_ASSET = "${upload_asset_url}"
 CMS.URL.TEXTBOOKS = "${textbook_url}"
+CMS.URL.LMS_BASE = "${settings.LMS_BASE}"
 window.section = new CMS.Models.Section({
     id: "${course.id}",
-    name: "${course.display_name_with_default | h}"
+    name: "${course.display_name_with_default | h}",
+    url_name: "${course.location.name | h}",
+    org: "${course.location.org | h}",
+    num: "${course.location.course | h}",
+    revision: "${course.location.revision | h}"
 });
 var textbooks = new CMS.Collections.TextbookSet(${json.dumps(course.pdf_textbooks)}, {parse: true});
 var tbView = new CMS.Views.ListTextbooks({collection: textbooks});