OverDrive to e-Reader Less than you think you want More than you really need

Al Carlson

The Al Carlson Mobile Research Team

The Basics of Today’s Webinar OverDrive – Find what you want – Get it – Read it on your chosen device PowerPoint – Bullet points – Recaps

Think outside the container Xerox Kleenex Book

Some Historic Containers of Books Clay Tablet Papyrus Scroll Codex – AKA the “Book” – (About 1440 AD, or over 500 years ago)

Small Library Building

32 GigaBytes

Two libraries

How much reading does each “container” give you? 500KB per title 64,000 titles per card 1 book per day 175 Years

Do the math

E-READERS They grow up so fast!

New OverDrive Media Console logo

iPad and iPhone

DROID!!

Galaxy Tab 7

Google Nexus 7

HTC G2 Phone

There’s an App for that! For all of these devices and others like them: – Get the OverDrive Media Console App – Install it – Read the minimal instructions – Use it Additional help – Click on the HELP button at your library’s OverDrive site and choose your specific device

Amazon Kindles

Let’s do this live at: –

Kindle Recap Browse to your library’s OverDrive site Sign in Advanced search for Kindle Format Check out and Get For Kindle Bounce to Amazon web site Assign to chosen Kindle Sync via Wi-Fi to download the e-book to your device

The Penguin Exception Penguin—one of the “Big Six” publishers— hates Amazon. They are “punishing” Amazon by forcing you (your patrons) to download Penguin e-books to your PC and sideload them to your Kindle. Here’s an example

The Help

The message

The fix

Nook Classic

Nook Simple Touch

Sony Stuff

Kobo Reader

Nooks and Kobos, and others Oh, my! Here are the steps a first timer needs to go through, just when he knows the least about it. 1.Go to his local OverDrive site and log in. 2.Find and check out an Adobe EPUB format book. 3.Install Adobe Digital Editions software 4.Download the book from the OverDrive site to his Adobe-linked PC and watch it appear in Adobe Digital Editions 5.Get an Adobe ID and maybe an address 6.Connect his Nook or similar eReader to his PC 7.Side load the book from his PC to the eReader 8.Whew!!

Let’s go live again at the OverDrive catalog….

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Enjoy in ADE

Sideloading “Sideloading” is transferring an eBook from a PC to an eReader Several ways to do it Adobe Digital Editions is the slickest way for OverDrive library eBooks

Sideloading—not rocket science

Connection close-up: Pre-school Jigsaw Puzzle skills

Sony Reader Connection

Back to the Nook

Once again, let’s go live….

Recap Hundreds of devices; three basic families – App Enabled – Kindle e-ink – EPUB e-ink family Patron needs library card, e-reader, and (usually) his own PC OverDrive provides excellent online help – Use it!! New devices and options emerge almost daily

Resources

Questions?

Enjoy your e-reading!