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- There are three steps to getting an ebook from Overdrive: 1. Find an ebook in Overdrive. 2. Check it out & download it. 3. Transfer it to a portable reader or read it on a computer using Adobe Digital Editions.
- On the library home page (http://www.sppl.org/), hover your cursor over {b}Books{/b} and click on {b}eBooks{/b}.
- Click on {b}eBooks from Overdrive{b}.
- Find an ebook. If you want a title to check out right now, take advantage of the {b}Only show available titles{/b} option. Click on the title or the cover of the book to get the full record.
- You can see all the titles available for your device using a couple of the options on the lower left. If you have a Kindle reader or app, click {b}View all Kindle Books{/b}. If you have anything else, click {b}View all EPUB Books{/b}. You can sort your list in various ways, and make use of the {b}Only show available titles{/b} option.
- Click {b}Add to Bookcart{/b} next to the format you want. Use the {b}Kindle{/b} format for Kindle readers or apps, and {b}EPUB{/b} for anything else. The ebook stays in your bookcart for 30 minutes. {b}Place a Request{/b} = No copies of the title are “on shelf;” place a hold. When your turn comes up, you’ll get an email and have 3 days to check the book out. (Each copy of can only be checked out by one person at a time.) {b}Wishlist{/b} = a list of titles you’re interested in – for your reference only. You are not placing a hold here. {b}Library Copies{/b} = what SPPL owns. {b}Available Copies{/b} = what are currently “on shelf.”
- Click {b}Proceed to Checkout{/b}.
- Enter your library card number; you don’t need your PIN.
- Choose how long you want to borrow the book using the {b}Lending Period{/b} menu. Click {b}Confirm Check Out{/b} to finish checking the book out. If you already have Adobe Digital Editions on your computer, you can skip to step 18.
- Publishers protect their investment and rights using copyright protection software called {b}Digital Rights Management (DRM){/b}, which controls how an eBook can be used. For Overdrive, that comes in three parts: Overdrive’s eBooks are wrapped in {b}DRM software{/b} that 2. works with {b}Adobe{/b} (a software company) and 3. {b}software downloaded on your computer{/b} to ensure that Overdrive eBooks are used properly. The software Overdrive and the publishers have agreed to use to handle the DRM is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). You’ll need to download ADE to your computer, create an {b}Adobe ID{/b}, and {b}Authorize{/b} ADE and your reader in order to use EPUB Overdrive library ebooks. You can’t download ADE to an reader – it has to be downloaded to a computer. Click the {b}Adobe Digital Editions{/b} link you’ll find on the lower left under the orange stripe labeled {b}Required Software{/b}
- Clicking the {b}Get Adobe Digital Editions{/b} button takes you to the Adobe website. http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions
- Click {b}Sign In{/b}.
- Your {b}Adobe ID{/b} is a necessary part in the Digital Rights Management process. By giving each person using Overdrive an ID to be used with ADE and any devices you use, the publishers and Overdrive can be sure that their books are being used the way they want them to be used. If you already have an Adobe ID, you can use that. Each Adobe ID (the email address associated with the account) can be used with 6 computers or devices – they can all interact with the same books checked out from Overdrive. So, if you like, you can download the same book to all 6 devices at the same time. Adobe also backs up you library and offers a small starter collection of free books.
- Fill out the application.
- Click {b}Install{/b}. The download wizard will pop up to install ADE. Agree to the license agreement.
- After you install ADE it should automatically open and the {b}Setup Assistant{/b} comes up to help you through Activating your copy of Adobe Digital Editions. Click {b}Continue{/b}.
- Make sure that {b}Authorize Computer{/b} is selected, and fill in your {b}Adobe ID{/b} and {b}Password{/b}. More information about Authorization can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/help/#activation
- Go back to the Overdrive page, and click {b}Download{/b}.
- A window will pop up asking if you want to {b}Open or Save this File{/b}, meaning the eBook. Choose {b}Open{/b}. This automatically opens the book in ADE and saves it to your computer. If you choose Save, the book gets saved to your computer, but not opened in ADE. If you click Save by mistake, and don’t want to load it into ADE manually, don’t worry. You can download each book as many times as you want while you have it checked out, so just download it again and choose {b}Open{/b}. The books automatically corrupt when they’re due, so the files are unusable. You can delete them at any time.
- Here’s the book opened up in ADE. Using the toolbar in the upper right, you can:Bookmark pages Make notesAdjust the font sizeSearch within the book
- To see what books you have in ADE, click on the {b}picture of 3 books{/b} in the upper left. This is called {b}Library View{/b}. The ribbon across the upper right corner of the book shows how much time you have left on an Overdrive book. When that time is up, it gets returned automatically, but the unusable file stays on ADE or your reader. You can’t have overdue fees on a library ebook. ADE can work with EPUB books from sources other than Overdrive.
- Clicking the {b}arrow{/b} next to the picture of the book for more options. {b}Deleting{/b} the book removes it from ADE but does not return it. You’d still have it checked out, and could download it again later. {b}Returning{/b} the book means you don’t have it checked out any more and it gets removed from ADE. If you just want to read your book on ADE, you’re done. If you want to read it on an reader, go to the next step.
- Now you have to {b}Authorize{/b} your reader for the same reason you Authorized your Adobe Digital Editions – to make the DRM work properly. Both need to be Authorized with the same Adobe ID for them to work with Overdrive. Open up ADE on your computer. Plug your reader into your computer using the cable that should have come with your reader. Make sure the reader’s turned on. It’s name should appear on the left of the computer screen. The {b}Device Setup Assistant{/b} window will pop up offering to authorize your reader with your Adobe ID. Click Authorize Device.
- You move books to your reader by dragging and dropping. Move your mouse pointer to the book you want to move, and hold down the left mouse button. Move your pointer to where your reader is listed on the left, while holding the left mouse button down. The picture of the book should move as well. A green circle with a plus sign will appear next to the pointer when the title can be dropped, which you do by letting go of the mouse button. You can select more than one book at a time by holding down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and clicking on titles with your mouse. You would do the drag and drop after you’d selected all the titles you want to move.
- If you click the icon (or picture) of an attached reader, you can see what’s currently loaded on it. Anything you do with the books here affects the reader. If you clicked the arrow next to one of the books loaded on your reader and clicked {b}Delete{/b}, it would be deleted from the reader, not ADE. You can also delete books from your readers without involving your computer.
- Before you unplug your reader from your computer, do the following steps to be sure your reader’s contents are safe. If you unplug it while the computer and reader are sharing data, you could damage the data. If you’re using a PC: Click the icon (or picture) of a {b}gray rectangle with a green arrow{/b} in the lower right corner of your computer screen. Click the {b}Safely Remove …{/b} button that pops up. The computer will tell you it it’s safe to remove the reader or not. If so unplug the reader from the computer. If not, wait a little while and try again. If it still doesn’t work, turn the computer off and then unplug the reader. If you’re using a Mac drag the reader icon into the trash. The reader will probably need to be unplugged from your computer for you to read the books on it.
- You can get a lot of free ebooks legally online. Many of them are in the public domain (not covered by copyright anymore), some of them are promotional, and some of them are not professionally published. You can find a list of sources at http://bit.ly/GC9yaY Just be sure that you get books that are in the following formats: {b}EPUB{/b} {b}PDF{/b} {b}Text{/b} Only Kindle devices/apps can use the Kindle format.
- If you need additional help, check out the resources on the Overdrive page under {b}Digital Help{/b}.
- If you can’t find your answer anywhere else, click {b}Support{/b} to email the library.
- Enjoy your eBooks!