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OverDrive to e-Reader
Less than you think you wantMore than you really need
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
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
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 othersOh, 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 email 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….
Choose One
Fill in the required fields
Yahoo or Gmail or MSN
Now fill in the fields
Now sign in
Or on this form…
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
• http://sites.google.com/a/tblc.org/digital-delight
Questions?
• http://sites.google.com/a/tblc.org/digital-delight
Enjoy your e-reading!
