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OverDrive to e-Reader

OverDrive to e-Reader. Less than you think you want More than you really need. Al Carlson alcarlson713@yahoo.com. 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.

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OverDrive to e-Reader

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

  2. Al Carlsonalcarlson713@yahoo.com

  3. The Al Carlson Mobile Research Team

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

  5. Think outside the container • Xerox • Kleenex • Book

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

  7. Small Library Building

  8. 32 GigaBytes

  9. 32 GigaBytes

  10. Two libraries

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

  12. Do the math

  13. They grow up so fast! E-readers

  14. New OverDrive Media Console logo

  15. iPad and iPhone

  16. DROID!!

  17. Galaxy Tab 7

  18. Google Nexus 7

  19. HTC G2 Phone

  20. 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

  21. Amazon Kindles

  22. Let’s do this live at: • http://hcplc.org

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. The Help

  26. The message

  27. The fix

  28. Nook Classic

  29. Nook Simple Touch

  30. Sony Stuff

  31. Kobo Reader

  32. 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!!

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

  34. Choose One

  35. Fill in the required fields

  36. Yahoo or Gmail or MSN

  37. Now fill in the fields

  38. Now sign in

  39. Or on this form…

  40. Enjoy in ADE

  41. 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

  42. Sideloading—not rocket science

  43. Connection close-up:Pre-school Jigsaw Puzzle skills

  44. Sony Reader Connection

  45. Back to the Nook

  46. Once again, let’s go live….

  47. 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

  48. Resources • http://sites.google.com/a/tblc.org/digital-delight • alcarlson713@yahoo.com

  49. Questions? • http://sites.google.com/a/tblc.org/digital-delight • alcarlson713@yahoo.com

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