OverDrive to e-reader As difficult as “one, two, three”

Notes to Self Share Monitor 2 in presentation mode Put sign on front door Use a timer Sign in to Amazon ahead of time Have ADE open and minimized Have your Nook and its cable ready If you have time after the program, take them back to OD and show holds and rating titles

OverDrive to e-reader As difficult as “one, two, three”

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

Your Questions Type them in as you think of them We’ll answer them at the end of the program – (to make sure we cover all the important points before we run out of time.)

A brief bit of background material to set the stage for today’s presentation….

Think outside the container Ms. Stock Photo Person is carrying four containers that she calls “books” She calls the Ricoh photocopier in her office a “Xerox” And she has Northern tissues in her purse that she calls “Kleenex” She has lots of company in that

Some Historic Containers of Books Clay Tablet Papyrus Vellum Scroll Codex – AKA the “Book” – (About 100 AD, well before Gutenberg)

Small Library Building: a container of containers 30,000 books?

256 GigaByte SD Card 512,000 e-books

A book a day for 1,400 years

So, which “container” holds more books? And which type you bet on for long term survival?

So, how do you read and enjoy the books stored on this nifty new type of container?

E-readers! They grow up so fast! And they’re still just toddlers! Here are some “examples” of the types we’ll cover today

E-Ink Kindles

E-Ink Nooks

Other e-Ink Readers Sony ReaderKobo

iPads and iPhones Not e-ink!

Galaxy Tabs Also not e-ink

Google Nexus 7 Not e-ink either

Smart Phones E-ink? No!

Kindle Fire Nowhere near e-ink

One Two Three Lots of specific examples Only Three “types” – E-Ink Kindles – E-Ink everybody else – Not E-Ink

E-Ink Kindle Short Version Browse to OverDrive library web site on a PC Find and check out a Kindle e-book Throw it over to Amazon’s web site Assign it to your Kindle I’ll show that in detail in a moment

E-Ink Everybody Else Short Version Browse to OverDrive library web site on a PC Find and check out an EPUB e-book – Install Adobe Digital Editions (Only once) Download the e-book to your PC – Get an Adobe ID (Only once) – Authorize your PC (Only once) Sideload the e-book to your e-reader I’ll cover this in detail in a moment

Not e-Ink: Short Version There’s an App for that!

Apple stuffAndroid stuff

OverDrive Media Console

There’s an App for that! For Apple and Android devices: – 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

Apps and Adobe Digital Editions: one time petty annoyance App users do have to install Adobe Digital Editions one time, just like Nook, Sony, Kobo, etc. users I’ll cover that later in this webinar

One Two Three Lots of specific examples Only Three “types” – E-Ink Kindles – E-Ink everybody else – Not E-Ink [Done]

Amazon Kindles

Kindles are their own ecosystem They have their own format (AZW) They have their own DRM They don’t use an App They pull the OverDrive e-book into the Amazon ecosystem and manipulate it there Let’s take a look

Amazon Sign In Create an account, if you don’t have one

Browse to OverDrive; Sign In; Find the Help button

My Account

OverDrive Help Screen Text, videos, and possibly a Vulcan mind meld by now

OverDrive Library Catalog

Advanced Search for Kindle Format: Instant Gratification Method

Kindle Format Search Results

Click the correct Add to Cart

Double check; go to Checkout

Confirm Checkout

Get for Kindle

Because you signed in at Amazon moments ago, you will be zapped to Amazon Library Loan

Added to Kindle Server; ready to sync with your Kindle “device”

Kindle Recap Visit Amazon and sign in first – Create a free account if necessary 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 behind the red link

The fix

One Two Three Lots of specific examples Only Three “types” – E-Ink Kindles [Done] – E-Ink everybody else – Not E-Ink [Done]

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 e-reader to his PC 7.Sideload the book from his PC to the e-reader 8.Whew!!

(App users have to do the one-time Adobe ID and authorization thing, too!)

Fire up your PC and browse to “your” OverDrive Library

Sign In; find the Help button; Choose Advanced Search

Advanced Search for EPUB Format “Instant gratification for the new user” method Ask me later

EPUB format search results

Drill Down; look around; click Add to Cart for EPUB

Now “push your cart” over to the checkout desk

Adjust your loan period; click Confirm Check Out

Now it gets complicated for “first timers”

Here’s the bad news…. First Timers need to: – Install Adobe Digital Editions on their PC – Download the OverDrive e-book – Have or create an address – Create an Adobe Identity based on that address – Authorize their PC with their new Adobe Identity – Connect their “Nook” to the PC – “Sideload” the e-book from their PC to their Nook

After the first time, it’s easy Just – Download the title – Connect the “Nook” – Sideload the title

But this time, it’s complicated; so let’s run through it First Timers need to: – Install Adobe Digital Editions – Download the OverDrive e-book – Have or create an address – Create an Adobe Identity – Authorize “your” PC – Connect your Nook – Sideload the e-book from their PC to their Nook

Adobe Digital Editions You have to install the Adobe Digital Editions software to read and sideload the EPUB or PDF book you have just checked out – Just as you need MS Office (or a good clone) to open and read an Excel spreadsheet

Click on “Click here to…title” link

Choose Download Adobe Digital Editions

At Adobe’s site, click Install now

Choose version that works for your PC

Download and install using your browser’s and PC’s normal procedures Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, IOS…

ADE fresh from installation! Well, almost… ADE comes with a built-in manual

Say ‘yes’ to the ACSM question If your browser or PC asks you whether you would like ACSM files to open automatically in Adobe Digital Editions, say ‘yes’ – ACSM is Adobe Content Server Manager When you download an OverDrive e-book, you actually download an ACSM file first, which then fetches the actual e-book from an Adobe Content Server

Now back up to OverDrive Close the browser tab for the task you just completed and use the tab that shows the OverDrive Checkout area

Now you can click on Download

The e-book opens automatically in ADE (You may need to tell your browser that)

Adobe ID: an inconvenient truth that enables you to violate some of the laws of physics This takes you back to the Adobe Web site

Fill in the required fields; and if you don’t have an address…

Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, etc.

Now fill those fields in

Click OK Mother Adobe now associates the MAC address of this PC with your Adobe ID

Apples, Androids, & Adobe Smart device owners who load the OverDrive Media Console App will also be prompted to authorize the device with their Adobe ID The screens are a little different, but the process is the same

Quick Recap We found our OverDrive library and signed in We found and checked out a book in EPUB format We downloaded and installed Adobe Digital Editions We downloaded our e-book We created an Adobe identity – And created an account, if necessary We authorized our PC with that Adobe ID Whew! And now we can put that EPUB book onto our “Nook”

Sideloading “Sideloading” is transferring an e-book from a PC to an e-reader Adobe Digital Editions is the slickest way for OverDrive library EPUB e- books Open ADE and connect the Nook – Pre-school jigsaw puzzle skills are all you need

PC Detects Nook

ADE detects the Nook; Note Nook on left under “Devices”

Drag and drop – Image One

Drag and Drop—Image Two

Dragged and Dropped; a view of what is on the Nook

Safely Eject the Nook (And always wear a seatbelt)

Mini-recap So, your newbie patron… 1.Found an EPUB e-book at his OverDrive site 2.Checked it out 3.Installed Adobe Digital Editions 4.Downloaded the e-book to his PC 5.Was prompted to authorize that PC 6.Got an Adobe ID (and maybe an address) 7.Authorized his PC 8.Sideloaded the e-book to his Nook or Sony or…

One Two Three Lots of specific examples Only Three “types” – E-Ink Kindles [Done] – E-Ink everybody else [Done] – Not E-Ink [Done]

Kindle e-Ink: Short Version Browse to OverDrive site on PC Find and check out an e-book “Slide” it over to Amazon Assign it to a Kindle Sync and read – (No Adobe)

E-Ink EPUB e-readers: Short Version Browse to OverDrive site Find and check out e-book – Install Adobe Digital Editions Download e-book – Get Adobe ID address – Authorize PC Sideload to e-reader

Apple and Android Smart Devices: Short Version Visit the appropriate “App Store” Get OverDrive Media Console Use it – (one time authorization with Adobe required)

Three “exceptions” ChromebookKindle Fire

Three “exceptions”

Chrome Books Not a Microsoft PC Not an Apple device Not an Amazon device Not even an Android device OverDrive does not yet specifically support it Install the Kindle Cloud Reader App from the Chrome Web Store and treat is as a Kindle at OverDrive

Kindle Fire Since it is a Kindle but also has a browser, you can – Use its browser to visit OverDrive and “Get for Kindle” – Use a PC to visit OverDrive and “Get for Kindle”

Windows 8 A ‘big’ mobile device Native Windows 8 App can not read WMA audiobooks nor sideload Use OMC for Windows 8 in Native mode and OMC “classic” in “desktop” mode – (i.e. Load two versions of OMC)

Windows 8 Run IE 10 as “Administrator” for Windows Media Player Security Upgrade Use the appropriate OverDrive Help page for details OverDrive is still fine tuning its response to Windows 8

Questions and Resources – Look for: OverDrive to eReader for beginners OverDrive Site “Help” resources!!

OverDrive Bonus Section Rated Titles – An opt in record of every OverDrive title you read Placing Holds – Your address is linked to your library card number at OverDrive but not in the universe Open ePub – Behaves like regular EPUB but has no DRM and can be copied and kept – Not found with an Adobe EPUB eBook search

Enjoy your e-reading!