Getting Started with E-Books: iPad/iPhone

How does it work?  Choose from popular items including fiction and non- fiction, children’s and teen  Download e-books and e-audiobooks  Check out up to 5 items at a time with your library card  If someone else has an item checked out – place it on hold, get an when it is ready for you to check it out

 Browse, check out, and download with your library card … anytime, from anywhere!  Use your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.

What’s Required  A valid library card  A compatible iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch

Mobile site tour Newly released and most popular titles Left: Home, browse, search Right: My Digital Account login

Browse by format or genre

Log in to your account to see holds, items out, wishlist

Items Out: Download (or re- download) your checked out items

Overview Confirm Requirements Install OverDrive Media Console app Authorize your device Add SCL to Your Libraries Browse, Check Out & Download

How to… Confirm your Requirements Confirm Requirements 1 You only need to do this once. Your device will need to be running iOS v4.0 or newer. You can check the current version of iOS on your device in the Settings menu: If your iOS version needs to be updated, you may need to sync your device with its home computer (iTunes).

How to… Install the OverDrive Media Console App Install OverDrive Media Console app 2 Open the app store (look for ) Search for “OverDrive Media Console”. Install it on your device. You only need to do this once.

How to… Install the OverDrive Media Console App Get an Apple ID If you have not downloaded anything from the Apple iTunes store or the App Store before, you will need to set up an Apple ID. This only needs to be done once, it is free, and it can be used for all future downloads from Apple. If you already have an Apple ID, you will need to put in your password.

How to… Authorize your device 3 Why Do I Need To Do This? The library lends e-books with Adobe Digital Rights Management (DRM). Digital Rights Management is sometimes referred to as "digital locks" because it is a way of restricting access to, or copying of, electronic files. Publishers require DRM on library e-books to prevent them from being copied endlessly. DRM is what makes library e-books expire at the end of their loan period. The type of DRM that is used on library items is called Adobe Digital Rights Management and it is managed using a free Adobe ID.

Jocelyn Adobe ID: Tablet Home computer Work computer Phone I “authorize” all my devices with my and password Now I can download and read the same library book on all my devices! How to… Authorize your device 3

How to… Authorize your device 3 Sign in with, or create, an Adobe ID. This is free and only takes a moment. You only need to do this once.

How to… Add SCL to your libraries Add SCL to Your Libraries 4 Go to “Get Books” at the top of the app. Search for “Strathcona County”

How to… Add SCL to your libraries Add SCL to Your Libraries 4 Tap the star next to “Strathcona County Library.” That way SCL will show up here next time. You only need to do this once. If you are a member of other libraries, you can add them here too.

How to… Browse & Check out Items Browse, Check Out & Download 5 Now you are all set up and ready to add e-books to your bookshelf. The following steps are what you will do every time you want to check out a library e-book.

Add to your cart How to… Browse & Check out Items Select “Get Books” & select SCL from the libraries list Tap a title you are interested in Check Out Browse, Check Out & Download 5

How to… Download Items Tap “Download” The item is downloading Browse, Check Out & Download 5

How to… Return an Item Early

Tap in the centre of the screen to show the menu (this is normally hidden to give you more room to read) TAP

Table of contents Back to your bookshelf Page orientation lock (for reading sideways) Page navigation Brightness, font settings, other settings

Get to Know OverDrive’s Formats Text formats:E-audio formats: Adobe PDF/OPDF – Portable Document Format. A format that is familiar to most of us, used for screen- readable, printable documents with limited re-formatting. OverDrive PDFs include DRM. EPUB/OEPUB – Electronic Publication. A free, open e-book standard developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum. EPUB books’ text can be resized and reformatted. OverDrive EPUBs are the Adobe version and include DRM. WMA – OverDrive’s version of the proprietary Windows Media Audio format. Only compatible with Windows devices, including Windows computers and the Microsoft Zune. Includes DRM. MP3 – One of the web’s most popular audio formats. Compatible with most portable devices. MP3s take up more space than WMAs, but have similar audio quality. They have no DRM, meaning that can also be burned to a CD.

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