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OverDrive to e-Reader Less than you think you want More than you really need
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Al Carlson alcarlson713@yahoo.com
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The Al Carlson Mobile Research Team
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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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Think outside the container Xerox Kleenex Book
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Some Historic Containers of Books Clay Tablet Papyrus Scroll Codex – AKA the “Book” – (About 1440 AD, or over 500 years ago)
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Small Library Building
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32 GigaBytes
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Two libraries
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How much reading does each “container” give you? 500KB per title 64,000 titles per card 1 book per day 175 Years
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Do the math
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E-READERS They grow up so fast!
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New OverDrive Media Console logo
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iPad and iPhone
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DROID!!
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Galaxy Tab 7
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Google Nexus 7
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HTC G2 Phone
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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
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Amazon Kindles
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Let’s do this live at: – http://hcplc.org http://hcplc.org
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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
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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
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The Help
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The message
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The fix
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Nook Classic
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Nook Simple Touch
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Sony Stuff
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Kobo Reader
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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 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!!
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Let’s go live again at the OverDrive catalog….
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Choose One
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Fill in the required fields
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Yahoo or Gmail or MSN
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Now fill in the fields
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Now sign in
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Or on this form…
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Enjoy in ADE
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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
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Sideloading—not rocket science
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Connection close-up: Pre-school Jigsaw Puzzle skills
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Sony Reader Connection
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Back to the Nook
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Once again, let’s go live….
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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
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Resources http://sites.google.com/a/tblc.org/digital-delight alcarlson713@yahoo.com
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Questions? http://sites.google.com/a/tblc.org/digital-delight alcarlson713@yahoo.com
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Enjoy your e-reading!
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