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Getting started with OverDrive
Overdrive & Libby
All links take you to the OverDrive website.
With OverDrive or Libby, you can borrow and enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from your library’s digital collection. All you need to get started is an internet connection, a library card, and these three steps:
1. Browse
Click on overdrive.com or in OverDrive's app to find our library's digital collection and browse for titles. Or use Libby (Apple, Android, Microsoft), a more user-friendly Overdrive product.
2. Borrow
Use your library card to borrow a title. Titles you've borrowed will appear on your Bookshelf under your Account.
3. Enjoy
On your Bookshelf, you'll find options for enjoying each borrowed title, like Read(read an eBook in your browser), Play, and Download (available for eBooks, audiobooks, music, and some videos).
Quick-Start Guides by Device Type
Amazon Kindle eReader devices
Amazon Kindle Fire devices
Android devices
Chromebooks
eReaders
iOS devices (Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch)
Kobo Tablets
Nook eReaders
Nook Tablets
Mac computers
MP3 Players
Windows computers
How to Return My Borrowed Materials EarlyAll links take you to the OverDrive website.
With OverDrive or Libby, you can borrow and enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from your library’s digital collection. All you need to get started is an internet connection, a library card, and these three steps:
1. Browse
Click on overdrive.com or in OverDrive's app to find our library's digital collection and browse for titles. Or use Libby (Apple, Android, Microsoft), a more user-friendly Overdrive product.
2. Borrow
Use your library card to borrow a title. Titles you've borrowed will appear on your Bookshelf under your Account.
3. Enjoy
On your Bookshelf, you'll find options for enjoying each borrowed title, like Read(read an eBook in your browser), Play, and Download (available for eBooks, audiobooks, music, and some videos).
Quick-Start Guides by Device Type
Amazon Kindle eReader devices
Amazon Kindle Fire devices
Android devices
Chromebooks
eReaders
iOS devices (Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch)
Kobo Tablets
Nook eReaders
Nook Tablets
Mac computers
MP3 Players
Windows computers
Libby: an even easier version of Overdrive for
Last Update: 12Aug2017
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SELF-e
Self-publish your ebook at no cost!
After submitting to SELF-e, your ebook can be shared with patrons of participating libraries across your state or province. If your book is selected by Library Journal, it will also be available alongside other great indie reads in participating libraries across the U.S. and Canada.
The PatronsFirst™ mobile library. Digital collections of books, audio, video, and more from around the world. Curated by subject.
SELF-e
Self-publish your ebook at no cost!
After submitting to SELF-e, your ebook can be shared with patrons of participating libraries across your state or province. If your book is selected by Library Journal, it will also be available alongside other great indie reads in participating libraries across the U.S. and Canada.
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