How does a library loan ebooks

This works for any ereader, tablet, or smartphone. Because OverDrive relies on an internet connection to retrieve the book and because airplane mode disables the internet connection, doing this means you get to keep your book for longer. Of course, this has drawbacks. If you rely on a smartphone to read and want to keep your library ebooks longer, putting your phone in airplane mode essentially turns it into a brick or, you know, just a regular phone that also has reading capabilities and a limited library and maybe some games.

One Time Only: Kindle only allows you to loan a title once—not just once per person, but once total. Short Window: As mentioned before, your book can only be shared for 14 days. If you want to return the book before that date, you can do so by deleting the book from your Kindle library. Linking accounts to Amazon Household will allow you to share Prime benefits and digital content, including Kindle books and audiobooks.

With Family Library, there are no limits on what books you can share or time frames for lending, and you can both read a book simultaneously. If you are having trouble with obtaining an e-book from the OverDrive service, we recommend you contact your local public library and speak to a reference librarian.

Most librarians are familiar with the process of obtaining digital books. Some libraries may not host their collections with OverDrive. If this is the case, a librarian can direct you to the correct location for obtaining books. Additionally, if you do not have a library card, a librarian can help you with the process. The best classic movies on Hulu right now.

Watch Webb Space Telescope team share thoughts on mission. Best Buy laptop deals for January An older version of Adobe Digital Editions can be found at this link. The first time you run Adobe Digital Editions, it will prompt you for authorization.

This is completely optional and is not linked to your Open Library ID. You can authorize your computer at a later date by going under the Help menu of ADE and selecting the "Authorize computer If you have a Kindle Fire, you will need to "sideload" an Adobe Digital Editions compatible application.

Here is a handout from one of our partner libraries explaining the process. New: Adobe Digital Editions is now available for Ipad. Before you start, register an Adobe ID. You'll need to do this once. If you don't have one, create one at this page. Here are step-by-step instructions for Aldiko Reader 1. Select My Catalogs at the top and tap New Catalog on the green bar at the top. Create an entry for the Open Library using openlibrary.

Tap on the library and sign in. When you have found a book you like, check it out. When the next screen comes up, select the pdf or epub version. You will then be prompted to enter your Adobe id and password. Your book will then download into Aldiko and you can open it and read it at your leisure. The only downside to this process is that books can not be returned early via non-Adobe applications, so you'll just have to let them expire or we can return them early if you need to free up space on your loans list.