OD Downloading onto your Nook Simple Touch (Overdrive)

Get a : 1. Go to www.mentorpl.org. 2. Click on the EBOOKS link in the grey line at the top of the screen. 3. Browse or search our collection for the title you want.  Search by book title or author by typing in the search bar.  Browse by category by clicking the appropriate category link in the grey bar.  You can narrow the search by choosing “Only titles with copies available” from the Show Me: box.

4. When you find a book you’re interested in, click on it.  If the book is currently checked out to another patron, select “Place a Hold” to get on the waiting list. OverDrive (our downloading service) will email you when the title becomes available. 5. If the book is available for check out, select Borrow. 6. Enter your library card number. (All 14 digits, no spaces.) 7. Select Confirm & Download.  Click in the box in front of EPUB eBook format.  Do not select Read. This option only allows you to read the book on your computer while connected to the Internet. 8. Once the book has finished downloading, “open” the book. The book should automatically open in . (**If you do not have Adobe Digital Editions please read the directions at the bottom of page 2.)

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Transfer to your Nook: 9. Open Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). 10. Connect your NOOK to the computer using the USB cable.  The first time you do this, Adobe will ask you to Authorize the Device. Do so. 11. If ADE opens your book, click on the Library button to go to the main title page. 12. Click and drag the book from the right side of the window to the left panel where the Nook is listed. Drop the book on the Nook link. The book will transfer to the Nook.

Return Library Books Early:  You can have up to 5 items out 1. Open Adobe Digital Editions.  eBooks checkout for up to 2 2. Go to the main page. weeks 3. Right-click on the book you would like to return.  Borrowed eBooks return 4. A menu will appear. Click Return Borrowed Item. themselves.  “Always Available” eBooks are yours to keep.

Activate Adobe Digital Editions: 1. If you do not have Adobe Digital Editions on your computer, go to www.MentorPL.org and click eBooks or the OverDrive button. 2. Click the Account button and put in your library card number. 3. Click the Get the App button to the right of the Borrow/My Account screen and download Adobe Digital Editions.  If you already have an Adobe ID and password, enter it here when directed.  If you already do not have an Adobe ID, go to Adobe.com and create an account (called an Adobe ID) – with an email address and password. 4. Open Adobe Digital Editions. 5. Open the “Help” menu and click “Authorize Computer.” 6. Enter your Adobe ID by putting in the email address and password into the appropriate fields. THIS EMAIL ADDRESS MUST EXACTLY MATCH THE ONES USED ON YOUR NOOK AND BN.COM ACCOUNT. 7. Click the Activate button.

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