Downloading Ebooks and Eaudiobooks to Your Nook Color Or
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What if the title I want is checked out? If you have found an ebook you want to check out but it is not available you can place it on hold. Click on the cover image of the book and scroll to the green Place a Hold button. (If the title is available the button will say Borrow). Click on Place a Hold. Enter your email address in both fields, then click Place Hold again. When the item is available, OverDrive will send you an email. You have exactly Downloading 72 hours to check out your hold. Make Like the Library on Facebook! Scan the image above with your portable device, sure you act quickly because after 72 or go to facebook.com/troylib eBooks and hours, that title will go to the next person in line. eAudiobooks to Follow the instructions in your email Still Need Help with eBooks? from OverDrive to check out the title. Your Nook Color The Troy Public Library has devices we can use to show you how to download items. or Nook Tablet Can I renew my books? Drop by the Technology Center in the Yes—as long as no one else has put Adult Information Department. Or bring in them on hold. Thanks to recent your device; one of our staff members can updates, you are now able to renew walk you through the steps of downloading your titles for up to 21 additional days . right here at the Library. If you have Troy Public Library Renewal can be done the Overdrive questions, call us at 248.524.3542 or Technology Center website or in the Overdrive app. email [email protected]. 248.524.3542 Where is My Account? Troy Public Library [email protected] To see what you have checked out and Technology Center view your account settings on the MCLS mobile site, click on the second icon 248.524.3542 from the left. It looks like a person. [email protected] http://troypl.org 111913 eBooks for Nook Color or Nook Tablet You will need… 7. On the MCLS website, click on “Sign In” 12. Your new book should be at the top of (top right). Type in Troy, then select Troy your bookshelf. Click the button next to A Nook Color or Tablet Public Library from the drop-down menu. the book that says “Download” then Enter your Library Card number. Then click select “EPUB ebook.” Click “Confirm A valid Troy Library Card “Sign in.” and Download” An Adobe ID (create one for free at 8. Click on the magnifying glass to open the Search Note: The first time you use the www.adobe.com) bar. Search for the title you would like to check OverDrive app, you will need to enter an Adobe ID. If you already have one, Access to Wi-Fi internet out. You can search by format and other click on “Settings” and enter your Adobe specifics using the advanced search. ID and password. If you do not have an 1. Make sure your Nook Color or Tablet is 9. While looking at search results, note that in the Adobe ID, click “Get ID.” accessing Wi-Fi internet. top right corner of the book cover image there 13. Once your Adobe ID is entered , you is an icon of a book or headphones. The book 2. On your device, click on Shops to launch can click the green “Download” button. icon denotes ebooks and the headphones icon the B&N shop. As long as the device is connected to the denotes audiobooks. If the icon is black, that internet, the title should download and 3. Search for OverDrive Media Console. title is available for checkout. If the icon is light appear on your OverDrive Media App Install the free OverDrive app. gray, the item is checked out and can be placed Bookshelf in a few seconds for eBooks, on hold. If you want to only see items that are or a few minutes for audiobooks. 4. Once installed, open the OverDrive app currently available for checkout, click the and click on the “Get Books “ icon “Available Now” button near the top right of (looks like a book with a plus sign). your search results. Navigation To navigate between the books you 5. Select “Add a Library” and search for 10. Once you have found the item you wish to have checked out (your Bookshelf) Troy Public Library. Make sure you download, click on the book cover. Scroll and the MCLS website in the App, select Troy, Michigan. down the screen and click on the green click on the button in the top right “Borrow” button. Overdrive will take you 6. Tap the star next to the MCLS logo to corner that looks like three vertical directly to your Bookshelf. save our library to your device. Once dots. Bookshelf will take you to the you have MCLS saved on your device, 11. If you checked out a book by accident, you can list of books you have checked out. you won’t have to click “Add a Library” click the “Return Title” button on your Get Books will take you to the any more. Just click on the MCLS to bookshelf. Once you have downloaded the MCLS website to check out more. launch the OverDrive website. ebook, this button will no longer appear. .