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5. Returning Kindle Early

EBooks are returned automatically of your loan period. can return eBooks eBooks early by logging in to your account at @ Pittsford Community Amazon.com and selecting “Manage Your Kin- dle” under the “Your Account” menu. Lending Periods for On the “Manage Your Kindle” page you will *For Kindle Fire & HD, the pamphlet see a list of all the eBooks you have either eBooks for Tablets & purchased from Amazon or borrowed  You can check out up to 12 eBooks at from the library. one plus have 8 titles on hold.

Click on the “Actions...” button that corre- sponds with the you want to return  content disappears at the end of a early and then select “Return this book” from lending period. OverDrive allows you to the drop down menu (See Figure 3 below). check out materials for 7 days, 14 days, or 21 days. You can renew no one has it on hold.

 To set your lending period, go to your Account and choose “Settings.” This is where you set your default settings for future use.

 There are no hold fees or overdue fees with eBooks. You can renew an eBook 3 days before it is due if no one has it on hold. Go to your book- shelf on the Overdrive . The renew button will be located next to the return date.  Enjoy eReading! Pittsford Community Library Click the renew button. 24 State Street Pittsford, NY 14534 (585) 248-6275 Kindle eBook Devices Once you click the “Borrow” button, it will load in Transferring an eBook to Your Kindle via USB your Bookshelf where you next click “Download.” Cable 1. Overview That will open for you to choose your format. Select “Transfer via ” from the drop Choose “Kindle” and then confirm & download. You can borrow Kindle eBooks from the down menu next to the text that reads “Deliver Next, the web page will go to your Amazon Monroe County Library System. to.” Select the name of the Kindle which you will account* and display a yellow “Get Library Book” be transferring the eBook to and click Visit overdrive.libraryweb.org to view the button on the right-hand side of the web page “Continue.” library’s eBook catalog. (See Figure 2 on the next page). Next, a pop-up window will prompt you to save Most eBooks can be downloaded to your *You may have to sign into your Amazon account first the file. Select “Save File” and then click “OK.” Kindle wirelessly. However, some must and then go back to your bookshelf and download the This will save the eBook to your default down- be downloaded to a computer and trans- title again so it leads directly to the “Get Library Book” ferred to your Kindle via a USB cable. yellow button. loads folder. Kindle Fire App 4. an eBook on Your Kindle Connect your Kindle to your computer. Copy the eBook from your downloads folder to the Kindle Fire and HD owners will want to After you log in to Amazon’s website, you can “documents” folder on your Kindle. The eBook reference the “eBooks for Smartphones and choose to deliver the eBook to your Kindle will then appear on your Kindle’s screen. Tablets” pamphlet for instructions on how to wirelessly or download the eBook to your use the library eBook and app. computer and manually transfer it to your Kindle with a USB cable. EBooks that must be down- Figure 2. loaded to a computer first will not give you the 2. Using the OverDrive Catalog option to transfer wirelessly. Using a computer, visit the OverDrive eBook Transferring an eBook to Your Kindle Wirelessly catalog at overdrive.libraryweb.org. Select your Kindle from the drop menu next to From the OverDrive homepage, eBooks can the text that reads “Deliver to” and click the be browsed by clicking the menu icon. You “Continue” button. Your Kindle will automatically can also search the catalog by keyword using download the eBook wirelessly next time it the search bar with the magnifying glass at connects to Wi-Fi. the top right of the page. Figure 1. Pittsford Community Library 3. Borrowing an eBook

To check out an eBook, click the then click “Borrow” (See Figure 1 on the next page). If an eBook is unavailable, the “Borrow” link will instead read “Place a Hold.” You can choose up to 4 titles to place on hold.