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You can download most books directly to your Sony Reader with a wi-fi connection; however some books must be downloaded to a computer first and transferred to your device using a USB cable.

Downloading Directly to Sony Reader Wi-fi Downloading to a Computer and Transferring to Sony 1. Press the Home button, tap the arrow at the bottom Reader Using USB Cable right corner of the screen, then tap Public Library. 1. On your computer, go to www.multcolib.org. Click 2. Search or Browse for Multnomah County Library. Explore, then E-books. Click on Library2Go icon. 3. Tap on Multnomah County Library. Then tap on Scroll to the bottom of the page and look for Software Oregon Digital Library Consortium. on the left side. Click on Adobe Digital Editions. 4. You will see the mobile version of Library2Go. To Click the Get Adobe Digital Editions button. The get to the full version of the site, tap the address bar. program will open once installation is complete. In the section that reads /40/20/, erase those numbers 2. You will be prompted to create an Adobe account and and replace them with /10/438/. then to authorize your computer. If you do not have an 5. Tap the Heart shape in the upper right corner. Then Adobe ID already, you must create an Adobe account. tap Add Bookmark for easy access in the future. 3. Keep Adobe Digital Editions open and attach your Sony 6. On Library2Go’s home page, login by choosing your Reader to your computer via USB cable. You will be library and entering your library card number and PIN. prompted to authorize your device. Follow the click- through path to authorize your device. 7. Search for books by using Advanced Search and choosing Adobe EPUB or Adobe PDF format. 4. Follow steps 1-12 from above on a computer. 8. Once you find a book you want, tapAdd 2Go Cart 5. Choose Open when asked if you want to open or save next to the format that says Adobe EPUB or Adobe this file. The title will automatically open in Adobe Digital PDF. Sony Readers work best with Adobe EPUB. Editions. If it doesn’t automatically open, locate the downloaded file, which ends in “.acsm”, double-click it If all copies of a title are checked out, you will see a and select Adobe Digital Editions to open it. Place Hold button. Tap Place Hold and you will receive an email when a copy becomes available. 6. The book cover should appear in the black box at the right of the Adobe Digital Editions window. 9. Tap Proceed to Checkout. 7. Click & drag the book icon from the black box on the 10. Choose your Lending Period from the drop-down right to the Sony Reader link in your Bookshelves list. menu. 8. Detach the Sony Reader from the computer. 11. Tap Confirm Checkout. 9. Go to Books, to see and open your downloaded title. 12. Tap Download. 13. Press the Home button, then tap Books. 14. Tap the downloaded title in your list of books to Returning an E-book Early open the book. 1. On your computer, open Adobe Digital Editions. 2. Click on the Library View icon to display your library. 3. Under Bookshelves, search for the title you want to return in either All Items or Borrowed. 4. Click on the book and an Item Options arrow will appear in the upper left-hand corner of the book. 5. Click on the Item Options arrow and choose Return Borrowed Item. 6. Click Return to verify that you want to return the e-book.

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