How to install OverDrive & check-out ebooks on your Apple iPod Touch or iPhone
1) Go to the App Store.
2) Search for OverDrive Media Console.
3) OverDrive Media Console will be a free app.
Tap on Free, then tap on Install.
4) Enter your Apple ID Password, then OK.
5) OverDrive will begin to load on your device.
6) Open OverDrive when the download is complete.
7) Tap Get Books.
8) Tap on Add a Website.
9) Enter your library by name, city or ZIP code (in this example 54022 for River Falls) and then tap Search.
10) Tap on your local library (in this example River Falls).
11) Under your library name, tap WiLS (Wisconsin Public Library Consortium).
12) You will be directed to Wisconsin's Digital Library website where you can search for ebooks and MP3 Audiobooks.
13) You will need to login. Slide the screen up and then tap on the little arrow to select your library.
14) Select the Indianhead Federated Public Library. This will work for all MORE Library Consortium library card holders.
15) Enter your library card number,
then tap Login.
(You must have an up-to-date
MORE library card with less than $10.00 in fines to check-out. If you
do not have a library card, go to your local Wisconsin public library to
sign-up for a card. To find your local IFLS library, go to
http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/Default.aspx?tabid=150 or to find your
closest local Wisconsin library go to
http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/wisysdir.html#public.)
16) You can browse for fiction or nonfiction.
17) When you find an available ebook you would like to checkout, tap on Add to My Cart. Make sure to select the EPUB format.
18) In your Cart, you will have the option to remove your selection. Slide the screen up and below Remove, tap on Proceed to Checkout.
19) Tap on Download.
20) You will need to sign in to your Adobe ID
account. Tap on Sign In.
(If you need help creating an Adobe ID,
click
here for instructions.)
21) This will bring you to Settings. Tap on Authorize with Adobe ID.
22) Enter your Adobe ID (usually an email address) and your Adobe ID password, then tap Authorize.
23) After a few moments, your account will be authorized. You will see your Adobe ID under the ebook Settings.
24) Again, tap WiLS (Wisconsin Public Library Consortium)
25) Your title will begin to load.
26) After a few moments, your ebook will be downloaded.
27) Tap the title to begin reading your ebook.
Your ebook will have an Expires on
date. In this example, the ebook expires on 2/17/11 which is a 7
day check-out.
28) You can turn the pages of your ebook by sliding to the left or right.
29) You can adjust the setting, such as font size, with the little settings icons on the top of the page.
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