Daniel Boone Regional Library

Downloadable eBooks From OverDrive

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Are you an eBook convert or are you thinking about it? We’re ready to help you fill your screens with our downloadable eBook collection featuring over 3000 popular fiction and nonfiction titles for all ages.

You check out these eBooks through our OverDrive service and read them on your computer or transfer them to any number of compatible e-reader devices including the Nook, the Kindle and the iPad.

Learn the basics of finding and downloading an eBook with our Quick Start Guide.

Browse Downloadable eBooks

Basics

• Before you use the service with a computer or e-reader (not including the Kindle), you will need to download, install and register the free Adobe Digital Editions software.
• Log in to the OverDrive service with your library card number and password/PIN.
• Check out up to 7 titles at a time (for 7, 14 or 21 days). Return them early if you want.
• You can place a hold on eBook titles that are on loan to someone else.
• Compatible e-readers include the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader. View a complete list of compatible devices.
• If you have an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android device, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone device you can download an app that allows quick access to the eBook collection.

Tips/Notes

• Having trouble finding available titles to check out? Click on Advanced Search, choose a format (Adobe ePUB eBook), subject (e.g. fiction) and click the box next to “Only show titles with copies available.”
• Items cannot be renewed. You must add the book to your cart and check it out again after the check-out period has expired.

eBooks From EBSCO (NetLibrary)

The library also offers an online collection of 23,000 non-downloadable eBooks through a subscription to EBSCO. Titles in this collection are read on your computer while you are connected to the Internet. Most of these titles are adult nonfiction or classic literature. Learn more.