OverDrive gets a new look
Our OverDrive digital media collection has a new look, designed to make it easier to use the site and find what you want. Sign In and account buttons are now in a brown bar near top of the page, and the Search box is more prominent. Digital checkouts and holds still work exactly the same way; only the look has changed.
Read details in our blog.
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Have questions about downloading eBooks and audiobooks? OverDrive Help also has been redesigned! Read our blog.
eBooks for eBeginners
If you are wondering how to get started with eBooks, your Library is here to help:
- Read this blog for an introduction and lots of helpful links.
- See step-by-step instructions for Nook, Kindle and other devices, listed in the eBranch Toolbox.
- If you haven't decided yet on an eReader or tablet computer, read this blog.
- Library staff occasionally provide tech trainings at various branches. Check Computers & Technology listings in our calendar.
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Digital media: eBooks, audio and more
Your library card gives you access to eBooks and audiobooks, music and movies that can be downloaded to various portable devices. Looking for eBooks for children? Check out TumbleBooks on the Kids pages.
Safari
Safari Tech and Business Books provides eBooks that are read online via your web browser.
- Technology, digital media and business eBooks and videos
- 10,000 titles to choose from
- Ideal ready-reference resource
- Unlimited checkouts, no need for reserves
- Titles always available
- Full text searching
- Can search several eBooks simultaneously
- No download necessary
- Mac compatibility
- Need your library card number for remote access (outside the library)
OverDrive
OverDrive offers a variety of formats for PC, Mac or portable devices.
- Audiobooks, eBooks, music, TV, movies
- Place holds and build a wish list
- Transfer audiobooks in WMA and MP3 formats
- iPad, iPhone and Mac compatible
- Apps for mobile devices.
- For audio and video, download OverDrive Media Console
- For eBooks, download Adobe Digital Editions
- For Kindle Books, read on Kindle device or via Kindle apps.
- Need your library card number and PIN [What is my PIN?]
Tips for new users
OverDrive FAQ
Supported Portable Audio Devices
Supported eBook Devices
Gutenberg eBooks
OverDrive provides a user-friendly platform for searching and downloading public domain eBook titles from Project Gutenberg.
- Over 34,000 titles
- EPUB format
- Items always available, no need for reserves
- Downloads never expire, and they do not count against your OverDrive checkout limit
- Includes classic literature that often appears on school reading lists
- Mac compatibility
- Mobile-friendly site for use on your mobile device
- No additional software required
- Don’t even need your library card number!
More online sources of digital media
The Library subscribes to Overdrive and Safari to provide premium eBooks and digital media, including bestselling fiction, popular authors, and timely nonfiction. Also available online are several non-commercial sources of eBooks and other digital media. Many free titles are classics and "public domain" works.
Here is a sampling of sources to explore:
- Books Should Be Free (audiobooks)
- Classic Reader
- Internet Movie Archive
- LibriVox (audiobooks)
- ManyBooks.net
- Project Gutenberg (Official site*)
- World Public Library
