Thursday, September 6, 2012

How to Download Library ebooks to Kindle


Kindle Instruction

  1. Be sure you have the following:
    1. Kindle
    2. Computer (Not necessary if you have a Kindle Fire)
    3. Library Card and password/PIN
    4. Amazon account user name and password

  1. Go to your own library's website
    1. Click on “Downloadable Media”
    2. Click on “Advanced Search”
    3. For “Format”, select “Kindle”
***To limit to e-books with available copies, select “Only Show Titles With Copies Available.”***

  1. Downloading an e-book
    1. Decide on e-book, find “Kindle Book”, and click on “Add to Cart.”
    2. Click on “Proceed to Check Out.”
    3. Sign in with library card number and password/PIN
    4. Pick “lending period”: 21 days, 14 days, 7 days
      e. Click on “Confirm Checkout”

  1. Click on “Get for Kindle”.  This opens the Amazon Web Site
    1. Click on “Get Library Book”
    2. Sign in to Amazon account(e-mail and password)
    3. Drop down menu, “Deliver to:”
                                                              i.      Registered Kindle
                                                           ii.      Transfer to a computer
                                                         iii.      Register a new Kindle
      d. Click on “Download Now.”

Delivery is either wirelessly or via USB from your computer to Kindle
If you send to a Registered Kindle, the next time you connect to WIFI, the e-book will download to the patron’s Kindle.

  1. If you don’t have a wireless signal, you can choose to “download now”.
    1. Save File
    2. Saved to downloads folder
    3. Can open up in Windows Explorer
    4. Go into downloads where you can see the title of the e-book
    5. Copy the title of the e-book
    6. Go to Kindle, which is plugged into the computer
    7. Go to My Documents
    8. Paste in the title which is then available to read in Kindle

  1. When finished with the book and you want to return earlier:
    1. Go to Amazon.com and click on “Your Account”
    2. Go to “Manage Your Kindle”
This will have a list of e-books checked out from the library
    1. Go to “Actions” tab
    2. Select “Return this Book”
    3. Click “Yes”
    4. “Actions”
    5. To delete this book from my library, Go to “Actions”
    6. “Delete from library”
    7. Click “Yes”

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