Kindle Instruction
- Be sure you have the following:
- Kindle
- Computer (Not
necessary if you have a Kindle Fire)
- Library Card and password/PIN
- Amazon account user name and password
- Go to your own library's website
- Click on “Downloadable Media”
- Click on “Advanced Search”
- For “Format”, select “Kindle”
***To
limit to e-books with available copies, select “Only Show Titles With Copies
Available.”***
- Downloading an e-book
- Decide on e-book, find “Kindle Book”, and click on “Add to Cart.”
- Click on “Proceed to Check Out.”
- Sign in with library card number and
password/PIN
- Pick “lending period”: 21 days, 14 days, 7
days
e. Click on “Confirm Checkout”
- Click on “Get for Kindle”. This opens the Amazon Web Site
- Click on “Get Library Book”
- Sign in to Amazon account(e-mail and
password)
- 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.
- If you don’t have a wireless signal, you can
choose to “download now”.
- Save File
- Saved to downloads folder
- Can open up in Windows Explorer
- Go into downloads where you can see the title
of the e-book
- Copy the title of the e-book
- Go to Kindle, which is plugged into the
computer
- Go to My Documents
- Paste in the title which is then available to
read in Kindle
- When finished with the book and you want to
return earlier:
- Go to Amazon.com and click on “Your Account”
- Go to “Manage Your Kindle”
This
will have a list of e-books checked out from the library
- Go to “Actions” tab
- Select “Return this Book”
- Click “Yes”
- “Actions”
- To delete this book from my library, Go to
“Actions”
- “Delete from library”
- Click “Yes”
Youtube
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