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How to Download eBooks onto a Sony

Set Up Your Sony

• Install the Reader App for your computer at http://ebookstore.sony.com/download, and create a Reader Store account, or sign in to your existing account.
• Connect Sony Reader (fully charged and turned on) to the computer with the USB connector.
• In the Reader Store pane, click the Store tab, and then click My Account.
• At bottom of page go to Manage Devices under My Authorized Devices. Click Authorize this device to register your Sony Reader to your Reader Store account.
• After registering, install Adobe Digital Editions. Available for download at Hayner’s website from the OverDrive home page under Digital Software on the bottom left side.

Search and Download eBooks

• Go to Hayner’s website at www.haynerlibrary.org, and click on the OverDrive icon on right side.
• Search eBook collection on OverDrive by browsing eBook Fiction, eBook Nonfiction categories on left side, or expand topics in center of page by clicking on “complete list,” or simply use search box.
• If no copies of a title are available to check out, click on “place a hold” to reserve it.
• If your title is available, click on “add to cart” directly across from Adobe EPUB eBook, or Adobe PDF eBook. This will take you to My Cart where you select Proceed to Checkout.
• At the Sign In page, you must select your home library from the list of participating libraries. Enter your library card number and 4-digit PIN.
• At the Check Out page, choose a lending period of either 14 or 7 days. Then click Confirm checkout.
• At the Download page, click Download. A pop-up will appear. Choose to open with Adobe Digital Editions.

Transfer eBook to Your Sony

• Plug your Sony into your computer. Sony (PRS-300) will show up under Bookshelves in Adobe screen.
• Book will download to that screen. Then click on Library View (icon of books, upper left).
• Drag and drop the book onto the Sony icon found below Bookshelves.
• Book will show up on your Sony device home page under Books by Title.

To Return Items Early

• Hover your mouse over the book in Adobe Digital Editions.
• Click on the small arrow in top left of the book cover. Then click on Return Borrowed Item.
• On your Sony, choose the book title that was returned, and under Utilities from the Options page, choose Delete to remove returned title from your device.

Set up your computer

• Click on the OverDrive icon on the right-hand side of Hayner’s website.
• To download, read, and transfer eBooks, you must download and install Adobe Digital Editions, free software available from our OverDrive site, found under Digital Software on the left.
• To download and install Adobe Digital Editions for the one-time installation on your personal computer:
  • Click Launch to run the software. Then select Authorize Computer.
  • Click the link Get an Adobe ID and follow the instructions. (You must create an account to transfer OverDrive eBooks from your computer to your Nook. You transfer eBooks using Adobe Digital Editions).
  • Return to the activation screen. Enter your Adobe ID and password to activate computer.
  • Click Activate and then Finish.
  • Activate your Nook by plugging it into your computer with Adobe Digital Editions open.
  • Adobe Digital Editions will detect your Nook and ask to activate it using your Adobe ID.

Search for and download your eBooks

• Go to OverDrive and search or browse the collection. You can go directly to eBooks by choosing View all eBooks found under Collection on the left. Adobe EPUB eBooks and Adobe PDF eBooks are compatible with Nooks.
• Select add to cart for the title you want. If the title is already checked out, you may reserve it by selecting place a hold.
• After you have added a title to My Cart, select Proceed to Checkout.
• At the Sign In page, you must select your home library from the list of participating libraries. Enter your library card number and 4-digit PIN.
• At the Check Out page, choose a lending period, either 14 or 7 days. Then click Confirm checkout.
• At the Download page, select Download. When asked, select “Open.” The title will automatically open in Adobe Digital Editions. (If it doesn’t automatically open, locate the downloaded file, which ends in “.acsm”, double click it and select Adobe Digital Editions to open it.

Transfer your eBook to your Nook

• Plug Nook into computer. Adobe Digital Editions will recognize Nook. Nook will show up under Bookshelves on left side of Adobe screen.
• Click on Library View (icon of books, upper left) in Adobe Digital Editions to view your titles.
• Drag and drop the title you wish to transfer onto the Nook icon found below Bookshelves in the left pane of Adobe Digital Editions.
• Safely remove your Nook from the computer.
• Touch the menu icon at the bottom of your Nook for My Library. Your book(s) will appear under “My Documents.” Use the up or down arrows to highlight your choice. Touch the o button on right to open.

To return items early

• Hover your mouse over the book in Adobe Digital Editions. Nook needs to be plugged in with USB.

Click on the small arrow in top left of the book cover. Then click on Return Borrowed Item.

Set Up Your Kindle

• You must register your Kindle before downloading.
• To register, press Menu, then select Settings, and choose “register.”
• Enter your Amazon.com user name and password (the same one associated with your Amazon account). Select “OK” to finish the registration.

Search and Download Kindle eBooks

• Go to Hayner’s website at www.haynerlibrary.org, and click on the OverDrive icon on the right side of screen.
• Search the collection of eBooks. If there are no available copies of a title you wish to check out, you can click on “place a hold” to reserve it.
• If your title is available, click on “add to cart” directly across from Kindle Book. This will take you to My Cart where you select Proceed to Checkout.
• At the Sign In page, you must select your home library from the list of participating libraries. Enter your library card number and 4-digit PIN.
• At the Check Out page, choose a lending period of either 14 or 7 days. Then click Confirm checkout.
• At the Download page, select “Get for Kindle.” You will then be directed to Amazon.com.
• Sign in to your Amazon account if you are not already signed in, then click “Get library book” (the yellow button on the right-hand side).
• The book will be delivered to your Kindle. You may need to click on the Kindle “Sync” button (looks like a refresh button) for the book to appear, or just turn the device off and on.
• Note: An active WiFi connection is required for wireless delivery to a Kindle. Instead of WiFi connection, you may choose to load your book via USB. To transfer using your USB: Choose the Download option on the Amazon page where your book appears. A box will appear, where you will choose to Save the download. On your computer, go to Computer, then the Download file found under Favorites. Find your book title, and click and drag it to Kindle Documents.

To Return a Kindle eBook Early

• Go to www.amazon.com and sign in to your Amazon account.
• From the Kindle Support menu on the right, select “Manage Your Kindle.”
• Next to the book title (“public library” will follow title) you want to return, select the Action dropdown menu, and choose “Return this book,” and then “Delete from library” after book is returned.
• To remove the book from your Kindle device, click the arrow to the left of the title just returned, and then click “remove from device.”