I just joined the public library here and they are members of Overdrive which allows you to download eBooks and audio books to your IOS device. I downloaded the Overdrive app and I am still working with it but what worked out well was that when I found an eBook that I wanted from the library I was able to download it as a Kindle format. It then switched me to the page on Amazon and I had to click on Get your library loan or whatever the Get link was. Then it showed up in the Kindle app on my phone and will be available for my iPad as well for two weeks.
The searching from the Overdrive app is very difficult. I got to it on my laptop through the website for my local library. You need a library card number to download a book. A lot of the better books are not available immediately but you can put a hold on up to five of them. The ones you actually download will stay on your app for two weeks. I have been locating these because my husband reads eBooks and he is totally incompetent on the computer. Some tips about searching on the Overdrive website...When you put in an author’s whole name such as Michael Conley it finds all the books by a Michael or a Conley and you have to go through a lot that way. I started just putting the last name and then doing Jaws searches on each page for the first name. I also had some luck using the advanced search and choosing various subjects from the drop down menu such as mystery. Then when you find an author you were looking for you can click on it and find more books by her or him. this was actually more successful for me. Anyway I saw some people asking about the free loan of Kindle books with the Amazon Prime and this is much better since you can have up to 5 books at a time for free. And the Amazon Prime loans won’t work on the Kindle app, just Kindle machines. Just a note...I also like the fact that I can send documents that I want to read on the Kindle to my personal mailto:[email protected] and they also get loaded to the Kindle app through Amazon. I like this for some of my reference material that I need to have handy such as the blue tooth keyboard shortcuts, etc.. HTH, Sherrie Gosling -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
