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Getting a library the book on your Kindle Fire.
To complete this you will need your Kindle Fire,
your library card, the OverDrive Media Console
app installed and registered and a wireless connection to the Internet.
Slide your finger across the screen to wake up your Kindle Fire.
First let's make sure we're connected to the wireless.
Touch the wireless symbol in the upper right hand corner.
Now touch "Wireless" or "wifi".
Make sure wireless networking or wireless
is set to "On". If you are not connected,
touch the wireless network you would like to join.
Enter the password if needed and touch
"Connect".
You are now connected to the Internet.
Touch the house or home button
to go back to the homepage.
Let's get an ebook from the library! First
find OverDrive Media Console from your carousel
of items and touch it to open it.
Okay now let's get a book. If you have the older model Kindle Fire
touch the menu button that looks like this
in the lower middle part of the screen and then touch
"Get Books". If you have the newer model Kindle Fire
touch the Get books icon in the upper portion of the screen.
Now let's add your library. On the older model Kindle Fire
the "Add a Library" button is at the bottom,
like this. On the newer Kindle Fire
the "Add a library button" is at the top. Touch
on the "Add a library" button. You can search for your library by its name
the name of your community or by zip code and touching "Search."
You can also browse for your library by touching
"Browse for libraries".
Find your library on the list
and touch its name.
You will now see the Ohio digital library listed.
Touch "The Ohio Digital Library" to continue
You can either search for a book by touching the magnifying glass
icon to search by name
or by touching the menu and selecting a category.
Today let's touch ebook non-fiction
and then we'll search for art.
To find something available today let's touch
"Available Now".
You can tell an item is available if the icon
in the upper right hand corner is dark. For example
The book of Shrigley is available. Touching on the cover of a book
tells us more about it.
On a Kindle Fire dragging your finger
up and down the page will move the page up and down.
Scroll down to check out this item. Touch
"Borrow" to borrow the item.
On a Kindle Fire touching a text entry box will bring up
a keyboard. You will now be prompted now to select your library.
Touch the text box to bring up the keyboard and type the name of your
library.
Or touch "Click here for a complete list of libraries"
to see a full list of libraries.
Now enter your library card number and in some cases
your pin number and touch "Sign in".
Here you will be prompted for the browser to remember your password.
If you share your device with another person you may not wish
the browser to remember your password.
Now
click on the upside down triangle so that we can select
the formatted to download.
Now
click on "EPUB ebook".
Now let's select "Confirm and download".
Your ebook will now download. Now it's time to go back to our bookshelf.
If you have the older model Kindle Fire,
touch the menu button in the bottom that looks like this
and then touch "Bookshelf". If you have to newer model Kindle Fire
touch the three dots in the upper right hand corner.
This will bring up a menu. From there
touch "Bookshelf". You should now see your titled listed.
Touch the cover to open it.
You will now see a message like this one on how to navigate the
ebook. Touch "Close" to continue.
Here's your ebook. You can turn the pages by swiping your finger from the
outside right margin
inward. That's all! Happy reading!