( Android market, iTunes app store, or see Kindle below.) Install OverDrive Meda Console App to your Device.The following are steps to follow when trying to read library books on phones and tablets (Kindle-see below): You can download books to your computer first and then upload to your devices, but that seemed redundant to me with WiFi and my need for immediacy. How To Read Free Library Books on Mobile Devices and Tablets Nook: You can also use the library system, but I won’t be covering that today.But that has finally changed… my Amazon friends. Kindle: This is new people! It was my biggest complaint about the Kindle, that it didn’t play nice with library books.Android phones and Tablets: You must download it from Android Market since Amazon does not carry it.iPad: You can download the OverDrive app for your iPad via iTunes App Store.Devices for Free Library eBooks and Audio Books There are other e-reader apps but this is the main one that syncs with your local library. For Kindle, you don’t need to download the app, but you will need to connect with your library’s ereader system (which likely is part of the OverDrive family). OverDrive Media Console is the main one for Apple, PC, and Android. Not to mention, uploading to your phone can have glitches or (on my phone) the chapters load all out of order. Picking up audio books on CD at the library and then downloading 20+ discs to my laptop first. You see, a good audio friend never lets you down on the treadmill or conveniently ‘forgets’ to join you at the gym. Talk about blocking out the world (and ignoring the countdown on the elliptical) when you have Anna Karenina in your ear! And even more important, I want an audio book for my cell phone. I want to ‘check-out’ fabulous (and free) ebooks on my iPad for my late-night reading addiction. I have an iPad, a Kindle (an older model), and an Android phone. But, now that I'm surrounded by technology, I’ve been dying to figure out how to use my various mobile devices to check out free library books. I'm the person who will drive across town to save a few pennies on gas and then realize I spent more dimes on the extra four miles than I saved on gas! So, what is a cheap person to do when it comes to reading? That's easy.
Frugal is a nicer word so let’s go with that. Technology: How To Download Free Library Books to an iPad, Kindle, or Cell Phoneīy Carissa Rogers on January 27th, 2012 | No Comments »
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