How to get library eBooks on the Amazon® Kindle

From the Overdrive Blog:

Here is the process for checking out a library eBook for Kindle:

• Visit your library’s ‘Virtual Branch’ website
• Browse and check out a Kindle book.
• Click the ‘Get for Kindle’ button. This opens the Amazon.com website. You may be required to sign in with your Amazon.com account if you are not already logged in.
• Select a Kindle device or Kindle reading app. Click the ‘Get library book’ button and sync your device or app to download the book, or choose to send it to your device via USB.
• An active Wi-Fi connection is required for wireless delivery to a Kindle device.  If your Kindle is not Wi-Fi capable or you do not have an active Wi-Fi connection, read Amazon’s instructions for transferring files via USB.

Kindle compatibility with library eBooks also takes full advantage of Amazon’s Whispersync technology.  If you check out the eBook again at a later date or choose to purchase the eBook from the Kindle Store, all of your notes, bookmarks and highlights will be preserved.  The last page read will also be synced between your Kindle and free Kindle reading apps.
For more details, please check the Help pages and FAQs on our Overdrive site.

How to get library eBooks on the Amazon® Kindle:
The library world is atwitter (literally a tweet per second!) about library eBook lending on the Kindle for public and school libraries in the US. For details, check out our blog post from yesterday.

You asked, and now we’ve answered: Here’s a how-to video so you and your users can learn how to browse, checkout and get eBooks for Kindle. Feel free to share!




Brianne Carlon is a public relations specialist at OverDrive.