OverDrive eBooks may be downloaded directly onto a Sony Reader Wi-Fi. Be sure to have the Reader connected to a wireless network.
A software upgrade is now available so that Google Play and its 500,000+ Android apps may be accessible on the Kobo Vox. This includes the ability to easily install the free OverDrive Media Console app necessary to borrow library eBooks and audiobooks from Oakville Public Library’s Libraries on the Go service.
Oakville Public Library now has more eReaders available for you to borrow; choose from a Kobo or a Kindle and place your hold online. 30+ titles are already loaded on each device so there’s always something good to read while you give the device a test run. To see the titles loaded on the eReader, click on the eReader’s name e.g. Kobo EReader Bestsellers 3. Note that you are able to borrow eReaders for up to 14 days.
The OverDrive Media Console App for BlackBerry PlayBook is now available in BlackBerry App World. Be sure to install the PlayBook’s operating system update OS2.0; do this from the PlayBook’s Settings feature and select ‘Software Updates’ and then ‘Check for Updates’. Use the OverDrive Media Console App for BlackBerry Playbook to download eBooks and audiobooks from Oakville Public Library’s Libraries on the Go website for use on the BlackBerry PlayBook. BlackBerry smartphones are compatible with OverDrive using the OverDrive Media Console App for BlackBerry. Read the rest of this entry »
1. Libraries on the Go eBook and audiobook titles are not transferred from a PC/MAC to an iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, Android device, BlackBerry or Windows Phone 7. Libraries on the Go eBooks and audiobooks are downloaded directly onto these devices using the OverDrive Media Console app.
If you are using a Sony Reader Wi-Fi, please see Downloading eBooks from OverDrive/Libraries on the Go to a Sony Reader Wi-Fi.
1. Without plugging the eReader into the computer, go to http://librariesonthego.library.on.ca and download Adobe Digital Editions software (located on right side column of webpage).
This short “cheat sheet” documents which devices and computers are compatible with eBooks from Libraries on the Go.
Unfortunately, Kindles in Canada are not compatible with the Libraries on the Go service provided by OverDrive. Kindles use a proprietary eBook format offered from Amazon and do not support standard DRM-protected EPUB or PDF eBook formats. For more information on compatible and incompatible eBook devices, please see the OverDrive Device Resource Center webpage located at: http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx?type=ebook
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