Getting Started In Digital Books

First, Print This Page as a search reference.

Go to the R.E.A.D.S. website

On the bottom left (Digital Book Software) are links for the software you will need to read the eBooks and listen to the Audiobooks.

To download the AudioBook software, click on OverDrive Media Console. 

To download the eBook software, click on Get Adobe reader. You may already have this on your computer.

Search: Under Basic Search, enter search text and click GO

For example: Search for:  101 Best Cover Letters  In Title In Adobe eBook

Click add to cart link.

On the My Cart page, click the Continue Browsing or Proceed to Checkout link.

Checkout:

At the Sign In - My READS Account on the State map click on the Reelfoot region.

Select your library (W. G. Rhea Public Library) from the drop down list and enter your library card number.  Click Sign In. 

Click Confirm Check out.  When you click this link the ebook or audiobook is checked out and the loan period begins at this moment, not from the time you download the title.

The title is now in your eBookshelf.  It will remain there until you download the title or until the end of the two-week loan period. 

Click Download.  At this point you may get a message saying you must upgrade your security.  See Security Upgrade Page for more explanation.

If you are downloading an ebook, the Adobe Reader software will automatically open and the ebook will remain in the Adobe Reader program for the two-week checkout period.   (Note: You can return an ebook.) If you are downloading an audiobook, the OverDrive Media Console software will automatically open.  You will be asked into which folder you want the file to be placed.  Click OK.  You will then have the option of downloading some or all of the parts of the audiobook.  Click OK.   (Note:  You cannot return an audiobook.)

R.E.A.D.S. will NOT work with Apple iPods .  MP3 Players only A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital music files.  It is more commonly referred to as an MP3 player (because of that format’s ubiquity), but DAPs often play many additional file formats.  Some formats are proprietary, such as MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Advanced Audio Codec (AAC).   (taken from en.Wikipedia.org) 

Website that lists devices that WILL work with R.E.A.D.S.:

www.playsforsure.com/FindPortableDevices.aspx

Most, perhaps all, MP3 players come with software that must be installed onto the owner’s computer.  This software makes it possible to copy content (music, audiobooks, etc.) from the computer to the MP3 player.