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The
Process
1.
Sign In to Your on-line
Library Account
2.
Search your library catalog
for an ebook that is available in the Kindle format. To
limit your search
make sure you select the ‘Kindle
Book’ format and check the box,
‘Limit
to available copies’. This will save you time browsing through the
catalog for
available titles for your Kindle.
3.
Select an ebook and
click the ‘Add to Book Bag’
link. There could be several different formats listing for the title so
make sure you choose the ‘Kindle
Book’. Notice the ‘Items in
my Book Bag:’ section at the top right just changed, showing the
number
of ebooks you have for check out. This is like a shopping cart when
you buy on-line.
(If the ebook is already checked out, you can get
on the waiting list for that ebook by clicking on ‘Place a Hold’ link
for that book.
4.
a. Click the ‘Continue Browsing’ link to add more titles to your checkout OR
b.
Click the ‘Proceed to
Checkout’ link to check out the titles in your book bag.
5.
Select lending period and click the ‘Confirm
Check Out’ button. (Note
‘My Account
Notes’ section
which provides information about the number of titles checked out and
the
remaining number available to be checked out.) This transfers you to the ‘Download’
area of the library system.
6.
Download Area. Click the
‘Get for Kindle’ button.
You will be transferred to the
Amazon site section called ‘Get
Your Public Library Loan’. This displays information about the title
and any notes. You may be required to login to your Amazon account, if you
haven’t already.
7.
Before you click the ‘Get
library book’ button, select the device you want to
‘Deliver
to:’ from the dropdown list provided. This is important because you
may
have several different
alternatives. Only registered devices will
appear in the list. For
example, you may have a Kindle
device with 3G and
the Kindle for PC software with
WIFI, both registered to your account. You
can select one option per title borrowed.
8.
Click ‘Get library book’
button. This will transfer you to a ‘Thanks’
page.
9.
Amazon will present a ‘Thanks’
page with instructions to proceed. This page
recognizes which type of
device (WIFI or not) from the device selected in Step 7
above and gives
you the proper directions.
10. If
you’re going to deliver the ebook to a WIFI device or your computer:
a.
Click on the ‘Manage Your
Kindle’ link on the ‘Thanks’
page. This will transfer you to your ‘Your
Kindle Library’. Each library ebook checked out will be listed with
a ‘public
library’ note
attached and the date checked out. You may be required to log into Amazon,
if your are not already.
b.
Find the ebook you are downloading and click on the ‘Action’ button. The Amazon Action Options list will appear.
Amazon
Action Options
Deliver to
my …
[to WIFI devices & computer software apps]
Purchase
this book
[transfer you to the Amazon buy page]
Download
& transfer via USB
[save to computer and transfer to Kindle non-WIFI]
Return this
book
[returns book to library before expiration date]
Delete from
library
[deletes title from Kindle device’s library]
c.
Click on the ‘Deliver to
my…’ option. The ebook title page of the ebook will
appear.
d.
Before delivering, make sure the ‘Deliver
to:’ device in the dropdown list is
correct.
e.
Click on the ‘Deliver’
button. The ebook should now appear in the device or software library.
11. If
you’re going to download and transfer the ebook: (3G device)
a.
The ‘Thanks’ message
will inform you the device selected is not WIFI compatible and
you must
transfer the file via a USB cable (This is your Kindle power cable without
the
wall plug.)
b.
Click on the ‘Download
now’ button on the ‘Thanks’
page. A ‘Save Screen’
should appear.
c.
You will be prompted to ‘Open’
or ‘Save’. The Download and
delivery page will appear.
d.
Click on ‘Save’.
(Use ‘Save As’ if you want
to put the ebook in a different folder.)
e.
Find the ebook you are ‘Transferring via USB’ in its computer
directory folder from
(Step ‘d’ above) and depress CTRL-C to copy the
file to the clipboard.
f.
Locate the Kindle device folder in the computer directory and its
sub folder
‘Documents’.
g.
Paste (CTRL-P) the ebook into the sub folder and you should be good
to go.
12.
Returning a library
Kindle ebook
Your borrowed ebook will
be returned to the library automatically on its expiration
date with no
late fees. Because of the limit of checkouts you can have, you may want
to
return an ebook early to your public library. You can use the ‘Return this book’
action on the title in your ‘Manage Your Kindle’ on the Amazon site. This will return
the ebook,
send you an email notification, recalculate the count of books you can
borrow and make the title unreadable on your device or software app.
Unfortunately it does not
delete it from your device but instead gives you the
opportunity to buy
the ebook from Amazon. You must perform the action ‘Delete
from Library’ on the title in the ‘Manage
Your Kindle’ on the Amazon site to
remove the title from your
Kindle.
13.
Expiration Date
You can
access a list of the ebook titles you have checked out by going to your
‘My
Account’ on your
library site. Click on the ‘My
Digital Bookshelf’ and a display
of all the titles borrowed will
appear along with the ‘checked out on’ and ‘expires on’
date.
You can
also view the expiration date on the Amazon site by accessing the
‘Manage Your Kindle’ books listing and clicking on the ‘+’ to
the left of the title.
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