Helpful Downloading Tips

Downloading Tips

Downloading library ebooks to your Kindle or other ereader can be done in one of two easy ways! Use the Libby app for the easiest online browsing experience, or access the Overdrive Collection of ebooks directly. Follow the steps given below for each method or check out these helpful how-to videos: 

The Libby App

Overdrive and The Ohio Digital Library

The Libby App

Using the Libby App is the easiest way to get ebooks from the Library! Follow these simple steps to get started:

1. Install Libby for Android, iOS, or Fire tablets from your app store or go to https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby. You can also visit libbyapp.com in your internet browser. 

2. Follow the prompts in Libby to find your library and sign in with your library card. In the search results, our Library will show as:

The Ohio Digital Library

Centerburg Public Library

49 E Main St

Centerburg, Ohio, USA

 

3. Browse our collection of ebooks, magazines and audiobooks then borrow a title. Borrowed titles will appear on your Shelf and download to the app automatically when using Wi-Fi. On your Shelf, tap loans at the top of the screen. From there, you can:

  • Tap Read With – to choose to open a book in Kindle

  • Tap Open in Libby, Open Magazine, or Open Audiobook – to start reading or listening in the Libby app

  • Tap Manage Loan – to renew Loan or return early

Overdrive and The Ohio Digital Library

Use an internet browser to access the Overdrive collection of ebooks, magazines, and audiobooks and deliver them wirelessly to your Kindle ereader when connected to Wi-Fi. 

1. Find our library’s digital collection using overdrive.com/libraries. Search our zip code 43011 and we should be the first branch listed under the Ohio Digital Library. Click See Digital Collection and you will be taken to the Ohio Digital Library

2. Sign into the Ohio Digital Library by selecting Centerburg Public Library from the drop down menu and using your library card to access your account.

3. Browse the collection and choose a book to borrow. The Ohio Digital Library has several formats of ebooks you can borrow:

  • Kindle Book – can be sent directly to your Kindle ereader by signing into an Amazon account

  • Overdrive Read – can be read in a web browser with access to Wi-Fi

  • EPUB eBook – can be downloaded to a web browser

Be sure when choosing a book, it is available in the format you prefer.