Getting Started with E-Books:
Sony Reader
for staff
How does it work?
 Choose from popular items including fiction and nonfiction, children’s and teen
 Download e-books and e-audiobooks
 Check out up to 5 items at a time with your library card
 If someone else has an item checked out – place it on
hold, get an email when it is ready for you to check it
out
Browse, check out, and download with your
library card … anytime, from anywhere!
Download to a Windows® or Mac® computer …
and popular mobile devices including most ebook readers & smart phones.
Download directly to the Sony Reader Wi-Fi
What’s Required
A valid library card
For the Sony Reader WiFi: an accessible
wireless network
For all other Sony Readers: A computer with
Reader Library software (or ADE) installed
Get to Know
OverDrive’s Formats
Text formats:
E-audio formats:
Adobe PDF – Portable Document
WMA – OverDrive’s version of the
Format. A format that is familiar to
most of us, used for screen-readable,
printable documents with limited reformatting. OverDrive PDFs include
DRM.
proprietary Windows Media Audio
format. Only compatible with Windows
devices, including Windows computers
and the Microsoft Zune. Includes DRM.
EPUB – Electronic Publication. A free,
MP3 – One of the web’s most
open e-book standard developed by
the International Digital Publishing
Forum. EPUB books’ text can be resized
and reformatted. OverDrive EPUBs are
the Adobe version and include DRM.
popular audio formats. Compatible
with most portable devices. MP3s take
up more space than WMAs, but have
similar audio quality. They have no
DRM, meaning that they can also be
burned to a CD.
Overview
Connect to wireless
Create a Reader
Store account
Overview
for the Sony
Reader WiFi
Find SCL through
the “Public Library”
feature
Find an item and
download it
Connect to wireless
Older models: Press the Home button and then tap the
arrow
to get to the second page.
Newer models: Press the Home button and then tap
Applications
(bottom right-hand corner)
All models: Tap Settings > Wireless Network Settings
Connect to “Library Public”
In order to be truly connected, you will need to “click to
agree” – in order to get to this page, you may have to
open a browser (if it doesn’t come up on its own).
Create a Reader
Store account
Go to the Reader Store and confirm that the
device has an active Reader Store account.
You only need to do this once per device.
Press the Home button, then tap [Reader Store].
A Reader Store account will automatically
authorize your Reader with an Adobe ID.
Find SCL through
the “Public Library”
feature
Return to the Home screen by pressing the Home button.
Older models: Tap to go to the second page, then tap [Public
Library].
Newer models: Tap applications, then tap [Public Library].
All models: Search for Strathcona County Library and tap on the
search result.
You may want to bookmark the Strathcona County site (tap the
heart ) so that you can find it easily later.
Find an item and
download it
Tap on “Strathcona County Library” to go to the library’s e-book website.
Search or Browse for a title you are interested in.
Tap “Add to Cart” and follow the on-screen prompts to check out the
title. You may receive a security error at some point during this processthis is nothing to worry about, you can tap the prompt to proceed.
Download. Once the book is checked out, you will see a Download
button. Tap the link to download the file. A small icon will appear in the
status bar in the top left corner of the screen to indicate that the title is
downloading. The icon is small and easy to overlook, so check the status
bar in the top left corner before trying to download the item again, as
you may end up downloading multiple copies of the file to your Reader.
Once the download has been successfully completed, a check mark will
appear next to the downwards arrow (<) in the status bar.
Return to the Home screen and tap on the item under either [Recently
Added] or [Books] (the item will appear in both locations).
Bonus tip: How to return an item early
Older models: To return an item early, press the Home button and tap [Books].
Newer models: Press the Home button and then tap [Bookshelves].
All models: Use the Menu button (
Reader and a menu will appear.
) on the bottom right of the Sony
Tap [Return Books]. An empty check box will appear next to each library book
on your Reader. Tap each box to place a check mark in the boxes of the items
you wish to return (you can return multiple items at one time). Tap “Done” in
the top right corner and the items will be returned to the library.
Thank you for coming!
CAN WE HELP?
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 780.410.8601 (Talk to a human being!)
Or come by either of our Information Desks.
Happy Downloading!