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Overdrive Help

Step-by-Step Instructions for Overdrive

Overdrive offers electronic books and audiobooks to download to a computer or mobile device. We share a portion of this collection with other libraries, so be sure to sign in to your account to discover titles only available to our Library’s card holders.

Set-up Instructions

Overdrive Lending Facts

  • A current library card number is required to check out materials
  • You can only check out 5 items at a time
  • A lending period of 7, 14, or 21 days can be chosen from within your account settings
  • Digital items are like physical items, meaning you will have to place a hold if all copies of a title are currently checked out
  • Once a title that you placed a hold on becomes available, you will be notified by email and you have 3 days to check it out before the hold expires
  • Available on both PCs and MACs

Expiration

  • Titles downloaded to your computer will expire at the end of the lending period
  • Titles transferred to an iPod or a WMA player will not expire until you re-sync your entire library
  • Titles transferred to an eBook reader will expire at the end of the lending period
  • Titles transferred to a Smart Phone will expire at the end of the lending period
  • Always Available titles never expire

Mac Information

Overdrive titles use DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection technology from Microsoft Corporation. Apple® devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone) used in conjunction with a computer on a Mac operating system do not support DRM-protected files. This means:

  • You will have a very limited selection of audio book and music titles if you download to a Mac and transfer to an Apple® device (iPod, iPad, iPhone)
  • You will be able to access most audio books and music titles if you download to a PC and your Apple® device is formatted for a PC
  • Video is not viewable if downloaded to a Mac or mobile device
  • All eBook titles are available to Mac users