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eBooks and eReaders: Learn about your Library's Online Digital Collections
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2:00 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
Shirlington Branch Library
Explore the Library's eBook collections, learn to identify available eBooks and manage your eAccount, understand loan periods and eBook Holds, and walk through the process of downloading eBooks to a Kindle and a Nook. Required Skills: Able to use keyboard and mouse; comfortable using the Internet.
Downloading eBooks - Questions and Answers
Saturday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Central Library
Do you have an eReader and need help to download books from the Library's website? Join other eBook readers in the Q&A session. Required Skills: Able to use keyboard and mouse; comfortable using the Internet.
Learn all about using eBooks from the Library on our Help and Troubleshooting page.
See our full Tech Class schedule.
- Trying To Choose An Ereader?
Nook Tablet, Kindle Fire or iPad2? Wireless download or USB? Touchscreen or Keyboard? There are so many Library-compatible eReaders these days, it can be hard to choose! Luckily, we've compiled a list of useful articles, charts and lists to help you...
- Which Ereaders Work With Library Downloads?
Are you thinking about getting an eReader for the Dad or Grad in your life? If you want your gift to work with the Library's OverDrive collection, be sure to check the list of Library-download compatible eReaders before you shop. What kind of downloadable...
- Epub Ebook Collection Expands Our Downloadable Collection To New Platforms
Since our summer 2010 launch, we now have about 1800 titles in our collection of the EPUB format. Titles include popular fiction by James Patterson, John Irving and Dorothea Benton Frank, nonfiction by Andre Agassi, Michael Pollan, Sebastian Junger, and...
- Can I Read An Ebook From The Library On My Kindle?
Not yet, but you will be able to soon! April 22, 2011 - This week Amazon announced that they are working with OverDrive to allow Library eBooks to be read on the Kindle! December 7, 2010 - OverDrive released a Wireless App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch...
- If I Buy A Kindle, Can I Get Books For It At The Arlington Public Library?
Update April 22, 2011: Amazon has announced that they are working with OverDrive to allow Library eBooks to be read on the Kindle! Sorry, no - the Library does not YET have eBooks compatible with the Kindle. Presently, our downloadable...
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January eBook and eReader Classes
eBooks and eReaders: Learn about your Library's Online Digital Collections
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2:00 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
Shirlington Branch Library
Explore the Library's eBook collections, learn to identify available eBooks and manage your eAccount, understand loan periods and eBook Holds, and walk through the process of downloading eBooks to a Kindle and a Nook. Required Skills: Able to use keyboard and mouse; comfortable using the Internet.
Downloading eBooks - Questions and Answers
Saturday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Central Library
Do you have an eReader and need help to download books from the Library's website? Join other eBook readers in the Q&A session. Required Skills: Able to use keyboard and mouse; comfortable using the Internet.
Learn all about using eBooks from the Library on our Help and Troubleshooting page.
See our full Tech Class schedule.
- Trying To Choose An Ereader?
Nook Tablet, Kindle Fire or iPad2? Wireless download or USB? Touchscreen or Keyboard? There are so many Library-compatible eReaders these days, it can be hard to choose! Luckily, we've compiled a list of useful articles, charts and lists to help you...
- Which Ereaders Work With Library Downloads?
Are you thinking about getting an eReader for the Dad or Grad in your life? If you want your gift to work with the Library's OverDrive collection, be sure to check the list of Library-download compatible eReaders before you shop. What kind of downloadable...
- Epub Ebook Collection Expands Our Downloadable Collection To New Platforms
Since our summer 2010 launch, we now have about 1800 titles in our collection of the EPUB format. Titles include popular fiction by James Patterson, John Irving and Dorothea Benton Frank, nonfiction by Andre Agassi, Michael Pollan, Sebastian Junger, and...
- Can I Read An Ebook From The Library On My Kindle?
Not yet, but you will be able to soon! April 22, 2011 - This week Amazon announced that they are working with OverDrive to allow Library eBooks to be read on the Kindle! December 7, 2010 - OverDrive released a Wireless App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch...
- If I Buy A Kindle, Can I Get Books For It At The Arlington Public Library?
Update April 22, 2011: Amazon has announced that they are working with OverDrive to allow Library eBooks to be read on the Kindle! Sorry, no - the Library does not YET have eBooks compatible with the Kindle. Presently, our downloadable...