Android Phone Instructions For Library E-books
Use these instructions to
download free Cape Girardeau Public Library e-books to your Android phone.
1. Open the Play Store. Click the magnifying glass on the top right corner of the screen and search for the “OverDrive” app. Install the app.
2. Open the Overdrive Media Console app. You will be prompted to sign up when you first open it. Click the blue “Sign Up” button and fill out the required fields.
3. Once your account is created, you will be in the OverDrive app and see a blue screen. Click the three lines on the top left side of the screen and choose “Add a Library.” Type in “Cape Girardeau” and click search; choose “Cape Girardeau Public Library” and then tap the star next to Missouri Libraries 2 Go. Click the left arrow at the top left side of the screen.
4. Click the three lines at the top left side of the screen and choose “Missouri Libraries 2 Go.
5. Click “Sign In” at the top right side of the screen. Start typing in “Cape Girardeau” and choose “Cape Girardeau Public Library” from the drop-down menu. Enter your 14-digit library card number. If you click the checkbox next to “Remember
my login information on this device,” you will not have to enter this information the next time you use the OverDrive app on your iPhone. Click “Sign In.”
6. Click the outline of the person and go to “Settings.” Here you can change your default checkout period from 7 days to 14 or 21 days and change the appearance of the app. Click “Save” when you are done.
7. You can now search or browse for e-books. You can download Adobe ePub ebooks, Open ePub ebooks or MP3 Audiobooks and listen to them in the Overdrive Media App. You may also download Kindle E-books, but you must download the free Kindle app and read Kindle E-books within that app.
8. When you find an e-book or audiobook you wish to download, click the cover of that book and then click the “Borrow” button page (if you see “Place a hold” instead of borrow, the book is checked out. If you click “place a hold,” you will receive an email when that title becomes available.).
9. You will now see that book in your bookshelf. Click “Download” and choose Adobe ePub ebook, Open ePub ebook or MP3 Audiobook, then click “Confirm & Download.”
10. Once the title has been downloaded to your phone, click the three lines on the top left side of the screen and choose “Bookshelf.” Click on the cover of the book to start reading or listening to it.
1. Open the Play Store. Click the magnifying glass on the top right corner of the screen and search for the “OverDrive” app. Install the app.
2. Open the Overdrive Media Console app. You will be prompted to sign up when you first open it. Click the blue “Sign Up” button and fill out the required fields.
3. Once your account is created, you will be in the OverDrive app and see a blue screen. Click the three lines on the top left side of the screen and choose “Add a Library.” Type in “Cape Girardeau” and click search; choose “Cape Girardeau Public Library” and then tap the star next to Missouri Libraries 2 Go. Click the left arrow at the top left side of the screen.
4. Click the three lines at the top left side of the screen and choose “Missouri Libraries 2 Go.
5. Click “Sign In” at the top right side of the screen. Start typing in “Cape Girardeau” and choose “Cape Girardeau Public Library” from the drop-down menu. Enter your 14-digit library card number. If you click the checkbox next to “Remember
my login information on this device,” you will not have to enter this information the next time you use the OverDrive app on your iPhone. Click “Sign In.”
6. Click the outline of the person and go to “Settings.” Here you can change your default checkout period from 7 days to 14 or 21 days and change the appearance of the app. Click “Save” when you are done.
7. You can now search or browse for e-books. You can download Adobe ePub ebooks, Open ePub ebooks or MP3 Audiobooks and listen to them in the Overdrive Media App. You may also download Kindle E-books, but you must download the free Kindle app and read Kindle E-books within that app.
8. When you find an e-book or audiobook you wish to download, click the cover of that book and then click the “Borrow” button page (if you see “Place a hold” instead of borrow, the book is checked out. If you click “place a hold,” you will receive an email when that title becomes available.).
9. You will now see that book in your bookshelf. Click “Download” and choose Adobe ePub ebook, Open ePub ebook or MP3 Audiobook, then click “Confirm & Download.”
10. Once the title has been downloaded to your phone, click the three lines on the top left side of the screen and choose “Bookshelf.” Click on the cover of the book to start reading or listening to it.