Borrowing E books from library

cepheus

I've been reading through my local library instructions on how to do this, and I'm not much wiser. I'm used to buying Ebooks from Amazon and reading them on a Kindle reader on my laptop. Trouble is everything nowadays assume you have an ipad or phone.

Do I need to download Kindle fire for library Ebooks? Does this work on a laptop? Surel it's not this complicated in other libraries.

Borrowing e-books is set to become easier with all our e-books available from the same app
From Friday 2 March our e-books from Cloud Library will be transferred to BorrowBox and customers will no longer be able to access Cloud Library.

You can finish reading a Cloud Library e-book downloaded to a device to the end of the expiry date, but you will not be able to continue reading the e-book if you are reading the e-book in your browser. You will also need to place new holds to request titles with BorrowBox – apologies for the inconvenience this may cause.

The great news is that it will be easier to find what you are looking for as you will need just the one app and you will find all our library e-books in one location.

If you are not already registered with BorrowBox, the BorrowBox app is available from:

the App Store
Google Play
Amazon Store

It’s completely free to install. Just sign in using your library card number and PIN, and away you go!

Note: to register with the BorrowBox app customers with E+ cards beginning 633, please omit 633 and enter the remaining digits.

Reading e-books using Adobe Digital Editions on your computer
If you have been downloading Cloud Library e-books to your PC or Mac computer using Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) authorized with a Cloud Library ID, you'll need to unauthorize ADE and then reauthorize with an Adobe ID before using BorrowBox.

Open Adobe Digital Editions and click on Help > Unauthorize computer.
Enter the password for the OverDrive account you used to authorize ADE and click Continue > Erase authorisation.
Close Adobe Digital Editions.
Visit the Adobe website https://www.adobe.com and click on Sign in > Get an Adobe ID. Create an account.
Open Adobe Digital Editions and click on Help > Authorise computer. Enter your new Adobe ID.

wongataa

Well that blurb states you need the Borowbox app on a suitable device and Adobe Digital Editions on a computer to read library books on the computer.

greyteam1959

I was going to start downloading books from our library for my elderly Dad.
What a flippin palaver it was.
So much so I gave up in the end !!

Robisere

Not a problem accessing the Lincolnshire Library e-book site, just that all the e-books I like and want, are always On Loan.


Sticking with Kindle on my 8" Lenovo, wife with laptop ("kindle For PC") and her ancient original Kindle Reader, which she loves. I can get Kindle for PC on my 24" desktop monitor too, but that is just too much to view at once. I find it better to see more Kindle books in one pass on the monitor, though, via Kindle Store.

cranford

My local county council provide a ebook service using Overdrive.
This is what I do but I have a Kobo ereader as Overdrive did not support Kindles but I think it does now for some books.
The procedure it to install Adobe Digital Edition program on you laptop free from Adobe and to use this set up an Adobe account.
My local council library issues a card for using online with an account No and Pin.
Connect the Kobo to the laptop with the USB lead and you need to authorise the Kobo for use with the Adobe DE program as a once off.
Sign on to the local council web site on the laptop and then start selecting books for download, each one when selected will automatically transfer to the Adobe DE.
The books are them drag and dropped onto the Kobo and thats it.
When the lending period is up the books can no longer be read on the Kobo and books that you finish early are returned using Adobe DE otherwise just delete them from the Kobo and Adobe DE.
My local library allows you to place holds on books that are not immediately available.
We have read over 500 books in the last few years saving thousands!
Kobos start at £35 at Smiths at the moment.

dogmaryxx

cranford wrote: »

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We have read over 500 books in the last few years saving thousands!.

How? Is the print version not free to borrow ?

cranford

You are right but compared with buying them for the convenience of using an ereader.
I have probably saved a fare amount in parking and travel costs and time needed to visit the local library.

danandjens_worldtravels

If the book has expired on your Kobo, reset the date on your Kobo and the book will reappear.

I often download 5 books at a time and then can take longer than the borrowed period to read them.

Keep the Kobo off Wi-fi and reset the date in settings

Neil_Jones

You might have saved a fortune in parking and travel times but many libraries measure their ongoing viability by those who drag their backsides through the door. So you may do physical libraries a favour on occasion by actually visiting one, even if its just to see what activities they're doing.

Marmaduke123

Our local library uses Cloud Library. I find it very good, you can reserve popular books and they let you know when the books become available. It will sync across your devices. I must admit I don't often go to the physical library now.

mobileron

Ive just set up my Kindle HD with Milton Keynes E library.
All i had to do was to install an app called Libra to read the books,so at least it will work on android products.