Getting Started in Digital Books

1. Go to the R.E.A.D.S. website.
   
2. On the bottom left is a link for the OverDrive Media Console software.  Click on this link and download the software.  "Note:  if you intend to download ebooks, you must also download the Adobe Acrobat Reader software.  The link to this software is also on the bottom left of the R.E.A.D.S. website.)
   
3. Search the R.E.A.D.S. site and select the title you wish to download.
   
4. Click the add to cart link.
   
5. At My Cart, click the Proceed to Checkout link.
   
6. At the State map, click on the Shiloh region.
   
7. Select Jackson-Madison County Library from the drop down list and enter your library card number.  Click Sign in.
   
8. Click Confirm Check out.  When you click this link the ebook/audiobook is checked out and the loan period begins at this moment, NOT from the time you download the title.
   
9. The title is now in your eBookshelf.  It will remain there until you download the title or until the end of the two-week loan period.
   
10. Click Download.  At this point you will probably get a message saying you must upgrade your security.  See attached page for more explanation.
    
11. If you are downloading an ebook, the Adobe Reader software will automatically open and the ebook will remain in the Adobe Reader program for the two-week checkout period.  (Note:  You can return an ebook.)
    
12. If you are downloading an audiobook, the OverDrive Media console software will automatically open.  You will be asked into which folder you want the file to be placed.  Click OK.  You will then have the option of downloading some or all of the parts of the audiobook.  Click OK.  (Note:  You cannot return an audiobook.)

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