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Have Nook, Will Travel!

Submitted by Dorrie Scott [1] on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 5:52pm

nookcolor imageSo, I was very fortunate to receive a Nook this past Valentine's Day, though I think it must be noted that my husband may have just gotten tired of my "borrowing" his.  Anyways, I have one now and am very much enjoying the ease of carrying around several books in one medium size portable device.

The great thing is that I don't even have to buy any books, I just download them for free from the HCPL Digital Media Catalog [2].  Now it's true that not every book is available as a download, but there are still plenty to choose from including new releases.

If you've gotten a Nook yourself, I found that "Being Ruth" [3] had the best directions for downloading library books to your computer and then transferring them to your Nook.  She provides step-by-step directions along with pictures (yay!) for reference.  OverDrive is also testing their own "help" turtorial available from the Digital Media Catalog page.

 

 

 

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[1] http://hcpl.net/users/dorrie-scott
[2] http://hcpl.lib.overdrive.com/
[3] http://beingruth.com/tutorial-library-books-nook-overdrive/
[4] http://hcpl.net/category/tags/digital-downloads
[5] http://hcpl.net/category/tags/downloadables
[6] http://hcpl.net/category/tags/ebooks
[7] http://hcpl.net/category/tags/ereaders
[8] http://hcpl.net/category/tags/nook
[9] http://hcpl.net/category/topical/website