Log in to get PLS eBooks

Overdrive – 3 week checkout period

Go tohttp://pls.lib.overdrive.com

Click Sign In

Choose Peninsula Library System from the dropdown list

Enter your PLS library card #

EBSCO –1 week checkout period, or read online

FROM INSIDE A PLS LIBRARY go to EBSCO on a library PC, your laptop, or your mobile device
Click Sign In

Click Create a new Account

Fill out the form and click Save Changes

Now visit EBSCO from anywhere, and log in using the name & password you created

OpenLibrary.org – No limit on public domain ebooks; 2 week checkout for Lending Library ebooks

No login required for 1,000,000 eBooks in public domain (most published before the 20^thcentury)

Click Sign Up and create a username & password to join the eBook Lending Library, and also get 110,000 books published in the 20^thcentury.

Safari IT Books – no checkout, must be read online; iPad/iPhone users can cache one book at a time for offline reading, using Safari To Go app

If you have	You can	Here's how (Login details on back/below)
Tablet or smartphone
• iPad – iPhone • Android Phone/Nexus • Nook HD/Tablet/Color • Windows Phone/Surface	• Listen to MP3 audiobooks from Overdrive • Read EPUB eBooks from Overdrive and OpenLibrary.org	• Create an Adobe ID • Download Overdrive Media Console for all except NOOK or Overdrive Media Console for NOOK (for Overdrive books) Download Bluefire Reader (for Openlibrary.org books on Apple or Android) • Use browser to log in (details here) and search Overdrive or OpenLibrary.org • Check out & download MP3 / EPUB titles, and open with Overdrive Media Console or Bluefire
• Kindle Fire	• Read EPUB eBooks and Kindle-compatible ebooks from Overdrive and OpenLibrary.org	• Use PC/Mac browser to log in (details here) and search Overdrive or OpenLibrary • In Overdrive click ‘add to cart’ for Kindle version. In OpenLibrary click ‘Send to Kindle’ if option available for that ebook. • Check out, then you are sent to Amazon to complete download to Kindle
• iPad – iPhone with Kindle App • Android Phone/Nexus with Kindle App • Windows Phone/Surface with Kindle App • Nook with Kindle App	• Read Kindle-compatible ebooks from Overdrive and OpenLibrary.org	• Download Kindle App • Use browser to log in (details here) and search Overdrive or OpenLibrary.org • In Overdrive click ‘add to cart’ for Kindle version. In OpenLibrary click ‘Send to Kindle’ if option available. • Check out, then you are sent to Amazon to complete download
• iPad – iPhone with a PC	• Listen to WMA audiobooks	• Download Overdrive Media Console and iTunes v9.1+ to PC • Log in (details here) and search Overdrive • Check out & download WMA titles to PC, and transfer using OMC
• Any device with web browser and PDF reader and/or Flash 9+	• Read eBooks online in browser	• Go to OpenLibrary.org, find book, and click Read Online if option available • Go to EBSCO (PDF reader or browser plugin required) • Go to Safari Tech Books for IT books from O’Reilly, Que, etc. (Flash 9+ req.)
Dedicated ebook reader
• Kindle / Paperwhite	• Read Kindle-compatible ebooks from Overdrive and OpenLibrary.org	• Use PC/Mac to log in (details here) and search Overdrive or OpenLibrary • In Overdrive click ‘add to cart’ for Kindle version. In OpenLibrary click ‘Send to Kindle’ if option available for that ebook. • Check out, then you are sent to Amazon to complete download to Kindle
• NOOK 1st ed./Simple Touch • Sony Reader • Kobo eReader & Literati • Pandigital Novel • Other ebook devices / apps	• Read EPUB eBooks from Overdrive • Read PDF eBooks from Overdrive and EBSCO	• Create an Adobe ID • Download Adobe Digital Editions to PC or Mac • Download Adobe Flash Player to PC or Mac • Log in (details here) and search for items in Overdrive, EBSCO, or OpenLibrary.org • Check out & download EPUB / PDF titles to Adobe Digital Editions, then transfer to device
Other portable devices	Varies - see www.overdrive.com/resources/drc	Search items in Overdrive, EBSCO, Safari or OpenLibrary, as applicable
Windows / Mac laptop / computer alone	Do all of the above!	• Create an Adobe ID • For Overdrive books and audiobooks, download Overdrive Media Console to computer, log in (details here) and search Overdrive • For OpenLibrary.org books, download Adobe Digital Editions, Log in (details here) and search. Read online / download and keep / send to Kindle and keep / borrow, depending on the book. • For EBSCO books, go to EBSCO, Log in (details here), and read online or download PDF. • For IT books from O’Reilly, Que, etc., go to Safari Tech Books and read online (Flash 9+ req.)