USING THE LIBRARY TO GET KINDLE BOOKSStep-by-step instructions for the Huntington Beach Public Library patron to follow to check out an e-book for their Kindle.

Log in to HBPL Website

Select e-books/audio books from the HBPL website home screen

Now you are on the OVERDRIVE Screen. This is the service used to deliver e-books to you.

Select the category to search

Search for book title you want

Click on the title you want, then select the format you need.

The website should add the title to your “wait-list” (note: you may have to sign-on with library card # and last 4 digits of phone #...)

The website will confirm your reservation for the e-book.

When your e-book is available, you will receive an e-mail from the library. Click on the link.

You will be taken to the HBPL website. Click on the e-book link

Click on “My Account”

Log in, entering your library card number and last 4 digits of your phone number.

Click on “My e-holds Waiting List”

You will see the books you have reserved. Scroll to find the book about which you were notified.

Select “add to e-cart”

Click to confirm the format of book you are ordering: Kindle

Click on “Proceed to Checkout”

Select # of Days you need to read the book: 7…14…or 21. Hit Confirm Check Out

Select the box “Get for Kindle”

The last step took you to the Amazon.com website. Now select “Get Library Book”

You will receive a confirming screen that indicates the file will be downloaded.

If you download from your computer to your Kindle, select “Download Now”. SEE NEXT PAGE

You now have your library book

If you have a Kindle Fire, all the previous steps can be performed on your Kindle Fire, using the WIFI function

To physically see your book on your Kindle Fire, you must turn off the Kindle Fire and restart it.

When the Amazon site sees that your Fire is on, it automatically downloads the book.

For other Kindle models that download from your computer, you will need to use a USB cable between your computer and your Kindle to complete the download process.

To Manage your Amazon Account

You may wish to manage your Amazon account library books for several reasons:

You have read the book and want to get it off your Kindle screen.

You want to return the book to the library so someone else can enjoy it.

You may like the book enough that you want to purchase it from Amazon (Amazon LIKES that…)

In these cases, the next screen will start to show you how to manage your Amazon Account.

To manage your Amazon Account you will have to log in again

Select the Manage Your Kindle box. You will see a screen like the one below.

Select the “ACTION” tab

The ACTION tab enables you to

Deliver a book to your Kindle (or other e-readers that you may have registered in your Amazon file)

Purchase a book (Amazon LOVES this…)

Download and transfer a book to a Kindle that does not have WIFI

Return the book to the library.

Other patrons of the library will benefit if you return the book when you are done, because then it becomes available to the next person on the list.

If you do not return the book when you are done, it will automatically return to the library after the number of days you selected when you downloaded the book: 7…14…or 21 days.

For any further questions

Check with the COMPUTER COACH in the office in the reference department.

Happy Reading