Overdrive provides our library customers with downloadable audiobooks, e-books and videos, which will work on a wide variety of electronic devices. To access these materials, your library card must be from a participating library in the Greater Hartford area. Holds are allowed, but no renewals.

Instructions for ALL eReaders (except Kindle below), audiobooks and videos:

1) Before you choose an item, you must install and activate the software. Audiobooks require Overdrive Media Console; E-books require Adobe Digital Editions (for both pdf and EPUB format); Videos require Overdrive Media Console and Windows Media Player Security upgrade. These sites also explain if additional software is required for your particular device.

2) After the software is downloaded, go to http://libraryconnection.lib.overdrive.com. Login first, so you can take full advantage of the Rocky Hill collection. Then, search for an item, and add it to the cart.

3) Click on “Proceed to Checkout.”

4) Use your library card to check out the item.

Note: If the title is not available, you may place a hold on the item. When it becomes available, we will email you with instructions. You will have 2 days to check out the item, before it goes to the next person on the hold list.

Instructions for Kindle Books

To download free library e-books to your Kindle, you must have both a library card from a participating library in the Greater Hartford area and an account with Amazon.com.

1) Go to http://libraryconnection.lib.overdrive.com to search for an item.

          Login first with your library card, so you can take full advantage of the Rocky Hill collection.
          To find an item that is compatible with the Kindle, click on Advanced Search, and choose the Kindle           format from the drop-down menu.
          If the item is available, add it to the cart.
          If the item is not available, you may place a hold instead. (When it becomes available, we will email           you with instructions. You will have 2 days to check it out, before it goes to the next person on the           hold list.)

2) Click on “Proceed to Checkout.” Choose your town from the drop-down menu, and then enter your library card. Click on “Sign in.”

3) Choose your preferred lending period from the drop-down menu: 7, 14, or 21 days. Then click on “Confirm Checkout” button.

4) Click on “Get for Kindle” to go to Amazon.com.

5) Click on the yellow “Get library book” button. Sign into your Amazon account with your email address and password. (If you do not have an Amazon account, you can create one.) 

6) Transfer items to your Kindle:
          i) via wi-fi instantly OR
          ii) by downloading via your USB connection.
         
(If downloading, you will need to click on the “Deliver to” dropdown menu and choose “Transfer via computer.” Then follow the screen prompts to save the file to your desktop. Finally, right-click on the desktop file and choose, “Send to Kindle.”)

Your Kindle books can be managed, deleted, or returned early by using the “Manage Your Kindle” link at Amazon.com.