http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com
Patron ID number = number on Dayton Public Library card. eBooks are not available to Open Access patrons—OA patrons must borrow eBooks through their hometown library. While on BRIDGES web site, click on HOME to browse.
Depending on which eBook device you use, the instructions may vary, and are available on the BRIDGES web site. If you have a Kindle, clicking on the Kindle download will take you to Amazon and you will borrow a book similar to how you purchase eBooks from Amazon. If it's a new Kindle, you have to have it linked to your Amazon account before you can purchase or check out eBooks.
eBook publishers are treating eBooks like regular books in order to protect their copyright profits. So there are similar limitations in place for eBooks as there would be for hardbacks checked out from the library. On the title listing, it will indicate how many "copies" they have available and how long you may have the book. If there is a waiting list, it will indicate how many are on the list.
eBooks: 14 days | audio books: 7 days
Reduced to 1 week for eBooks if there is a waiting list, which is often the case with the newer books. If there are 75 people on the waiting list, and there are three copies available for circulation, the wait would be 25 weeks, for example. There are a few books that allow unlimited, unrestriced checkouts.
The due date is to the hour—the eBook will automatically return at the same hour one week after the check out. Renewals are not available. However, there is not any limit to how often a user can check that item out. So if there are no holds, they can check it out again. There is a 2-book limit. If you are done with a book, and want to check out another, you can manually return it, which will remove it both from your device and the web site, rather than wait for it to return automatically.
There are tutorials/instructions on the BRIDGES / Overdrive.com web site, as well as on Amazon for how to manage the specific device that you have.
There are icons below the books that indicate what devices may download the book. There are also audio books available for download, some to CD, some to MP3 only, etc.
