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Quick Start Guide

Download audiobooks to MP3 or iPod

You may now download more than 350 different audiobooks to your MP3 player or iPod.

You will need OverDrive Media Console 3 for all MP3 downloads. For downloading instructions, system requirements and more MP3 information see OverDrive help.

OverDrive provides downloadable eBooks and audiobooks from many publishers. Titles include current bestsellers, classics, nonfiction and fiction titles for all ages. You can reserve and download titles 24/7 on your PC or compatible PDA. In many cases, you can burn the title to CDs.

From your home or office, reserve and download via your PC computer 24/7.

Download OverDrive titles from your home or office, using your Pierce County Library card number and PIN to gain access to titles.

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Helpful Information

Publishers available through OverDrive include BBC Audiobooks, Books on Tape, Brilliance, Listening Library, Harper Collins, Random House and others.
You can read or listen from a PC, on WMA-compatible devices or burn many titles to CDs.
Most titles are downloaded in multiple sub-parts, as an aid to faster downloading and ability to split onto several CDs.
Publishers decide whether a specific title of theirs may be burned to CD, and this information is available to you before you download the title.
Compatible devices are made by Creative, Dell, HP, Cellular, T-Mobile, Motorola, Rave and others.
A one-time download of OverDrive Media Console software works with Windows Media Player software to download and play audio files.
The audiobooks and eBooks you can download will appear in our library catalog and on the OverDrive web pages. Checkout period is 21 days and can be renewed via the OverDrive web pages. You may have up to 15 OverDrive titles checked out to you at one time.
There is no return or checkin required. If you do not renew the titles, they simply expire (will not be playable), and become available to others to download, after 21 days.
Like regular books, each copy of an OverDrive audiobook or eBook is available for one person to check out for 21 days. Others can not download that copy while it is checked out to you.
You may place a reserve (wait list) on the OverDrive Web site for currently unavailable title copies and receive an e-mail notification when the title is ready for you to download. You may have up to 15 titles on a wait list with OverDrive at a time.
More help, information and a Quick Start guide are available on the OverDrive web pages.

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OverDrive Help

Find answers to frequently asked questions about digital materials. Read more >>

If you are having difficulties installing OverDrive, or have completed installation and are unable to download your first book, read more here >>

Monthly Maintenance Window

You may be unable to access eBooks and audiobooks on the third Thursday of every month, from 3 a.m. - 5 a.m. Pacific time. OverDrive will make every effort to display a message to you during this time.

OverDrive has established this monthly maintenance window to perform any necessary systems maintenance. As new hardware, hosting and security opportunities become available, OverDrive needs to upgrade systems to provide these benefits to you.

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