Learn to download eAudiobooks from NC Digital Library and transfer them to your MP3 player. Make sure you have your New Hanover County Public Library card ready!

1. Presented by:
Susan Wood, NHCPL
Dave Vinzant, Best Buy
David Kinsel, Best Buy

2. Agenda
 Library Website Tour
 NC Digital Library Demonstration
 Transferring eAudiobooks to iPod Demonstration
 Transferring eAudiobooks to other MP3 Players
 Explanations & Demonstrations for using iPods and
MP3 players
 Question & Answer Session

3. Library Website Tour
www.nhclibrary.org
Library Homepage www.nhclibrary.org
Search catalog and reserve books
Renew books & check your account
View calendar and register for events
NextReads Newsletters

4. Library Website Tour
www.nhclibrary.org
NC Live- Databases for newspapers
and journals
Computer Tutorials
Auto Repair Reference Center
Live Homework Help

5. How many ways can you
read/listen to a book?
Samsung

6. Flashback
 Many people still use CD players, some use cassette
tape players, and some…
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PMMGvmnCSE
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry25XcTZxSc

7. Download eAudioBooks to your Computer
&
Transfer to an iPod or MP3
 Part One: Download Overdrive Media Console to
Computer
 Part Two: Finding a Book & Checking it Out
 Part Three: Download the Book
 Part Four: Transfer the Book to Your iPod (or MP3
Player)

8. Simply Stated
 eBook: an electronic book you read on the computer
screen
 eAudiobook: an electronic book you listen to on your
computer, iPod, or MP3 (or burn to a CD)
 Both electronic book formats are listed in the online
library catalog

9. What does MP3 stand for?
 MP3 is an acronym for MPEG layer 3, which is a
compressed audio format. A compression ratio of up to
12 to 1 compression is possible, which produces high
sound quality.
 The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is a
working group under the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) that sets the standards for
encoding audio and video in digital format.
http://www.mp3-cdburner.com/MP3-glossary.shtml

10. Pohlmann, Ken C. quot;Digital music player.quot; World Book Advanced. 2009. [NHCP,
Wilmington, NC] 9 April 2009
<http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar751646>.
 Digital music player is an electronic device used to
store music as digital (numeric) code and then to play
back the music.
 A computer reduces the size of music files used in
digital music players by removing some sounds that
the human ear cannot hear, and by representing other
sounds using less digital information. Popular data-
reduction formats for music files include MP3 (MPEG
Audio Layer 3), WMA (Windows Media Audio), and
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding).

11. Compatible Devices
 http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/

12. Part One: Download Overdrive Media Console
(You only have to do this once!)
 Go to www.nhclibrary.org
 Click on Downloadable + Audio Books (Right side
near middle of screen)

13. NC Digital Library
 Click on NC Digital Library

14. Download Software
 Find Category: Digital Media Software and click on
OverDrive MP3 AudioBook

15. Download Software
 The screen will have a lot of information. Select the
OverDrive Media Console link near the top.

16. Download Software
 Again, a lot of information on the screen; near the top
click on the word DOWNLOAD.

17. When you see the message: Do you want to
want to run or save this file? Select Run

18. When you see the message: Do you want to
run this software?; select Run

19. When you see the message: Welcome to
Overdrive Media Console Setup; select NEXT

20. When you see the License Agreement,
select: I agree and Next

21. When you see Select Installation folder:
select Next

22. When you see Confirm Installation: select Next

23. When you see the message Installation
Complete; select Close

24. Now let’s practice:
www.nhclibrary.org

25. NC Digital Library
Part Two: Finding a Book & Checking it Out
 Go to www.nhclibrary.org
 Click on Downloadable + Audio Books (Right side
near middle of screen)
 Click on NC Digital Library
 Click Login (On the left)
 Select NHCPL and enter library card number

26. Login

27. Select library and enter card number
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28. Under Browse Collections select
View all MP3 Audiobooks

29. Each book will display 2 out of 3
options:
 Add to My NCDL eBookBag (This means there is a
copy available and you can check it out!)
 Hold Requests (All copies are checked out and you
want to place a hold. You will be asked for an email
address and will be emailed when the book is available
for you to check out.)
 Add to Wish List (Doesn’t matter if the book is
available or not, you can still add it to a wish list. – A
list of books you want to check out or place on hold at
a later time.)

30. Results: 127

31. What do those symbols mean?

32. Add to My NCDL eBookBag

33. After you add a book to your eBookBag you
have two options:
 Continue Browsing (To look for more books)
 Proceed to Checkout (To checkout)

34. Once you select Proceed to Checkout: Read
the rules/service terms and click YES

35. Review the information: Lending period, number
checked out, number allowed to check out, etc. Click
Confirm Checkout.

36. FAQ’s
 How many e-Audiobooks can I check out at one time?
Four
 How long is the check out period?
Seven days
 Can I turn the books in early?
No
 What happens at then end of 7 days?
The book will no longer play on your computer,
delete the file.

37. Now let’s practice:
www.nhclibrary.org

38. Part Three: Download the Book
 Click on the blue Download button

39. Download Book
 OverDrive Media Console will open along with a Get
Media, North Carolina Digital Library box will pop up;
select OK

40. Download Book
 If you see this message: The specified default download
folder for new media does not exist. Do you want to
create it? Select Yes

41. Download Book
 A Download box will appear. Make sure all the parts
you want to download are selected (usually all) Select
OK

42. Download Book
 Wait while the eAudiobook is downloaded to
OverDrive Media Console
 Once the download is complete you will see the book
(along with any others you have downloaded) listed in
OverDrive Media Console.

43. To listen to the book from your computer:
 Simply click on the book and select Play- use the
controls to pause, stop, fast forward, rewind,
bookmark, etc.

44. The book is also stored in a media file:
 Select Start and then My Documents
 My Media and then MP3 Audiobooks
 Title of Book(s)

45. You can move My Media
folder to desktop

46. Now let’s practice:
www.nhclibrary.org

47. Part Four: Transfer the Book to Your iPod
(or MP3 Player)
 From the OverDrive Media Console; select the book
you want to transfer and select Transfer

48. Transfer Continued

49. Error Message

50. Transfer to iPod: Option 1
 Plug in your iPod and click Next (shrink Overdrive
Media to bottom of screen)
 Open iTunes select Manually Manage Music and
Videos

51. Transfer Continued
 Are you sure…? Select Yes
 Select Apply (Bottom right of screen)
 Go back to OverDrive Media Console (you reduced
it to bottom of screen)
 Select the parts you want to transfer (usually all) and
select Next

52. Transfer Continued

53. Transfer Continued

54. Transfer Continued
 When you see the message OverDrive Media Console
Wizard Transfer – Success , You may now disconnect
your portable player; select Finish
 Open iTunes again; Under devices, click the eject
button (this will allow you to safely disconnect iPod
from computer)
 Disconnect iPod from computer; To listen to book on
iPod select Music and then Albums; find the title
there and enjoy 

55. The End of Book
 When you are finished with the book on your iPod, the
next time you plug it into your computer remember to
uncheck Manually Merge Music and Videos, select
Yes, and Apply The book will no longer be on your
iPod.

56. Option 2:
Transfer to iPod using iTunes
 Right click on media file and open with iTunes

57. Now plug in iPod as usual to
automatically transfer/sync!

58. Where is the book on my iPod?
 Music
 Albums
 Title of Book
 (Not under Audiobooks, as you would expect.)

59. Now let’s practice:
www.nhclibrary.org

60. And now… everything else!

61. Presented by:
Susan Wood, NHCPL
Dave Vinzant, Best Buy
David Kinsel, Best Buy