Gloucester County Library System cardholders can download eBooks from the Overdrive (via the South Jersey Audiobook and eBook Download Center). eBooks are available for a variety of devices including Kindle, Nook, and Sony eReaders, iPads and other tablets, smartphones, and PCs. (See our eBook FAQ for more information about devices and file formats.)

In order to use the eBooks service with certain devices (for example, the Nook), you will need to download and install Adobe Digital Editions software on your PC or Macintosh. A link to Adobe Digital Editions is available on the Overdrive web site.

Kindle eBooks are sent directly to your Kindle device or app. The free Overdrive Media Console app is available for Android, Blackberry, iPhone/iPad, and Windows Phone 7.

Go to Overdrive (via the South Jersey Audiobook and eBook Download Center)

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eBook Quick Start Guides

• iPad/iPhone & Adobe Digital Editions (Overdrive and Freading)
• Kindle (Overdrive)
• Nook & Adobe Digital Editions (Overdrive and Freading)

eAudiobook Quick Start Guides

• Overdrive Audiobooks

 

Extensive Help Documentation is available on the Overdrive (via the South Jersey Audiobook and eBook Download Center) website. This Help section describes how to use the site, the Adobe Digital Editions software, the Overdrive Media Console™, which devices are compatible with Overdrive eBooks, and more.

For more information about the Overdrive Media Console™ and compatible devices and eBook formats, see the Overdrive Media Console website.

Public Computer Users: Please do not download eBooks to an public computer at a library or other location. You may not have permissions to download to a public computer, and/or the computer may not have the necessary software installed.

Technical Support

If you require technical assistance, you can contact library eBook tech support at ebooks@gcls.org.

When it comes to eBooks, there's NOT eNOUGH Ever wonder why many of your favorite authors aren’t available in an eBook or eAudiobook format from New Jersey libraries? The answer might surprise you. The policies of the major publishers concerning selling eBooks to libraries are all different. Your library has to deal with policies like: • Publishers who refuse to sell eBooks and/or eAudiobooks to libraries; • Publishers who charge libraries as much as 5 times more than consumers for the same digital content; • Publishers who embargo their content and will not sell to libraries any newly published digital content; • Publishers who make digital content available in only some formats (ePub but not Kindle for example). See http://savemynjlibrary.org/notenoughebooks for more information.