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Overdrive eBooks

We provide eBook access to Lillie Russell Memorial Library card holders with OverDrive, a digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video titles. OverDrive links together a network of over 27,000 libraries and schools, including Lillie Russell Memorial Library!  OverDrive has a catalog of more than 2 million digital titles from over 5,000 publishers.  You can use OverDrive to find adult, teen, and children's fiction, nonfiction, popular authors, current and backlist titles.

To access OverDrive using your Lillie Russell Memorial Library account, you must have a PIN number.  Get your PIN from the front desk at the Library.

Then you need to download the App on your device. OverDrive has an App available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Chromebook, Windows Phone, Windows, Kindle Fire and NOOK.  You can get the App here http://app.overdrive.com/  You must be 13 years or older to download the App.

After you have your PIN and have downloaded the App, follow the INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING OVERDRIVE below:

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING OVERDRIVE

Tap or click on I AM 13 YEARS OR OLDER.  Then your account should be created and you should be on the OverDrive screen.

  • Click On the following:
    • Get Books
    • Add a Library
    • Type in our zip code (75771)
    • Click on Lindale Library
    • Click on Northeast Texas
  • Once this has been done correctly you should be on the official website
  • To sign in and start checking out items (maximum 5 items per card), you need to log in:
    • Click on select Library
    • Click on Lindale Library
    • Type in your LIBRARY CARD NUMBER FOR BOTH CARD NUMBER & PIN
  • Once logged in
    • Go to quick search, type in title, and click ADD TO MY CART
    • Follow steps to download; Once you click on PROCEED TO CHECKOUT; Overdrive will automatically add the book to your bookshelf.