OverDrive Media Console: Library eBooks Audiobooks

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Overview

This application is recommended for ages 4+.

Download eBooks and audiobooks from your library directly to your NOOK Color™ by Barnes & Noble!

OverDrive Media Console gives you on-the-go access to eBooks and audiobooks from your ...
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Overview

This application is recommended for ages 4+.

Download eBooks and audiobooks from your library directly to your NOOK Color™ by Barnes & Noble!

OverDrive Media Console gives you on-the-go access to eBooks and audiobooks from your public, school, or college library. More than 18,000 libraries worldwide offer best-selling and classic titles via OverDrive, so use the ‘Get Books’ feature in the app to find a library near you.

How do library eBooks and audiobooks work?

Digital titles from your library are borrowed just like print material. Once you find your library using ‘Get Books,’ you can browse your library’s digital collection on the web, check out a title with a valid library card, and download the title directly to your NOOK Color™ by Barnes & Noble.

While borrowing the digital title, you can enjoy it using the app’s eBook reader or audiobook player. Each EPUB eBook and MP3 audiobook that you check out has a lending period. The title automatically expires in the app at the end of the lending period, so there’s never a late fee. There’s even a handy countdown clock built into the app so you know how long you have to read or listen before the title expires.

What happens if a digital title is already checked out?

Just like with physical material from the library, you can join a waiting list. All you need to do is enter your email address and you’ll receive an alert when the title is available for check out.

Don’t want to wait? Many libraries offer thousands of EPUB eBook downloads that are always available. Just check for the ‘Additional eBooks’ link at the bottom of the digital collection homepage and you can get a free eBook from your library that’s yours to keep—without a lending period. You’ll discover timeless books and find yourself reading more than ever before with this diverse collection.

You can also download DRM-free EPUB eBooks from other online sources and read them in the OverDrive Media Console app.

Want more books?

Each library builds a custom digital collection of eBooks and audiobooks specifically for their local community. Contact your library and let them know that you are using OverDrive on your Android device and would like to see additional titles in the digital collection.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940043354334
  • Publisher: OverDrive, Inc.
  • Publication date: 9/26/2012
  • Series: NOOKapps Series
  • Version name: 2.6.5
  • Format: NOOK App
  • File size: 3 MB
  • Sales rank: 1,007
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  • Please contact the developer directly if you would like to report a problem:
    • URL: http://omc.overdrive.com
    • Phone: 2166743917
    • Email: androidcontact@overdrive.com

Customer Reviews

Average Rating 3.5
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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 29, 2012

    There is a help/tutorial for anyone having troubles.

    I am so glad this app has FINALLY arrived. I really like getting e-books from my library but the process was time consuming due to having to 'side-load' materials. This app has streamlined the process amazingly well.
    Need Help (New to Overdrive?)...click on the menu icon on bottom menu bar, tap on the MORE button then tap on 'Help'.
    This program uses Digital Media Editions from Adobe. You'll need an Adobe account to use it, which makes perfect sense. It's free, as well. No Adobe account yet? I recommend you get started there. You'll soon be on your way to getting free materials from the library again! ENJOY!

    155 out of 185 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    No instructions no help

    Have looked for over two hours for somekind of online help or instuctions. None found.

    63 out of 133 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 30, 2012

    At Last!

    Thrilled to see this app come to the Nook shop. I had been using it on an office-issue iPad to borrow library books and missed it terribly when I got my very own Nook tablet. It makes borrowing from the library fast and easy; I no longer need to hook my Nook to my computer. This version of the app is working perfectly for me so far. Offers several customization options for fonts, sizes, margins, color schemes, etc., as well as bookmarks, an online dictionary, and progress tracking. Very comfortable and enjoyable reading experience. While I do purchase a lot of eBooks, I will always support my local library and I love still being connected to it. Thanks to B&N and the folks at Overdrive!

    49 out of 58 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 9, 2012

    Getting started with this app is needlessly frustrating...

    When you run this app the first time, it does not actually start. Instead a content-free video plays. It ends without telling you how to start the friggin app. You are left to figure that out on your own. And it's not terribly obvious.

    44 out of 67 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 28, 2012

    So Happy to Have this App!

    Waited a long time to have this app and it works great. The only thing is that there is lack of instructions to walk you through the set up. If that were added that the rating would be six plus stars!

    44 out of 51 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 10, 2012

    Help please!!!

    This app won't intall on my nook color.

    36 out of 57 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 2, 2012

    Irritating

    Installed perfectly; and it's great to be able to check out books from my Nook. But reading with the app is a dismal experience. Reach the end of a chapter and wait and wait and wait while the next chapter loads and loads and loads. I gave up. I want to read, not wait while the reader doles out chapters one by one. So I'm back to sideloading. Perhaps later versions will provide a better reading experience.

    32 out of 40 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Finally.

    Once I figured out that I can only check out epubs, not PDFs, this app works well.

    I recommend authorizing your NOOK through Adode Digital Editions first, then add your public library and look for books-less back and forth this way. It's easy to do through the OMC settings.

    Some people have complained that you can only read the book through the OMC app, but that is the point of the app. If you still want to read through your NOOK library, you need to stick with sideloading.

    31 out of 39 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Anonymous

    I have found that this app does not work with the puffin or the dolphin web browser.
    Overdrive worked beautifully after I switched back to the original web browser.

    21 out of 26 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 30, 2012

    Finally

    I can check out digital books right from the Guntersville Public Library right on my nook. (While sitting on my couch!)

    19 out of 24 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 15, 2012

    nook glowlight

    does not work on my nook for some reason even though it says on the website that it is one of the supported devices, barnes and noble never returned my email and when i called customer service it said please wait for next rep until the automated machine said to call back. Worst customer service experience I have ever had.

    15 out of 25 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 2, 2012

    YES!!!

    Thank you B&N for seeing the light and approving the OverDrive app! You have made a lot of Nook users very happy. It shouldnt surprise you that library ebook readers are avid ebook buyers as well.

    15 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Library books with ease

    Finally, a super-simple way to grab library books and audio books from your Nook!

    15 out of 19 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 1, 2012

    I have the new 9" Nook HD+ and cannot use OverDrive Media C

    I have the new 9" Nook HD+ and cannot use OverDrive Media Console to read my public library books. The books can be selected with no problem (epub books) and I do have Adobe and the password. The books load directly on to my Nook which is why I waited for the newest version BUT I cannot read the books!
    When I click on the book I want to read my screen goes blank except at the bottom where it says "loading" for as long as I will let it go, 5 minutes and on. I have taken my Nook into my Local B&N and the technical resource person there has tried to help me by unloading and reloading OverDrive Media Console and reviewed everything else. It is not working, she is not a programmer and has done her best, even called Overdrive Media. HOW DISAPPOINTING!!
    When my friends as me how I like my Nook I tell them it works fine but OverDrive does not!!

    13 out of 19 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 7, 2012

    Help! T will not install on my nook!

    Help! T will not install on my nook!

    12 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2012

    Must have

    If you enjoy reading in your pajamas, you'll love this app. Never step foot into a library when you want to check out a book.

    12 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 9, 2012

    Freedom!

    This is so great - and it's FREE! Now I can borrow my ebooks and audio books without having to link my Nook Tablet to my computer. It works well although it did take me a little exploring to figure it out so be patient. Everything you need is there somewhere so keep looking. I have tried it out for both formats and it worked smoothly. Kudos to OverDrive and Barnes & Noble for giving us an early Christmas present!

    12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 26, 2012

    I love this app on my iPad not my nook.

    This works soooo wonderfully on the iPad and a big frustration on the nook. So I stopped using with my nook.

    10 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2012

    LOVE IT - FINALLY!!!!!

    I have been waiting on this for quite some time. I found it last night and I can not contain my joy! THANK YOU!!!!!

    9 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2012

    Love this!

    It took me a little bit to understand how this works, but it was
    worth the time. Some things can not run on the nook color but they can run on your desktop. And others will not run on your desktop but on your nook. Once I learned how to manage the app I fell in love.

    7 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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