Working with cloudlibrary and Downloadable Content

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1 Grande Prairie, Alberta Working with cloudlibrary and Downloadable Content Prepared by Samantha Mercer, Digital Trainer & IT Assistant August 2016

2 Table of Contents 1 Definitions About cloudlibrary Software Account Create Use Browsing and Searching Computer cloudlibrary Desktop app cloudlibrary app for Android or Apple Downloading Computer Mobile KOBO Sony ereader Wi-Fi Reading cloudlibrary desktop app cloudlibrary mobile app for Apple: cloudlibrary mobile app for Android Returns ebooks and audiobooks on Computer ebooks and audiobooks on cloudlibrary desktop app ebooks & audiobooks on cloudlibrary mobile app Holds and Lists Holds Lists Multiple Devices Help Page 2

3 1 Definitions cloudlibrary offers users access to both ebooks and audiobooks but you will need different software depending on what type of book you have borrowed and on what format you intend to read it on. Make sure you know what you are looking for! ebooks are digital versions of a paper book that have been optimized to read on a screen. You download it and read it on a computer, smart phone, tablet, ereader and other devices. Audiobooks are a recorded reading of the book that can be downloaded to a computer and some mobile devices for you to listen to. You can tell it s an audiobook when the cover has on the bottom right. cloudlibrary desktop app is a free software that you download onto your computer that allows you to use the ebooks you borrowed. Any audiobooks borrowed are opened in a browser window for use when selected from the cloudlibrary website or from the app. cloudlibrary mobile app is a free app downloaded onto your mobile device from the Google or Apple app store. It allows you to use the ebooks you borrowed when connected and not connected to the internet. 2 About cloudlibrary cloudlibrary is very similar to OverDrive in its purpose to offer ebooks and audiobooks to library patrons but they work differently and offer different titles. You can take out a total of 10 ebooks and audiobooks combined and download them onto as many devices as needed. You can have up to 8 titles on hold at one time. There are not an unlimited amount of copies of the titles on 3M. Just like paper books, there are a limited number of copies available for ebooks and audiobooks You don t have to worry about late fees. Once your loan period is over, the ebook or audiobook will automatically delete itself from your devices To start using titles from cloudlibrary, you need an internet connection and a library card. The software you need to download and read ebooks is safe and can be found on the cloudlibrary digital home of TRACpac. cloudlibrary does not offer every book published as not all books are published in digital format, not all publishers have partnerships with 3M or they may not have been purchased. Page 3

4 3 Software In order to read an ebook on your computer, you will need to download the cloudlibrary Desktop app for your windows or Mac computer. To do this: 1. Go to 2. Select from the top right of the screen 3. Find the appropriate software for your device from the list on the left 4. Select DOWNLOAD APP and follow the screen prompts to install In order to read an ebook and listen to an audiobook on your mobile devices, you will need to download the cloudlibrary app. To do this on an Android or Apple device: 1. Go to the App Store or the Google Play Store on your device 2. Search cloudlibrary 3. Once the app is installed select Open 4. You can use the app when you are online and offline In order to listen to an audiobook on your computer, all you need to have is an internet connection. On your computer, 3M offers the audiobooks by streaming only so when you select it from your account to listen, the audiobook will open and play in a new tab. 4 Account 4.1 Create Once you have a library card, you have already created your account! Computer To login: 1. Go to 2. Select from the top right of the screen 3. Type in your library barcode and pin, check the Terms of Use & Privacy box and click the green Login button cloudlibrary desktop app To login: 1. Open the cloudlibrary desktop app 2. Select (CA) Canada as your country 3. Select AB as your province 4. Select TRAC: The Regional Automation Consortium as your library 5. Type in your library barcode as your Library Card ID Page 4

5 6. Type in your pin 7. Check that you accept the legal terms 8. Click Login cloudlibrary mobile app To login: 1. Open the cloudlibrary app 2. Select Connect to your library 3. Change the country from US to CA 4. Select Alberta 5. Select TRAC The Regional Automation Consortium 6. Select the green Accept button on the top right to agree to the legal terms 7. Enter your library barcode and pin 8. Select Login 4.2 Use Computer 1. Select My Books to see all of your borrowed content 2. From within My Books, select Holds to see the items you have a hold on 3. From within My Books, select History to see your history of borrowed items. a. Select the red Delete History button on the top right b. Confirm that you want to Delete by selecting the green Delete History button cloudlibrary desktop app 1. Select My Books to see all the titles you have borrowed and holds on a. You can change how your books are displayed by selecting the black List View button on the top right 2. From within My Books, select Suggestion List to see your wish list 3. From within My Books, select Reading History to see your history of borrowed items a. Select the red Delete Reading History button on the bottom centre b. Select the Back button on the top left to return to My Books 4. From within My Books, select Message Center to see any communication notices sent to your account 5. From within My Books, select Account Profile to see your library ID information, to edit your notifications information or to Log Out cloudlibrary app for Android 1. Select My Books to see all of your borrowed content 2. From within My Books, select Hold to see the items you have a hold on 3. From within My Books, select History to see your history of borrowed items 4. From within My Books, select the flag to see items you wanted to save the information of 5. From within My Books, select Return to see a list of your currently borrowed items with the option to Return them Page 5

6 4.2.4 cloudlibrary app for Apple 1. Select My Books to see all of your borrowed content 2. From within My Books, select Hold to see the items you have a hold on 3. From within My Books, select History to see your history of borrowed items 4. From within My Books, select the flag to see items you wanted to save the information of 5. From within My Books, select Return to see a list of your currently borrowed items with the option to Return them 6. Select the account icon on the top right of the screen, beside the search icon a. Select Logout or to add another account in the event that you have patron status at more than one library 5 Browsing and Searching 5.1 Computer Browse A. You can browse the homepage ( which offers several different lists such as New Additions or Top Picks. a. You can sort these lists by title, author, publishing date, new addition and ratings. b. You can scroll through the covers using the arrows to the left and right of the list c. You can filter what is shown to you by format or only those available when you select Filters from the top of the screen B. Select Browse from the top left of the browser a. Select from the dozens of genres of interest under Fiction, Non Fiction, Youth Fiction and Youth Non Fiction b. When your favourite genre appears in the list below, select the i. Select the from the top list beside the choices of Fiction, Non Fiction, Youth Fiction and Youth Non Fiction ii. You can now browse your favourite genres Search 1. Select the search bar on the top right of the browser and input your search for an author or title 2. You can organize your search results using the Sort menu on the top left by title, author, publishing date, recent addition or rating. 3. Select Description below each of the book covers to get a summary 4. Select the green Borrow button on the right to check out the book in your account 5.2 cloudlibrary Desktop app Browse A. Your apps home page is also the feature page of 3M. You can browse by different lists like New Additions or Top Picks Page 6

7 a. You can scroll through the covers using the arrows to the left and right of the list b. Select Show All on the right of the list to see the entire list i. Use the Sort by menu on the top right to organize by title, author, rating, or newest additions B. Select Browse from the top left of the window a. Scroll through an A-Z list of genres and select one i. You can filter what appears by selecting Filter on the top right b. Scroll through the further breakdown of the genre by topic or select all Books c. Once at the list view of the books within the topic, use the Sort by menu on the top right to organize by title, author, rating or newest additions Search 1. Select the search tab from the top left of the window 2. Input your title or author and click search 3. Apply filters to the results by selecting filter from the top of the window 4. Sort your results by selecting the Sort by menu on the top right of the window 5. Select the green Borrow of the grey Add to Hold List buttons beside the book you want 5.3 cloudlibrary app for Android or Apple Browse A. Your apps home page is also the feature page of 3M. You can browse by different lists like New Additions or Top Picks a. You can scroll through the covers by sliding your fingers left or right across them b. Select See All on the right of the list to see the entire list i. Use the Sort by menu on the top left of the list to organize by title, author, rating, or newest additions B. Select Browse from the menu a. Select from the dozens of genres of interest under Fiction, Non Fiction and Youth b. When your favourite genre appears in the list below, select the i. Select the from the top list beside the choices of Fiction, Non Fiction, Youth Fiction and Youth Non Fiction ii. You can now browse your favourite genres Search 1. Select the search icon on the very top left 2. A search page will appear where you input your criteria 3. Organize your search results by using the drop down menu on the top left below the search bar a. You can also apply filters by selecting the menu icon on the top left, select Filters and editing what format you want your book and what availability it has 4. Select the blue HOLD or green BORROW button beside the book cover a. Books for hold say when they will be available directly below the blue HOLD button Page 7

8 6 Downloading 6.1 Computer Once you ve found and borrowed an audio or ebook on your browser, select the blue Read button. A window will prompt you to open your cloudlibrary desktop app: 1. Open your app and go to My Books a. You can browse through the default display or select List View on the top right 2. Faded book covers are those that need to be downloaded. Full colour book covers have been downloaded. 3. Double click on the faded cover to download the title 4. Once the download is complete you can begin reading on your desktop app 5. This book will remain on this device until your loan expires 6.2 Mobile 1. Open your app and go to My Books 2. Books that need to be downloaded will have an arrow icon on the book cover 3. Tap the book cover and your download will start 4. Once the download is done the arrow will disappear and your app will launch the book 5. This book will remain on this device until your loan expires 6.3 KOBO 1. Connect your KOBO via USB 2. Select Manage Library on the device 3. Go to My Books on your cloudlibrary desktop app 4. Once your device is recognized, My Books will say KOBO ereader connected 5. Select the green Transfer to Device button that it on top of your desired book. If you are in List View, the green button will be on the far left beside Continue Reading a. The button will only be there if the book is downloaded on your desktop app and if it has not already been added to the device 6. A pop up window will show the process of the transfer a. Once complete you will be told of successful transfer. Select Ok 6.4 Sony ereader Wi-Fi 1. Connect your Sony ereader Wi-Fi 2. Select Data Transfer Mode on the device 3. Reader for PC software (Sony ereader software) should launch 4. Select File on the top left of the window 5. Select Import Files 6. Select Documents, select My Digital Editions, select your book and click Open 7. The title will load into Reader for PC. 8. Select the title from My Library, drag it to the tab that says Reader and drop it 9. Select the Reader tab, select Sync and click the pink Sync Now button Page 8

9 7 Reading 7.1 cloudlibrary desktop app ebooks 1. Select My Books and click on the ebook you want to read 2. The ebook will launch in a new tab called EBook 3. Use the progress bar on the bottom to scroll through the book 4. Beside the progress bar are the page numbers 5. Select the cursive I on the top right to open a popup window with the ebooks details 6. Select the search icon if you want to search through the text for a word or sentence 7. Select the small A to decrease the font size or select the large A to increase the font size 8. Select the dotted square on the top right to make and save notes to pages audiobooks 1. Select My Books and click on the audiobook you want to read 2. The audiobook will launch in a browser window and load 3. Track your progress of the book and track using the progress bars on the top 4. Tracks were split up by chapter and for longer chapters into additional parts 5. Select to go back 15 seconds and to go forward 15 seconds 6. Select the arrows to jump forward or backwards through the track list or double click on a track in the track list to start it 7. Select to create a bookmark that you can also add a note and click the green Save button. a. When a track has a bookmark in it, the bookmark icon will appear beside the track in the track list 8. Select Description on the top left below the book cover to get the books description 9. When you close the window, your progress is saved so when you reopen the audiobook it will pick up where it left off 7.2 cloudlibrary mobile app for Apple: ebooks 1. Select on the top left for book information 2. Select on the top centre to edit the font size and screen colour 3. Select to search for words through the text 4. Select to get the table of contents and bookmarks/notes 5. Watch your progress with the progress bar on the bottom 6. Select on the top right to create a bookmark 7. Hold down on a piece of the text to get a pop up menu that will offer you to copy, define with a dictionary, highlight, create a note, search for the word elsewhere and share 8. Select x on the top left to close the ebook Page 9

10 7.2.2 audiobooks 1. Select the x on the top left to close the audiobook 2. Select on the top right to create a book mark 3. The audio buttons and progress bar are on the bottom 4. Select on the top left for book information 5. Select on the top centre to control the speed of the narrator 6. Select on the top centre to turn on a sleep timer 7. Select on the top right to get the table of content & bookmarks/notes a. To edit your notes select Edit from the top right and select the bookmark to edit b. Edit your note, select save and done 7.3 cloudlibrary mobile app for Android ebooks 1. Select the bookmark from the top right to create a bookmark 2. Select Aa Font from the top right to change the font size and display 3. Use the progress bar on the bottom to see where you are in the recording 4. Select on the top right to see a drop down menu a. Select the Search icon to find words or sentences in the text b. Select Go To in order to find the table of contents and bookmarks c. Select Margin to change the size of the margins on your device d. Select Mode to change the background of the text e. Select Brightness to increase or decrease the backlighting of the screen f. Select Rotation to change between portrait and landscape displays 5. Hold down on a piece of the text and you will be prompted to download a dictionary app (if you do not have one) a. Once on your device, you can look up words audiobooks 1. On the top centre you can switch between cover, tracks and details a. Cover simply shows the cover of the audiobook b. Tracks allows you to scroll through the chapters and parts as well as see the time of each c. Details offers the book description and details 2. Select on the bottom right to see a summary of all bookmarks a. On the bottom, you can also select create bookmark 3. Select the 3M logo on the top left to return to My Books Page 10

11 8 Returns One of the great things about ebooks and audiobooks is that you never have to worry about late fees. Your books delete themselves from your devices on their due date BUT you can return it if you finish it early so the next person waiting for it can get started! 8.1 ebooks and audiobooks on Computer 1. Go to and login 2. Select My Books 3. Find the book you want to return 4. Select the red Return button below the book cover 5. A popup window will ask you for your rating of the book 6. Select the red Return button again 7. My Books will refresh and that book will be gone from your collection 8.2 ebooks and audiobooks on cloudlibrary desktop app 1. Open and login to your cloudlibrary desktop app 2. Select My Books and change to List View (black button on the top right) 3. Find the book in your selection that you want to return 4. Select the red Return button on the far right 5. A popup window will display the book to confirm that this is the book you want to return 6. Select the red Return button 7. Another popup window will ask for your rating 8. The book will disappear from your collection 8.3 ebooks & audiobooks on cloudlibrary mobile app 1. Open and login to your cloudlibrary mobile app 2. Select My Books 3. Find the book you want to return 4. Hold down on the book cover for a few seconds 5. A popup window will appear with the book description and a read and a return button 6. Select the red RETURN button 7. Another popup window will ask for your rating 8. Select the green Yes button 9. The book will disappear from your collection Page 11

12 9 Holds and Lists 9.1 Holds Sometimes the ebook or audiobook you want is being used so you can place a hold. To place a hold on an ebook or audiobook: 1. After you have selected the book to bring up either a new page or pop up window with the book s description 2. Select Add to Hold List a. If you do this on a browser, you will receive a popup window asking for you to confirm the address the notification will be sent to 3. You can then go to My Books and the books will appear in the Hold List part of My Books. You can also see how long you will have to wait 4. If you change your mind, simply go to this hold list or find the book in the 3M Cloud catalogue and select the Remove from Hold List button 9.2 Lists Below each book, cloudlibrary offers titles that they believe are similar under the Similar books tab. You can select these books to get more information about them HOWEVER you cannot loan them if the library has not bought it as part of their subscription. When this happens, your book description will look something like this: Instead of a Borrow or Hold button, there is a Suggest to Library option. Return to My Books and the suggestion list will appear on the bottom left of the computer app. You can remove these titles from suggestion simply by going to the list and selecting the Remove Suggestion button. Page 12

13 10 Multiple Devices Don t worry! You can read an ebook or listen to an audiobook on more than one device. As long as they are using the same software and have an internet connection, your accounts will sync to the cloud. You can start reading your book on your smartphone and finish reading it on your tablet. 11 Help cloudlibrary offers help at cloudlibrary also has a YouTube channel at 3M Cloud offers a reset form for people experiencing issues with their Adobe activation Peace Library System also offers help and guides at Page 13