Sabah State Library - eBooks Service (Update)

I did a posting on 11 November 2010 on borrowing eBooks from the Sabah State Library.

It's been almost 2 years since. The newer versions of the Overdrive Media Console (in 2010 it only handle audiobooks) had been updated to handle pdf eBooks.

The Overdrive Media Console on my phone (Android ICS) is version 2.5.0.

When installing the Overdrive Media Console App, you are required to fill in your Adobe ID to allow both Adobe Open and DRM titles (eBooks) to be downloaded and read. If you don't have one, you can apply for one immediately when installing the Overdrive Media Console App.

 

Pressing the "Menu" button allow you to select "Get Books" ...

... allowing you to select "Sabah State Library" (type in "Sabah State Library" when installing the App) ...

... the "Home Page".

Just to show the process; let's select the book "Thai Cooking Made Easy" by clicking "Add to Cart" ...

... then click "Proceed to Checkout" ...

... after the login screen, click "Confirm Checkout" ...

... bringing you to the "Download" page ...

... and the eBook is downloading into the device (it can be your phone / tablet / PC etc...).

Upon completion of the download, the eBook appears in the bookshelf ...

... now you can start reading "Thai Cooking Made Easy".

The "Contents" page ...

... allow you to quickly go to the recipe for Tom Yam Goong!


All in all, the eBook service is even easier now; if only there were more eBooks available (Update - Flora Fung from The Sabah State Library had mentioned in her comment that the library actually had over 5,000 titles with regular additions).