E-Books Guide: How-To

Some resources include videos, forms and other resources that may be re-used under Creative Commons license (please check before using to confirm their use status).

• Cheat Sheets - Digital Delight
• Documenting and Sharing Your eReader Program Practices - ALA Learning Round Table
• Gadget Zoo to the Rescue! - Techsoup for Libraries
• Staff Tools and Resources  - Digital Delight

Overdrive has many videos available showing how to download eBooks to specific devices, as well as detailed directions, FAQs, etc. Click here to access them all. 

• Mobile applications
• Android
• Blackberry
• iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
• Windows phone
• Ebook Readers
• Adobe Digital Editions
• Kindle
• Kobo
• Nook
• Sony Reader Wi-Fi
• Audio Players
• Apple Devices
• MP3 Players

Self-Publishing Platforms

• Amazon.com
• BookBaby
• Booktango
• iBooks Author (Apple)
• Lulu.com
• Open-Source Sigil
• PubIt (Barnes and Noble)
• Scribd
• Smashwords

Articles and Other Information

• How to Self-Publish an eBook
• ISBN for your eBook (Bowker)