Summer Read Recommendations by Better Homes and Gardens

Hi Everyone,
Just a small note from the desk of Dee.
Better Homes and Gardens published a list of summer reads in their August 2012 issue.  For those of you who are digital or hard copy readers, I have provided the list with links to copies found in the Ohio eBook Project as well as the SCDL catalog.  Click on the link and you will be taken directly to the catalog record for requesting your library digital or paper copy.

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (digital edition)
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (paper copy)

In The Shadow Of The Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (library digital copy NA)
In The Shadow Of The Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (paper copy, put ordered copy on hold)

Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon (digital edition)
Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon (paper copy)

The Queen's Lover by Francine du Plessix Gray (library digital copy NA)
The Queen's Lover by Francine du Plessix Gray (paper copy)

Little Century by Anna Keesey (library digital copy NA)
Little Century by Anna Keesey (paper copy)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (digital edition)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (paper copy)


The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner (digital digital)
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner (paper copy)

Enjoy your summer reading!
Dee

The Book Depository

The Book Depository is a British bookseller whose motto is “All Books To All” and “selling less of more rather than more of less.”  This includes offering over 11,000 free e-books, many from their own imprint, Dodo Press.  At this time, the free ebooks are only available as PDFs, which can be read using Adobe Reader, a free software.  (To download Adobe Reader, go to: http://get.adobe.com/reader.)  Most e-readers, including the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook, can read PDF e-books.

Home Page

To get free e-books available from The Book Depository, go to: http://www.bookdepository.com/free.  The home page offers information about The Book Depository’s free e-books.  Click on Search free eBooks to start looking for e-books.

Search

Enter a title, author, or other keyword in the Add keywords box and click Refire Search.

Search Results

All of the e-books matching the search will be displayed.  Click on the title to find out more about the book or click Get Free eBook to be taken to the book’s record.

Record

The record includes information about the book, as well as a link to purchase the book or download the free PDF.  To get the e-book, click on Download free eBook PDF.

Downloading
A popup box will appear.  If you chose to Save, be sure to give the PDF a name and note where it is being saved.  Alternatively, choose to Open and start reading.

OR

Transferring to an E-Reader

Plug the e-reader into the computer using the USB cable.  Locate the file on the computer.  Go to Computer and where the e-reader should be listed as a device.  Left click, hold, and drag the e-book  to the e-reader.

For most e-readers, this is the final step.  If using a Kindle, double click Kindle to open.  Left click, hold, and drag the e-book into the documents folder.