Welcome to Free Library of
Philadelphia’s
eReaders for Seniors
Getting Started Made Easy…
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Topics
• eReaders for Seniors Overview
• Getting to Know Your Nook™
• Reading on Your Nook™
• Safety and Care for Your Nook™
• Other Devices
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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eReaders for Seniors
• Who?
• Titles?
B&N
Classics
Series
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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eReaders for Seniors
(NEW) Best Sellers
Classics
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou, 1993/2011 (essays)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and
Carol Howard, 1813
Heaven Is for Real by Todd Brupo with
Lynn Vincent, 2010 (non-fiction)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, 1847
The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan,
2011 (novel)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins,
2008 (fiction)
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra, 1605,
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard,
2011 (memoir)
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens,
1859
That Used to Be Us by Thomas L Friedman
& Michael Mandelbaum, 2011 (non-fiction)
Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas,
1844
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand, 2010
(non-fiction)
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1850
Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson with
Susy Flory, 2011 (non-fiction)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 19141916 and Dubliners, 1914 by James Joyce
Game of Thrones; A Song of Ice and Fire
#1 by George Martin, 2003 (fiction)
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1726
Tempest Rising by Diane McKinneyWhetstone, 1999/2009 (novel)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain,
1876
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern,
2011 (novel)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne, 1869-1870
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo,
2002/2010 (fiction)
Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson and
Marshall Karp, 2011 (novel)
New York to Dallas (In Death Series #33)
by J.D. Robb, 2011 (mystery)
One Book One Philadelphia 2012
Create Dangerously; The Immigrant Artist
at Work by Edwidge Danticat, 2010 memoir
Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts,
1992/2011 (romance, fiction)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett, 2009
(fiction)
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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eReaders for Seniors
• Borrowing Period
– 2 Weeks
• Late Fees
– $1 / Day
– Lost After 30 Days, $150
• Checking In / Out at Central
in Philbrick Popular Library
to Staff at Information Desk
Monday-Thursday 9am-8:30pm
Friday 9am-5:30 pm
Saturday 9am-4:30pm
• $10 Fine for book drop
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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eReaders for Seniors
• Deposit
– No Deposit
– Must Sign Borrowing Agreement
• Training
– 1 Hour
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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eReaders for Seniors
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
What comes with your Nook™?
•Carrying Case
•Nook™
•USB Cable
•Power Adapter
•Tip Sheet
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Charging your Nook™
• 3 hours to fully charge
• 3 Weeks to 2 Months of casual reading
• DO NOT turn off Nook While Charging
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Power Button
Page Turn
Buttons
Touchscreen
Display
Quick Nav
Button
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Turn on Your Nook™
Unlock Your Nook™
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
The Home Screen
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Touch Gestures
• Swipe
• Tap
• Double Tap
• Press and Hold
• Scroll
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Touch Gestures
• Unlocking Your Nook™
• Tap & Double Tap
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Touch Gestures
• Press & Hold
• Scroll
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
Touch Gestures
• Swipe
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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Getting to Know Your Nook™
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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Reading on Your Nook™
1. Press the
Quick Nav button
2. Unlock your
Nook™
3. Tap the
Library
button
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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Reading on Your Nook™
Library
3. Tap the book you want to read
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Reading on Your Nook™
Changing Text Size and More
Table of
Contents
Change
Text Size
Go to a
Page
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services
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Reading on Your Nook™
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Reading onYour Nook™
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Safety and Care
Safety
• Electricity
– Only included power adapter
• Water
– Not waterproof
• Situations Demanding Attention
– Driving, watching children
• Electronic Equipment
– i.e. Hospital (ask)
• Battery
– DO NOT open battery compartment
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Safety and Care
Care
• Temperature
– DO NOT leave in car
• Water and Weather
– Use soft clean dry cloth
• Touchscreen
– Fingertips only
– Damp soft cloth (Micro fiber)
– NO CHEMICALS OR ABRASIVES
• Carrying Case
– Put cable in first then Nook so cable
is on bottom
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Other Devices
• iPad
• Kobo
• Kindle
This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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This project has been funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and support from The
Institute of Museum and Library Services
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