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ALBANY, GA. -- Dougherty County Public Library is excited to announce that its eBook collection is now compatible with the world’s bestselling eBook reader, the Amazon® Kindle. Patrons can now download popular and classic eBooks to a Kindle device or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, and more. To get started, visit http://gadd.lib.overdrive.com/.

Dougherty County Public Library and other participating library systems, including the Lee County Library System, also offer eBooks and audiobooks for use on a PC or Mac computer and popular mobile devices such as a Smartphone, MP3 player, and eBook reader like the Barnes & Noble® Nook™ and Sony® Reader.

Kindle users can browse the Dougherty County Public Library’s collection of bestselling and classic eBooks from a PC or Mac computer, check out titles using a library card, and select “Get for Kindle” to deliver eBooks to their Kindle device or any device running the free Kindle app. Users who enjoy eBooks on Kindle will benefit from Amazon’s Whispersync technology that synchronizes notes, highlights and last page read between their Kindle and free Kindle apps.

Visit the Georgia Download Destination website to download eBooks for your Kindle: http://gadd.lib.overdrive.com/.

Dougherty County Public Library partners with OverDrive, Inc. (www.overdrive.com), a global leader in eBook distribution for libraries and schools, and other public libraries across Georgia to offer this service.