Getting started with OverDrive Read

OverDrive Read is a browser-based reader that works on most computers, tablets, and mobile devices running web browsers with HTML5 support.

To get started, open your web browser and borrow a title that's available in the OverDrive Read format from your library's OverDrive website. Then, click or tap the Read now in browser button to begin reading it immediately using OverDrive Read.

The easiest way to see if OverDrive Read works on your device is to try it out using the sample below. Just click or tap the cover image.

Most current web browsers are compatible with OverDrive Read. Some browsers that work well are Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Read more about compatibility.

OverDrive Read has many of the same features as popular reading apps and ebook readers, like the ability to add bookmarks, search for terms, add notes and highlights, look up words, and change the font. It also offers some extra features, like fixed-layout support for graphic-heavy titles and professional narration for some ebooks.

Whenever you return to an OverDrive Read ebook, whether it's during your current lending period or if you borrow the same ebook again in the future, your place, bookmarks, notes, and highlights will be saved.