Checking Out eBooks from the JMMS Library

You can now use your iPad to check out eBooks purchased by the JMMS Library! Here are the steps to get yourself set up.

1. Download the Follett Digital Reader App.

• Open the App Store on your iPad
• Search for Follett Digital Reader
• Download the App that looks like this one: 

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2. Configure the Follett Digital Reader App.

• Click on the Follett Digital Reader App after it downloads.
• Type the JMMS Follett Shelf URL: wbb17615
• Type the same username and password combination that you use every morning to log in to your computer. Then tap "Connect." Here is what it should look like. Now close Follett reader.

Image by C. Jeffers 

3. Go find some eBooks on Destiny.

• In your Safari or Google Chrome web browser on your iPad, go to http://library.wausau.k12.wi.us/ and click "John Muir Middle School." 
• Tap the catalog tab at the top of the page. 
• Below the search bar, change "Material Type" from "Any Type" to "Electronic Book"
• Tap in the "Find" bar (you don't actually need to type any words) and press "Go"

4. Check out the title you want.

• Tap the title that you want to check out.
• If it prompts you to log in again, log in using your same username and password from step 2.
• Tap check out "Online"
• Tap "Read Now"
• Wait for Follett Digital Reader to open your book.

Here is a little screencast to help assist you with this process!