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E-books at Briggs Library: Download a CRCnetBASE book to a Kindle

Briggs has e-books in many different collections. This guide will help you find and use them.

Download a CRCnetBASE book to your Nook

On a computer, go to the CRCnetBASE website. You may also find CRCnetBASE books in our Library Catalog.

Search for the book you want and click on the title so you see the list of chapters.

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You may download one chapter at a time. Click on the "Hi-Res PDF" link by the chapter you want to download.

Note that Kindle Fire models can also view the "PDF w/links" version which will also give access to to links within the text of the chapter.

Note that not all browsers give you this option. If you do not see the buttons shown below anywhere on the screen, use a different browser. The example below is in Firefox.

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Connect your Kindle to the computer using a USB/mini USB cord and go to the File Manager.

Go to the Downloads Folder and find the file. You can rename the file by clicking on it, waiting a couple seconds then clicking on it again (do not double click either time). When the title is highlighted by itself, type a new name for the file.

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Drag and drop the file on the documents folder in the Kindle drive.

 

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Eject your Kindle by right clicking on the Kindle drive then choosing Eject from the list.

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