Getting to Know Your Account

In order to add books to your cart or wish list, place a hold, or rate an audiobook, you’ll need to be signed into the site.

What Your Account Holds 

After you have entered your library card number into the site, you have access to information under “Account.” This link can be found at the top link bar.

When you click on “Account” you will see the following information:

Bookshelf

• Displays the items you currently have checked out.
• You may only have three items checked out at a time.(A fourth item, even if it is being held for you, may not be checked out.)
• Audiobook titles are checked out for seven days.
• MP3 Audiobooks can be returned early.
• WMA Audiobooks cannot be returned early.
• eBook titles are checked out for fourteen days.
• Adobe EPUB eBooks, Kindle Books and OverDrive READ eBooks can be returned early.
• Open EPUB eBooks cannot be returned early.

Holds

• Displays any items you have placed on hold.
• Items that are not currently available for check-out may be placed on hold for you.
• The Consortium purchases multiple copies of audiobooks titles. Typically a new title will be purchased when there are at least ten people waiting for the title.
• In order to place a hold, you must submit a valid email address.
• You will receive an email when the title becomes available to you.
• You can edit the email address at any time (Account >> Holds >> Edit)
• You only have 48 hours to check out the title after the hold notification email is sent before the hold is removed and the title becomes available to the next person on the waiting list.
• You may remove the hold from any audiobook in your “holds” list. (Account >> Holds >> Remove)

Wish lists (Account >> Lists >> Wish List)

• The wish list is an inactive list. You are not on hold for the title.
• Use the wish list to keep track of the books you’d like to listen to, but don’t have the time for now.
• Titles displaying a "red ribbon" have been added to your wish list. 
• Click the “gray ribbon” to add a title to your wish list. The ribbon will turn red.
• Click a “red ribbon” to remove a title from the wish list. The ribbon will turn gray.

Rated Titles (Account >> Lists >> Rated Titles)

• Rated titles displays a list of books you have given a star rating.
• When you are logged into the site, you have the ability to rate the audiobooks.


• Grayed out stars: No one has rated the title.
• Blue stars: Others have rated the title, but not you.
• Yellow starts: You have rated the title and this is your rating. 

Settings

• There are no additional settings for our NHDB service.

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Checked Out v. Available Titles: Spotting the Difference