Getting Started with Cantook

Before you get started, check to see if you already have Adobe Digital Editions on your computer.

If you do not:

• download and install Adobe Digital Editions to your computer for Windows or Mac. Check your computer to see if you already have it installed
• visit the Adobe site and click Create an Account to get an Adobe ID. Enter your name, email address, password, and date of birth. Click Create Account. The email address will be the Adobe ID

Once you have an account:

1. check the Adobe authorization on your Kobo device. This can be found in your device's settings under Accounts. If the authorization is your library card number or an email address you do not use, tap Deauthorize
2. open Adobe Digital Editions on your computer
3. connect your Kobo to a USB port. Tap Connect to a computer on your Kobo screen
4. click Help and then authorize the computer on the menu bar at the top of Adobe Digital Editions
5. click the Kobo eReader on the left side menu beside devices, click the gear icon and click Authorize Device. Click Authorize Device again
6. log into Cantook Station through your browser. Click the Sign in button in the top right corner and enter your Library Card number and PIN. Click Login
7. find a title you want and click the borrow button beside it
8. click the option Other e-readers underneath Reading on an e-reader
9. in Adobe Digital Editions, click File and Add to Library in the top menu. Navigate to the downloads folder on your computer and open the downloaded eBook
10. click Library to return to the main collection page of Adobe Digital Editions
11. while in the All Items category under Bookshelves, right-click on the book jacket cover, mouse over to Copy to Computer/Device and then click KOBO eReader

You can now disconnect your KOBO eReader using the safely remove hardware icon on the taskbar of your computer.