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1. First, [ensure your e-reader is connected to Wi-Fi](https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017439594-Set-up-your-Kobo-eReader-over-Wi-Fi). You must be connected to Wi-Fi to set up OverDrive functionality. You also need Wi-Fi to check out new library books, although you can return books without the Wi-Fi enabled.
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1. Next, navigate to the **More** icon at the bottom right of the Libra H2O homepage. In the menu that opens, select **Settings**, then to **OverDrive**.
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1. In the OverDrive menu, select **Add a library**. Search for your library in the OverDrive search bar, select it, and then enter your library card and pin directly on the device.
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1. When you’ve successfully added your library card, the device returns you to the OverDrive menu. Check the **Communication** bar to make sure your email address is up to date. OverDrive sends notifications to this email address to let you know when holds are available to borrow.
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1. Log in with your library card details (this should be the same library account you’re logged into on your e-reader) and search the catalog.
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1. When you’ve found the book you want to check out or put on hold, choose the **eBook** format and select **Borrow with Libby/OverDrive** (for books that are available now) or **Place Hold** (for books that aren’t available now).
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>Note: Different library systems might use slightly different terminology for different book formats. It’s important to choose the eBook format that is not the Kindle format, as the Kindle format, as this isn’t compatible with Kobo e-readers.
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1. You might not need to do anything to get a book you checked out to appear on your Libra H2O. Automatic sync is on by default, so when you turn on your device, it syncs to your library account automatically. However, the device often requires an additional manual sync to download books you checked out on your library account. To manually sync your device, select the **Sync** icon on the top right of the homepage
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## Searching for books on the Libra H2O
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> Note: The built-in search functionality on the device is basic and slow. While you can filter searches by author, title, and other categories, the search results are often strange and unexpected. Searching directly from your library’s catalog is often the best bet if you’re looking for something specific. {: .smaller-image}
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To borrow books that you previously placed on hold and are now ready for checkout, select the **Borrow books from your public library** option at the bottom left of the device homepage. This brings you to an OverDrive page that shows any current holds and suggests books to check out. Select **Borrow** to check out a hold that is ready to check out.
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<p>Next, navigate to the <strong>More</strong> icon at the bottom right of the Libra H2O homepage. In the menu that opens, select <strong>Settings</strong>, then to <strong>OverDrive</strong>.</p>
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<p>In the OverDrive menu, select <strong>Add a library</strong>. Search for your library in the OverDrive search bar, select it, and then enter your library card and pin directly on the device.</p>
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<p>Note: Kobo warns that this method doesn’t always work and that the more reliable methods include scanning the QR code with your phone or entering a code on the OverDrive website.</p>
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<p>When you’ve successfully added your library card, the device returns you to the OverDrive menu. Check the <strong>Communication</strong> bar to make sure your email address is up to date. OverDrive sends notifications to this email address to let you know when holds are available to borrow.</p>
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<p>When you’ve found the book you want to check out or put on hold, choose the <strong>eBook</strong> format and select <strong>Borrow with Libby/OverDrive</strong> (for books that are available now) or <strong>Place Hold</strong> (for books that aren’t available now).</p>
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<p>Note: Different library systems might use slightly different terminology for different book formats. It’s important to choose the eBook format that is not the Kindle format, as the Kindle format, as this isn’t compatible with Kobo e-readers.</p>
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<p>You might not need to do anything to get a book you checked out to appear on your Libra H2O. Automatic sync is on by default, so when you turn on your device, it syncs to your library account automatically. However, the device often requires an additional manual sync to download books you checked out on your library account. To manually sync your device, select the <strong>Sync</strong> icon on the top right of the homepage</p>
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<p>This isn’t a tutorial on how to install Jekyll or design a site. There are plenty of resources for that, so I’m going to skip a lot of steps and gloss over some details.</p>
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<p>This site used to be raw HTML. I wanted to change it to Jekyll and Markdown for a few reasons:</p>
<p>Claude recommended two different ways I could do it instead (I chose the second).</p>
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<p>The Minima style by default has the <ahref="https://jekyll.github.io/minima/">posts inline on the site index</a>. I didn’t want this – I wanted the blog to be linked from the index, but I wanted the index to be relatively sparse. I set up the separate blog part relatively easily and got the posts to show up on a non-index page, but I had a harder time figuring out how to remove the posts from the index.</p>
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<p>I reworded my question, and Claude told me to override the home layout. This technically did what I wanted – it removed the posts, but also all other styling on the page. Other than the removing posts, I wanted the Minima layout and styling preserved.</p>
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<p>I tried again. Claude wanted me to implement a bunch of JavaScript. This seemed like a hack, and I wanted a better solution.</p>
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<p>Next, Claude took a more nuanced, Minima-specific approach. I copied Minima’s <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">head.html</code> file over to my own, and then adjusted some of the code to account for the favicon. This worked.</p>
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<p>I looked online first and found a lot of solutions that looked complicated and required editing multiple files. Surely there was a better way?! Yes. According to Claude, there was indeed a one-line solution. This worked right away.</p>
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