Cantook Station is a collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks in French for all ages. You are able to check-out 7 titles and place 3 holds at a given time. The lending period is 3 weeks.

Get Started on a computer
  1.  Visit the Cantook Station collection on a web browser.
  2. Click the sign-in button in the top right corner and enter your library card and PIN (typically the last four digits of your home phone number). Click the sign in button.
  3. When you "borrow" a title for the first time, you will need to enter a valid email address for your account.
  4. You have the option to read an eBook online through the web reader or download to Adobe Digital Editions to read offline or for transfer to a Kobo eReader.
  5. You have the option to listen to an eAudiobook online through the web reader.
  6. Visit Cantook Station's help guide for reading online, offline, and transferring to eReaders
 Transferring titles to an eReader
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, 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 computer on your Kobo screen
  4. Click help and then authorize computer on the menu bar at the top of Adobe Digital Editions.
  5. Click the gear icon on the left side menu and click authorize device. Click authorize device again.
  6. Log into Cantook Station through your browser. Click the red sign in button in the top right corner and enter your library card and PIN. Click login.
  7. Find the title you want and click the blue borrow button beside it.
  8. Click the option "Other e-readers" under "Reading on a e-reader."
  9. Navigate to the downloads folder on your computer and open the downloaded eBook so that it opens in Adobe Digital Editions.
  10. Click Library to return to the main collection page of Adobe Digital Editions.
  11. Right-click on the book jacket cover, mouse over to Copy to Computer/Device and then click KOBO eReader.
  12. You can now disconnect your KOBO eReader using the safely remove hardware icon on the taskbar of your computer.

Get started on a device

  1. Download the Aldiko app from the app store logo App Store or the Google Play Store icon Google Play Store 
  2. When you open the app for the first time, select Peterborough Public Library from the list.
  3. Tap the "catalogs" button at the bottom and then tap "Peterborough Public Library."
  4. Browse, borrow, read, or listen.
  5. You may checkout 7 titles and place 3 holds at a given time.
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