Libby (Powered by OverDrive)

Meet Libby–the brand new app from OverDrive. Discover ebooks, digital magazines, and audiobooks from Wisconsin’s Digital Library you can borrow instantly (or place a hold on), for free, using your Wisconsin library card and phone or tablet. It takes just a few taps to find and borrow a book. Libby has a ground-breaking built-in ebook reader, and a beautiful audiobook player. If you prefer, you can send books to your Kindle for reading.

Libby has replaced the Overdrive app.

Website: libbyapp.com

Apps: Libby for Android | Libby for iOS

Safety: “Audience Filter” by age group available

Limits: 10 items checked out, 10 items on hold

Content:

• ebooks
• Digital Magazines
• Audiobooks

Set up

1. Fish out your library card
2. Open the Libby app
3. Find your local library
4. Search, sample, borrow, enjoy

Features

• Sign in to multiple libraries, with one or more library cards
• Stay signed in for as long as you like
• Download books and audiobooks for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Sample any book with a tap – nothing to download or delete
• Try a zoomable graphic novel, or a picture book with read-along audio
• All your holds and loans are consolidated on a single shelf
• Tag titles as read, loved, hated, wishlist, beach-reading, or whatever you like
• Your loans, holds, reading positions, bookmarks and notes are synchronized automatically across all your devices
• Keep track of your reading history in the Activity tab