Libby, the Library App
com.overdrive.mobile.android.libby
by OverDrive, Inc.
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About this app
All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.
• Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to NYT best-sellers
• Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
• Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
• Listen to audiobooks via Android Auto
• Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
• Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices
In our beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
In our ground-breaking audio player:
• Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
• Set a sleep timer
• Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.
Happy reading!
• Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to NYT best-sellers
• Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
• Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
• Listen to audiobooks via Android Auto
• Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
• Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices
In our beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
In our ground-breaking audio player:
• Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
• Set a sleep timer
• Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.
Happy reading!
What's New
Bug fixes, performance optimizations, and preparation for our next round of features. Thanks for supporting your local libraries!
App Information
Version Name
7.0.1
Version Code
701000
File Size
2.9 MB
Minimum OS
Android 7.1+
Target SDK
Android 34
Developer
OverDrive, Inc.
Contact
Website
Content Rating
Teen
Package Name
com.overdrive.mobile.android.libbyPermissions Required
This app may request the following permissions:
Recent Reviews
Erin Stapleton
1.0★
NEWEST issues!! Now randomly WITHOUT cause. it seems that Libby decides that you are not connected to Wi-Fi or to cellular service... Then decides not to allow you to listen to your book. restarted, cleared cash, restart, deleted app.... all to no avail!! original review--( it's Ok, not great. Here's why... For books with audio you get either one (written text) OR audio book. Other apps where you get both. Frustrating! I read/follow along or read quietly when I need to have my ears open....)
Melissa Axtell
3.0★
I love this app very much and all that it does for everyone who uses it. It has a lot of strong points and a lot of useful tools but I had to get a new phone recently and it deleted all of my tagged books even though I'm using the same library card and account info as before. That was four years of tagged books that I no longer have access to. I think the app does a lot of good, but that is an incredibly disheartening issue to deal with.
Amanda Hughes
5.0★
love this app!! one suggestion.... maybe consider putting in an option to save the books you want to read and be able to go back and look at the list later. I know you can check out as many as you want, but that's often more than you can realistically read. you can also "save for later" books that your library doesn't own yet. but no options to save the books you like or might want to read in the future ***update- just realized you can save. just not sure how to find them afterwards.
Jess V
3.0★
I've used this app quite a bit over the last few years, and it's been great! But the recent library changes I don't like. There's books missing that used to be there and getting a whole series is like pulling teeth 😕 supposedly the merge was so we'd have more books to choose from, but it's not working out that way. It's rather disappointing, tbh.
Christopher Reid
4.0★
I'm so glad I found out I could deliver books to my Kindle as long as I had a library car. This is AWESOME! I can plan out my reads in advance then put them on hold. I don't mind the new update to the way suspensions are handled as long as I get my holds faster. I do find the app to be a little more glitchy because it will say all of my books I have a hold for no longer have any copies because they have expired, then it fixes itself once I force close and restart the app. Otherwise, great work!
Cheryl Bovee
5.0★
I love this app. I like that when I return a book I can continue to borrow more as long as I don't have more than six at a time. I have listened to 20+ books in one month. other library apps limit you but not this one. my only complaint is that sometimes they don't offer all the books of a series or they offer some in ebook format and not audio. I am legally blind (not completely blind) and it is very difficult to read a book. it causes too much eye strain
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