Libby (Beta), the Library App

OverDrive, Inc.

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!

Ratings and reviews

What an incredibly wonderful boon to aged, to housebound &/or those with poor vision, mobility, hearing as well as to mobile folks like myself while away from home or facilities!. While LIBBY costs nothing and is so effortless & enjoyable to use, an individual may use more than one of their libraries' cards to choose from ⁰extensive collections of books, audiobooks & resources.

I use Libby everyday...a d in comparing this Beta to the current traditional, I find this one limits the # of public libraries I can use; thus, preferring the older versions settings. Although, I find it highly superior to HoopLa and CloudLibrary in that the loans list from all libraries converges into one list, while still maintaining library access.

Libby is very good for audio books. They tell you when a book is available or how long a wait if it isn't available. Also how many people are ahead of you on a waiting list. They inform you when the book is coming due. They do a number of other things, too I think it is a very good app.

What’s new

Bug fixes, performance optimizations, and preparation for our next round of features. Thanks for supporting your local libraries!