Libby, by OverDrive

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

I am so thrilled this is an available service. You can get so many books at once, and save holds for future reading. It's more accessible than the physical library and you can even add more than one library card (if, like me, you're from one place and moved to another) so you have access to even more books. The app never has any significant issues and lets you make folders of favourites, etc. I'm so happy with it.

Mich prefer the original Overdrive app. Finding new books is a mission to determine up your filters every time. when I get back to my car (where I listen), I have to open the app to hit play, as it won't stay in my top notification panel, and clears from my car screen. But the biggest pain of all is how on numerous occasions, it reset the playback position to the beginning. Really bucks on a 31 hour Steven King novel!

Mostly good. I learned to search for books that are "available now". My one complaint is that in playing an audiobook, it will abruptly skip a chunk of the book, and will not let me go back to play the section that was missed. I do not understand this and it is frustrating to miss big chunks of the story. I still prefer hoopla that I was using before but am new to libby and hope my experience will improve as I get better acquainted with the app.

What's new

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