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

Doesn't flip to landscape mode. All the other bells and whistles are irrelevant. Edit: They fixed it! Chose functionality over style. I know the publishers liked their 2 page book like format, but if the text is too small, it doesn't work. You have to activate readability and allow changes to format in settings, but I don't have to squint at tiny text, so a big win.

Love it... Easy setup and friendly user interface. I love that I can choose the font I prefer and the size of my text, and having the choice between a light or dark theme. I have vision problems so its really helpful for me to be able to adjust these settings so it's easier for me to read. I can't read conventional books so having this app is critical, especially since I read every spare moment I have. I just wish it was easier to create and edits my lists.

This is a great successor app to Overdrive. I have one complaint, however. When listening to audiobooks, there isn't an easy way to equalize the audio, whether in-app or through third party options. This isn't a deal breaker, but it's annoying when trying to listen in environments with a lot of background noise. If the feature could be added, that would be great!

What's new

We've added support for Android 13, which will be released later this fall. Plus, bug fixes and other improvements.